I have had very similar experiences as everyone else. I had a walker bird dog cross once. He would find hogs, he bayed semi loose, hunted really hard, and would go all day. His draw back was the rocket shoved up his butt. From the time he hit the ground he had the gas mashed to the floor. He found hogs but I don't think he ever found hogs close to where he was cast. He was moving so fast that he would run right past hogs that were right there. Multiple times other dogs would bay hogs in an area that he had already been. Others I've seen would zig zag hunt. I don't like that. I prefer a dog that circles. In my opinion they cover more ground and more thoroughly. Many of the bird dogs are very catchy. I know that some competition coon hunters put about 1/4 to an 1/8 bird dog in some walkers to speed the walker up even more and create a dog that would tree faster. Faster treeing because they were high headed and winded more. They were gonna mess with trying to push a track if they didn't have to. I haven't hunted with any of them so can't attest to the caliber of dogs they were. There are some good crosses out there. If I were gonna make that cross, I would be looking past the F1's and more towards the F2 or F3 cross. I would also put the bird dog on the top side over a really tight bred gyp of your choosing. JMO
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That’s understandable there my buddy said they crossed with a blue dogs because crossing with a walker made them 2 hot was like fighting fire with fire said u have to water the bird dog down that’s why he chose the blue dog
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