plott hounds ?

[Reuben]

Quote from T-Bob....."AND they don't have that big dumb sounding baaaaawwwwwlll."

Well now Mr. T-Bob,.....just so you're not mis-informed.....there are those of us that thoroughly enjoy that big, dumb sounding baaaaawwwwllll..... Just so you know. ....

As my pawpaw used to say, " if every man liked the same thing, your grandma wouldn't never get nothing done."

I think I saw that one in old sayings...started by TBob...yep...it would be real boring if all like the same things...there is someone for everyone...heck I'm starting to like them dogos...    

[tnhillbilly]

Well I like a "GOOD" dog no matter what color it is, as long as it ain't a walker.
a GOOD dog is a GOOD dog, I just like the plotts, had them bout 20 yrs now.
All my dogs are chop mouthed, no bawlers.
    Tho they sound good coon hunting it is my opinion that those loooong bawl mouth dogs are a little slower on track but are much colder nosed, which is a must for lion hunting and cold trailing a good bear track.  Not a proven fact, JMO.
    If I had one of them cur dogs that had a nose good as any hound that I keep hearing about, well.....I'd dang sure feed it.

[halfbreed]

hell hillbilly my curs got noses like that !! how many you want ? i can fart in the morning and when i go feed at night the dogs are sniffin that fart up my behind 10 hrs later lol

[SCHitemHard]

tom you would have like clyde he hit a track that we dropped 2 other dogs on after he struck and they were in circles

he was a black and tan tho

[SCHitemHard]

hell hillbilly my curs got noses like that !! how many you want ? i can fart in the morning and when i go feed at night the dogs are sniffin that fart up my behind 10 hrs later lol

thanks halfbreed, just woke the house up

[Reuben]

hell hillbilly my curs got noses like that !! how many you want ? i can fart in the morning and when i go feed at night the dogs are sniffin that fart up my behind 10 hrs later lol

now that's what you call a cold nosed dog... 

[Reuben]

Well I like a "GOOD" dog no matter what color it is, as long as it ain't a walker.
a GOOD dog is a GOOD dog, I just like the plotts, had them bout 20 yrs now.
All my dogs are chop mouthed, no bawlers.
    Tho they sound good coon hunting it is my opinion that those loooong bawl mouth dogs are a little slower on track but are much colder nosed, which is a must for lion hunting and cold trailing a good bear track.  Not a proven fact, JMO.
    If I had one of them cur dogs that had a nose good as any hound that I keep hearing about, well.....I'd dang sure feed it.

I agree...especially on the bawlers...when I hear a bawler I envision long ears, slow tracker, and cold nose...definitely not what you want in a hog dog...

[dogo24]

thanks for all the input

[goose]

wehave three that are silent on track one came from orville roberts line and he psoitively will not say anything the other is a dog that we got from a line of dogs where the guys who bred and hunted these dogs bred dogs who started off barking on track but went completly silent later on in life he will still give some mouth from time to time but not the barking every breath kind of open, and mine is a half english half plott that onlys barks if he is trashing other thatn if he is on a hog he isnt saying nothing, i love a good silent mouth hound but in my experience they brak more bays unitl they get one or two good wreckings under their collar then they learn how to bay

[dogo24]

yeah i agree i like the hell outta them hounds and seen some good ones but i dont know , think ill just stick to my curs for now unless i just happen to come across a good deal . 

[easttexasoutlaw33]

Hunt for its handler
Adjust it's style to fit the handlers
Smell any track a hound would, BUT be smart enough to pass some of them in pursuit of more fruitful track
Work the track faster and more quietly and some can use their nose faster than a hog can use his legs
These Curs have better stock sence and know how to apply pressure better than most hounds.
Know that after game is caught its time to roll out and find the rest of the herd or sounder
They are generally better at coming back and loading on command
They have better homing sence than hounds
They start sooner
They are smarter
They are prettier

Start by saying this is all from my experience no offense meant to anyone. go top to bottom here
Hunts for one handler i have seen 10 times as many curs that change hands an will not hunt for a different owner while hounds hunt for most anyone that is a down fall on the cur to me.
Ever dog hound or cur alike adjust to the way the handler hunts if the dog isd good
Curs can not smell any track a hound can hunted behind bad ass curs and i consistantly watch curs run by tracks that my plotts pick up a cur once in awhile may have a nose like a hound but few and far between.
Seen just as many hounds roll out as curs do so that a mute point
Never seen a cur be smarter actually most are dumb as box of rocks Ive seen my plotts work a track for 20 mins in a 100 yds circle curs burn as one way nd plott bays 20 yds the other direction. Pretty much everything you said i have seen the opposite direction 90% of the time and i have hutned behind some damn good bmc dogs. Not a yellow man and probably never will be
 

[Reuben]

easttexas...sounds like a good plotts is a lot like a good mtn cur...

[T-Bob Parker]

Hunt for its handler
Adjust it's style to fit the handlers
Smell any track a hound would, BUT be smart enough to pass some of them in pursuit of more fruitful track
Work the track faster and more quietly and some can use their nose faster than a hog can use his legs
These Curs have better stock sence and know how to apply pressure better than most hounds.
Know that after game is caught its time to roll out and find the rest of the herd or sounder
They are generally better at coming back and loading on command
They have better homing sence than hounds
They start sooner
They are smarter
They are prettier

Start by saying this is all from my experience no offense meant to anyone. go top to bottom here
Hunts for one handler i have seen 10 times as many curs that change hands an will not hunt for a different owner while hounds hunt for most anyone that is a down fall on the cur to me.
Ever dog hound or cur alike adjust to the way the handler hunts if the dog isd good
Curs can not smell any track a hound can hunted behind bad ass curs and i consistantly watch curs run by tracks that my plotts pick up a cur once in awhile may have a nose like a hound but few and far between.
Seen just as many hounds roll out as curs do so that a mute point
Never seen a cur be smarter actually most are dumb as box of rocks Ive seen my plotts work a track for 20 mins in a 100 yds circle curs burn as one way nd plott bays 20 yds the other direction. Pretty much everything you said i have seen the opposite direction 90% of the time and i have hutned behind some damn good bmc dogs. Not a yellow man and probably never will be
 

That's fine. Good observations.

You said curs change hands a bunch of times and won't hunt for their new owner. DUH. That's what it means to hunt for its owner. A dog that will hunt for any body ain't huntin for its handler, it's huntin for itself.

Curs running past a track that a hound takes doesn't mean the cur didn't know about it, it may mean they didn't care about it.

I got a real good strike hound who will take older tracks than my curs and I've long ago realized that if I keep hunting, one of the curs will find better track or wind and beat the hound to the hog anyway.


Other than that, whatever you believe is cool, you got your opinions I got mine. We can agree that we both like catching hogs.

[baddogs87]

im wanting a gyp plott to cross with my bmc .  ive seen this cross before and most of them were darn good dogs !

yes the best dog i have evr seen was ploot bmc named tuff that came out of dane moodes dogs that was a huntin son of a gun

[mckeyheath]

Love hounds they have more drive than any curr dog

[dogo24]

i live 45 miles south of houston , if i was to get a plott , who do i need to talk to ?  anyone know of some good breeders in texas ?

[Reuben]

i live 45 miles south of houston , if i was to get a plott , who do i need to talk to ?  anyone know of some good breeders in texas ?

there is a man in Alvin that has plotts...don't know about his dogs but he hunts hog with them...I saw his ad here on ETHD but can't remember the name...

[dogo24]

think i know who your talking about , i heard he moved down south .

[halfbreed]

i live 45 miles south of houston , if i was to get a plott , who do i need to talk to ?  anyone know of some good breeders in texas ?

          check with DR. Burkett @ whitedeerpreserve in fredrickburg he has a web site under that name  whitedeerpreservekennels . he's got a good line of dogs a bit pricey but worth it .

[dogo24]

ok thanks