Question- where are all these good cur dogs that will range 500-800 yds and run a track 3-6 hrs old, cold trail a hog 3/4 mi jump and run another mi or two and stay bayed however many hrs it takes you to walk to them? If you can consistently produce these kind of cur dog's I will buy a couple and consider converting, oh wait those kind are not for sale, and how many come like that out of a litter of strait cur dogs?
Ive hunted all over, and every place ive hunted is rough in its own way. They've all got briars and thick stuff, thats where the hogs go no matter where your at.
Well said...
In my opinion now a days everyone where I hunt wants a cold nose cur that will hunt like a hound but keep it's mouth shut like a cur. Not saying all curs are silent but here is another question how many people have DEAD silent, full blood curs that hunt over 600yards in no sign and will run 3 or 4hrs??? No yipping when they jump or when it breaks DEAD silent until bayed?
? Just out of curiosity. It seems Rangey dead silent curs are almost impossible to find. I'm not much of a houndsman myself I hate trail barking but I doubt you would catch many hogs in the mountains of Tn, Ohio or N Carolina with a pack of curs.
I use to raise mtn curs of the type T.Hillbilly is talking about. but once the hog was jumped they opened some. If the track was fresh enough they barked 2 or 3 times and rolled out on the track. and toward the end the majority of the litter of pups were good hog dogs. so I know it can be done...line breeding with a little inbreeding and only the best can be bred. no compromising unless no other option because it is better to breed a somewhat good dog of the same line than a very good dog from an unknown line...it becomes more important once the line has been established...
