... never met this guy/hunted with him to give perspective, however, he is undoubtably an excellent trainer.... He lives/hunts the same areas I do, just have not had the opportunity to bump into each other yet... I'd love to make a few hunts with the man to compare notes in the near future.
I feel this is an accurate example of the "rougher side" of the Florida Cur history. Very typical of " South Florida mentality", in that, the "rough" areas on most ranches(bad ass thick palmetto), make it pretty much impossible to get close enough to stop a hog and bay it.... by necessity then(as bottom is not a viable option considering typical property size), STOPPING POWER/SPEED is bred for... to stop them before they can make it to the "rough"... a FUNDAMENTAL/QUALIFYING trait of any good Florida Cur in my opinion...
... just thought this was an interesting video to show some background on some Florida "style"...
http://youtu.be/zHPNYhYiJe4Gary Clark is a friend of mine! You wont find a nicer or more knowledgable guy! For the first time I got to hunt with him at my Ranch this past week. He has been working in North Dakota in the oil fields and not hunting as much. My friend Tyler in N FL owns "Bonnie" the brown cur from the video. She is the mom to all those dogs. Gary mainly walk hunts or sight cast. The handle he has on his dogs is AMAZING. Wait for the enxt video were going to shoot some at my Ranch and maybe you will even see me running in there LOL
