I know there are a lot of cattle ranches in texas, more than in any other state. I would think that a lot of those dogs coming off the old ranches would be similar to the florida cur. I'd like to see how many are being used for hog hunting in texas, what they look like and how they hunt. There has got to be some old texas cur cow dog lines out there.
Yah you may be correct in that statement, but where I live in Texas now, there aren't a whole lot of dogs being used on raches. It is almost taboo to use a dog here and I am not sure why. The only thing I can figure is that some hero got him some dogs and went into the "cow catching" busines and got some fences torn down.....
I know in North Georgia when I worked for the 4L we used leopard dogs and my ring neck Florida Cur when we went to catch cattle. I am sure to the South of me they use cur dogs as the terrain is close to that of Florida/ South Georgia. But up here I haven't found but one or two guys that have curs for cattle dogs......most have Heelers they carry around in the back of their truck to let everyone know they are a cowboy.....
I have been in some myrtle thickets and palmetto heads down in Florida with an F1 Braford where I was sure glad I had me a cur dog there to catch her if needed....cuz there was no room for a rope in there.....lol I started out cow hunting with a 12' cow whip and two cur dogs......and didn't know how to operate the cow whip......LOL.....but several whelps later i figured out how to run that cow whip....lol.......now I can cut a cow's ear with one......
