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There are many dogs we have hunted but few stand out above the rest, tell me about your favorite strike dog and catch dog, what they were good at and what they lacked and why where you able to overlook thier short comings.
Nimmer is a giant plott he is smart and runs great, has a wicked cold nose and the brains to match it, he is quick but not lighting fast and what little he lacked in speed he makes up for with heart and desire and the ability to use his nose and brains.
Ginger is an AB from INAB, I am knew to catch dogs but she catches hard and consistently, has speed and is smart.... her only shortcoming to me is she may not be as big as her littermates but at 80 pounds she runs like a 50 pound coonhound. Many of my hunting buds are impressed with her and she contineus to wow with each time she gets the oppurtunity to catch.

[SCHitemHard]

had a hound mix i picked up from the pound. had blue eyes so i was think it had some spotted fever. she would strike out of the box even before i let her out. she was fixed which i hated. when i would drop her i would do it after all the other dogs and it was like she knew where to take the pups for a pig. lost her at a good age to a freak accident. still have a picture of her and her one out pig she caught on her own.

juno was a pit i had that was real leggy and was my main RCD. she had the speed and stamina to stay with my dogs and outrun many of my hounds. after a while she wouldnt need a vest cause she learned she could pull herself into the pig and not get cut. smart as a whip and taught me alot about aspects of hog dogging.

[justincorbell]

Best dog i ever hunted behind was a close friend and hunting partner, David Coburns of sr lake, he was an old blackmouth named bubba, he was a no bs straight up hogdog. You would never think he was a hogdog, didn't really look the part but he was something else. We hunted him and 3 other dogs for years, if that dog left the road it was a 100% guarantee that we were about to catch a hog, never hunted behind another dog close to him.

He is the old man on the right in this pic. We caught that mean little devil with him and the plott/bmc cross in the pic.





"the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland

[reatj81]

Hunted behind some real good ones, no where close to perfect!  best catch dog Vegas belongs to tdog--Thomas Harris  He has it all size, athleticism, brains, and stamina.  I have seen this dog do some amazing things.       
come one this could be a great post!

[reatj81]

They must all be yellow!!!

[t-dog]

Thanks for compliment Jodi. You know, Wayne Jones had a bluetick/cat cross. He was so ugly he had to have something going for him and that he did. Black with tan points and white chest that was ticked out. Heeler shaped head with a little more length and low set ears like a hound. Kinda squirrel tailed but not bad. Longer type hair, just ugly. The good thing was you didn't have to look at him after you dropped out, he was leaving. The next time you saw him, you'd be looking at a hog. Fast to locate, fast on track. Cold tracks not a problem. Mr. Hog wants to run, that's fine but he was gonna lose his man hood. More than once I've watched him while he was caught in the wide open on some sure enough board and does. He hold till he got tired of them sitting on his head then he'd back up and bay. If it tried to run again he'd catch again. One hog in 10 thousand acres was a found s o b. He was great in my eyes. His short comings were his looks and he was grumpy when he was crowded in the box.