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« Reply #20 on: February 03, 2011, 02:10:44 pm » |
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Does anybody got any pics of a florida cracker cur.Would like to see sum more
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« Reply #21 on: February 03, 2011, 02:25:42 pm » |
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I have a yellow gyp. real gritty but a very good dog. Her mom is a jam up cowdog.
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« Reply #22 on: February 03, 2011, 02:49:48 pm » |
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Smotherman theses are mine Jack  Rooster   |
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« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2011, 11:19:45 pm » |
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thats a good looking dog.Is that a brand on his back hip.I tought about branding mine but i dnt wana hot brand. And i dont knw how to freeze brand
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« Reply #24 on: February 04, 2011, 12:48:06 am » |
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yeah its a brand but i didnt do it. i would like to freeze brand my young dog but havent done it yet. gonna wait to make sure hes a keeper. that and i havent had the brand registered yet.. just lazyness i guess
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« Reply #25 on: February 05, 2011, 09:14:56 am » |
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These two are litter mates I use to have out of my old dogs.   |
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« Reply #27 on: February 05, 2011, 12:55:08 pm » |
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I got a video from Cary or Gary Lightsey many years back. His family were Florida ranchers and had a spot on Brahma Island where they did hog hunts. In the video he used 3 dogs he called cracker curs. i think 2 of them had bob-tails. They were fairly leggy, but pretty blocky built with block heads. They were yellow w/o much dark or white markings. looked like they could have had a little bulldog blood in there somewhere. Their hunters were shooting the boars from in front of the dogs. they would definitely put a mouth on a hog to stop it. He had a real good handle on them. good looking dogs. i think they moved their operation to another state due to urban encroachment in thier area.
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« Reply #28 on: February 05, 2011, 02:50:34 pm » |
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They still own Brahma Island. No worries about encroachment there. It's in the middle of Lake Kissimmee. Only way to get there is by boat.
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« Reply #29 on: February 05, 2011, 03:25:53 pm » |
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I've seen a hunt or 2 on TV with the Lightseys on Brahma Island,....it doesn't get much better than hunting on your own island seems to me. I do remember a bit about the dogs but not much.
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It's easy to judge the character of a man,....by how he treats those that can do nothing for him.
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« Reply #30 on: February 05, 2011, 10:41:52 pm » |
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Most of the true FL curs I've been around were indescript.... not a "type" but a "built for pupose " description.... truthfully, most true Florida curs I've seen were ugly as hell... bred down after many years of inbreeding... thinking they were "locking in traits"....  .... trait's locked in and lost generations ago... When I think of a "model" Fl cur, I see a Partin dog... the head is unmistakable.... big doe eyes, round muscled "boxy head" ... athletic body........ As with all.... just because it's a FL cur, don't mean it ain't a cull... |
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rdjustham
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« Reply #31 on: February 06, 2011, 08:55:29 am » |
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As with all.... just because it's a FL cur, don't mean it ain't a cull...
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« Reply #32 on: February 06, 2011, 06:41:04 pm » |
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You will also see a lot of variation in the dogs depending on the part of the state or ranch the dogs came from.
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« Reply #33 on: February 06, 2011, 07:12:04 pm » |
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very true
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« Reply #34 on: March 05, 2011, 06:20:32 pm » |
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The Fl cur can be any number of colors but most are red or yellow most have a black muzzle, and a black mouth. They also can be bobbed tailed or full most oldtimers will tell you that it is preferable that they be bobbed. They are equally at home working cows, catching hogs or trailing deer. Some of mine have been put into service as bear dogs, have been told they hold there own with there mt. curs and hounds.
But there are culls in any breed, the pictures you provided are good looking pups but are not what we in Fl consider a Fl cur, but that means nothing goods dogs are were you find them.
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« Reply #35 on: March 05, 2011, 06:31:45 pm » |
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Hittman, sounds like you know your stuff... what part of Fl you out of? Would like to see your dogs
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« Reply #36 on: March 05, 2011, 06:37:38 pm » |
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Sebring, Been here forever, thanks for the compliment. New to the site nice to hear everyone talking about the dogs and the sport.
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« Reply #37 on: March 05, 2011, 06:47:16 pm » |
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Used to go to Sebring to camp when I was a kid... grew up in Bradenton and always loved to get out that way... them old trees with the concrete repairs still there?
I remember when the state started lettin' people take hogs out of there, must've been in the 80's... I remember seein' some of the biggest hog rootin' I've ever seen in my life in that park...
What's your name? We probably know some of the same people....
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« Reply #39 on: March 05, 2011, 07:04:36 pm » |
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My name is Cary Hitt, they are not allowing any hunts in the park now they shoot them and bury them, its a shame they are over run with them.
Florida curdog that's a good looking pup have one that looks just like him.
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