I wouldn't feed a plott hound, get a cur dog they are way better. Thats why tx don't have any bears.
I damn sure wouldnt feed a cur dog then lol. No bottom and hard to get one with the hunt of a hound they exist i started with a old male 9 yrs now silent as any dog out there and i have had 3 just like him over the years my buddy has 2 of them and the other i kept. I know its all for laughs but someone tell me what a cur does better than a hound out side of more being silent?
Well, where to start?...
A good cur who comes from someone who actually has standards will;
Hunt for its handler
Adjust it's style to fit the handlers
Smell any track a hound would, BUT be smart enough to pass some of them in pursuit of more fruitful track
Work the track faster and more quietly and some can use their nose faster than a hog can use his legs
These Curs have better stock sence and know how to apply pressure better than most hounds.
Know that after game is caught its time to roll out and find the rest of the herd or sounder
They are generally better at coming back and loading on command
They have better homing sence than hounds
They start sooner
They are smarter
They are prettier
They are not as prone to that annoying yip (hey guys, wait for me!) as young hounds
AND they don't have that big dumb sounding baaaaawwwwwlll.
This is all in comparison to the tree bred hounds I've been around.
I have had a few hounds and have a few halvsies right now that I like just fine, 1 of them is a REALLY talented strike dog but not a one of them is capable of consistently getting big nasty runnin boars to stop and bay all by themselves. Even my best Hound/cur (who lots of folks really like) cant quite do it solo. The same can not be said for my curs. Each of them is capable of making a hog stop and respect the dog. Some faster than others, but all the curs occupying chain space at mi casa can do it.
Traditional tree hounds are pleasure dogs. Some are massively talented and have overland skills that no cur can touch, but as this is a hog dogging related discussion, I will say that until hogs learn to climb trees, tree hounds are slightly out of their element.
Hope none of that sounds rude. I tried to be accurate and fair.
Just one mans opinion.
Plott hounds on the other hand are not tree dogs though are they?
And, If memory serves me correctly, plotts were not traditionally pleasure hounds either, right?
Isnt it true that plotts until recent time were almost all " meat dogs "?
