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« Reply #20 on: December 22, 2009, 09:22:18 am » |
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there is a lot of validity to what many of you are a saying. i think that what we like and dislike is based on what we have been exposed to. i started with a closed mouth bluetick. sye could run with any cur and could line out a track as well as any cur(i know this because he has had on a garmin and was at the front of a pack of really fast dogs). as he got older he became more and more open. i loved the sound of his voice but when you catch that first hog you wouldn't catch anymore that night cause every other hog in the county are gone...lol. i've hunted with some curs that take forever to line out a track because their nose isn't strong enough to get the job done. if the track was over 5min they couldn't find a hog.
i also believe that people choose to go curs is because curs start up much faster and finish out much faster. you can start working a hound early but you won't be happy with what you get. now if you keep hunting them but have the patience to wait til they are about 3yrs before you make your final decision..well you will probally be have a you a heck of hound. curs you can find out by about a 1yr to 1.5yrs what you are working with.
with all that said, i'm a cur man at this point. i miss my hound because he was just a great dog all around. he found us hogs and he was a great pet. i like a cur and a cur with some catchdog in it.
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« Reply #21 on: December 22, 2009, 10:59:31 am » |
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I prefer curs but this subject cracks me up because it is kinda like asking which is better gas or diesel, buiscits or cornbread, apples or oranges, summer or winter...how many licks to the center of a tootsie roll pop? LMAO There are no answers only oppinions and everyone has their own. No need to get upset.  |
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« Reply #22 on: December 22, 2009, 06:18:30 pm » |
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« Reply #23 on: December 24, 2009, 08:11:44 am » |
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It depends on the dog. The very first hunt I ever went on was with a guy that had a great Plott hound. He could find hogs galore and seemed to be able to find the bigger boars. I bought a pup out of that dog and it was worthless.
I ran bird dogs for a number of years and I always liked to get real good females for breeding. Seemed like you could breed them to anything and get some kind of dog.
I really like cur dogs and have hunted several that were great. Also I have had good luck with cur pit crosses. I always wanted a saddle back dog but just never ran across one.
Right now I have a Plott hound that is my best dog. He came up to work and they were going to send him to the pound. I called the number on his collar and looked up another number using his address. Both numbers disconnected. I took him hunting and he did pretty good considering I did not know if he had ever been on a hog in his life.
Each time I took him he got better by a wide margin. He can find lots of hogs but will range out a little more than I like. The thing I like is he is great finding his way back no matter where you are. Now his is getting a little more gritty the more I hunt him.
I guess I need to breed him to a real good cur female or Plott female and get some of his blood.
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« Reply #24 on: February 03, 2010, 09:32:10 pm » |
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How did I miss this thread?!!! I just read every post and no one even got pissy with one another.  Sometimes you people really disappoint me on this board. lol. O well since Im here. When I was young I didn think you were hunting with a dog unless it was a hound. I love hounds and always will but when I started hunting hogs in Texas back in 87 I just naturally gravitated to the cur dogs. It didnt take long before I was trying to put a hound in the mix but only one out of all I tried ever worked out and he was only average in my opinion. I loved being able to put that dog on a big track and catch the hog that left it even if it was 12 hours later! But for everything else I used my curs and eventually was all I used. After a year of keeping up with post and comments from this boards members I have finally started to realise something. I have never hunted hogs behind truly good big game hounds...........ever. I dont know. Maybe if I had when I was younger the dogs at my house today would have a little more ear to them.  |
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« Reply #25 on: February 03, 2010, 09:43:18 pm » |
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i'd have to say curs but my dream is to be able to hunt behind some hounds, just prefer to have a mountain lion at the end of the track.  |
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« Reply #26 on: February 03, 2010, 09:48:43 pm » |
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I prefer a good cross. Not real particular on the cross. Heck theres some guys on here that say they catch hogs with catahoulas so I guess about anything is possible.  |
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« Reply #27 on: February 03, 2010, 09:50:11 pm » |
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I prefer a good cross. Not real particular on the cross. Heck theres some guys on here that say they catch hogs with catahoulas so I guess about anything is possible. Hahaha I like that one..... |
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« Reply #28 on: February 03, 2010, 09:54:28 pm » |
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I prefer a good cross. Not real particular on the cross. Heck theres some guys on here that say they catch hogs with catahoulas so I guess about anything is possible. Now thats funny! |
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« Reply #29 on: February 03, 2010, 09:56:50 pm » |
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« Reply #31 on: February 03, 2010, 09:58:51 pm » |
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Curs all the way,I sure do miss hearing those hounds smoking some deer though.
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« Reply #32 on: February 03, 2010, 09:59:00 pm » |
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wouldnt be near as funny if you ran catahoulas you would think someone was bashing you  but it was pretty dam funny because i cant stand catahoulas  |
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« Reply #33 on: February 03, 2010, 10:00:20 pm » |
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« Reply #34 on: February 03, 2010, 10:05:00 pm » |
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:'( :'( :'(... y'all are killing me. The greatest hog dogs that's ever graced the face of this planet had spots on them.
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« Reply #35 on: February 03, 2010, 10:05:02 pm » |
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I forgot the smiley face I wasnt trying to hurt no ones feelings
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« Reply #36 on: February 03, 2010, 10:07:43 pm » |
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:'( :'( :'(... y'all are killing me. The greatest hog dogs that's ever graced the face of this planet had spots on them.
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« Reply #37 on: February 03, 2010, 10:09:06 pm » |
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:'( :'( :'(... y'all are killing me. The greatest hog dogs that's ever graced the face of this planet had spots on them.
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« Reply #38 on: February 03, 2010, 10:10:18 pm » |
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Bwaaahahaha. Tell Lilly we are only joking Alan. |
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« Reply #39 on: February 03, 2010, 10:10:46 pm » |
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I prefer curs but this subject cracks me up because it is kinda like asking which is better gas or diesel, buiscits or cornbread, apples or oranges, summer or winter...how many licks to the center of a tootsie roll pop? LMAO There are no answers only oppinions and everyone has their own. No need to get upset. Ha, whats better hounds or curs? The world may never know |
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