Ybm what was the old Hardin county bloodline that your friend has?
Well I stand corrected. His dogs are from a pocket in Liberty County not Hardin.
Some names that are in the background of his blood are Fregias, Taylor and Campbell bred dogs.
He aquired a pair of males from some family several years back and gifted me with one. They were cob rough and together would catch anything that was in front of them. Mine didn't make it but two seasons but he had made some very nice crosses of his male and another old family cow bred gyp from down that way also.
The pups have mirrored the original males and are extremely rough and tend to wind vs trail. They ain't much for go yonders, but they get-r-done when the snot slinging begins in a briar patch.