Running hounds?

Goose, I have asked Charlie to come with me the last two times I have went & he has been to busy. He is real short handed right now & with the dry weather he has had to keep working. Me, being the buddy that I am, have teased him relentlessly with pics. of the hogs we caught on the last two hunts that I texted to him.
Harold Parker is another cat hunter who has devoted his life to hounds. Like said he has used some Clay blood & his own & bred his strain of running Walkers for over 25 years just for cat hunting. He has come over twice & hunted behind my house with me & showed me cats each time & this was in the summer. He also has Treeing Walkers that he uses for coon hunting. If they are anything like his cat hounds they are top notch. Harold has a handle on his hounds that is unbelievable. He never carries a leash. I have seen him call 10 hounds off of a hot cat race when they started headed for the highway.
Interesting note, Harold does not mix his Treeing Walkers with his cat dogs. He told me in our country(down south) that if a dog even thinks about treeing, he will never catch up to the cat. Also for those that think all running walkers are hot nosed, you will find these cathunters breed for cold noses.