any Walker hounds

[GAhunter]

There are a lot of people here in GA that use Walkers on hogs. I know a guy whose best dog is a Walker/bird dog cross.

[halfbreed]

hunted straight cats for 7 years then started crossin on a runnin walker and just love it . lots fhese boys think an open dog scares hogs off . trouble is after they open and get to em . they aint got enough  dog to stop em . personally i aint had that problem . my dogs can catch up to em quick and they gonna stop somthin

[NChoghunter]

treeing walkers

[DixieDogs24]

I'm  only 24 I guess it was b4 my time what's a fruedian slip? Your

 buddy in GA what's his name I prolly know him I been Coon hunting comp since I could walk. I know coin.hunting dogs can be expensive I used to handle a dog that the man paid 20,000 for ppl are crazy.

[Reuben]

hunted straight cats for 7 years then started crossin on a runnin walker and just love it . lots fhese boys think an open dog scares hogs off . trouble is after they open and get to em . they aint got enough  dog to stop em . personally i aint had that problem . my dogs can catch up to em quick and they gonna stop somthin

I don't mind having an open mouth dog if he can find hogs when no other dog can, or, is fast on track and sticks no matter where the hog goes and then bays it and keeps it bayed till you get there...

[waylon-N.E. OK]

I would use walker hounds up here if I had the country to hunt in and I wanted a dog that would not quit a hog no matter what. I do love them ol walker dogs, seen very few that wouldn't hunt some thing, hopefully none of my BMC friends see this but one of the most awesome dogs I ever saw was 1/2 Catahoula and 1/2 running walker ( I do credit the Walker blood mainly though  ). My buddy russel ( BigDog on here ) has some silent mouth hounds that can get the job done on hogs or bear. He is proof that a hound can get the job done. Keep the pics coming, the walkers are a nice change of pace

NChoghunter- Nice looking dogs by the way, bet they make you proud

[TimmsHogDogs]

I got a female walker that is excellent bred and hell on a hog!

[Cutter Bay Kennels]

This is one of my buddies Jody, his son Tye, and their treeing walker Buford.






These hounds belong to some great guys out in Utah. They took me for a bear hunt with hounds while I was vacationing with my family.  I am not certain if this a pure walker or an English, but it was a bear hound. That was a fact.  I'm referring to the dog that appears to be a pure walker.

[jsh]

Sam - not sure if he's of the running or treeing variety, but will flat smoke a track.  His downfall is putting teeth on one to stop it, but he'll catch with the other dogs.  Came from the hill country.  Old man ran Walkers in a 2000 acre high fence.  Most fun I've ever had in my life hunting a pack of hounds on running hogs and watching them work.



This boar was not stuck very well and got back up.  When he did I snapped a picture.


You see the tip of his tail in front of the bulldog's face.

[Cutter Bay Kennels]

JSH,

That is a treeing walker.

[cujo72]

JSH,

That is a treeing walker.

Cutter treeing walker or not that is a HOG DOG for sure Old Sam is one of the best I have ever hunted behind BAR NONE! By the way my Bluetick x puppies are doing awesomes thanks for your help there is not a Hot Dog safe at my house I'm up to about 100-150 yards on the drag now they have not let me down on a trail yet

[Bryant]

Just curious...how do running walkers and treeing walkers differ breedwise?

Cutter, What are the traits that would allow someone to visually tell the difference?

[Cutter Bay Kennels]

Just curious...how do running walkers and treeing walkers differ breedwise?
Cutter, What are the traits that would allow someone to visually tell the difference?

Bryant,

Running walkers tend to have broom tails.  They also have a coarser hair.  Their heads don't have the "blocky" look to them.  Also, although they are colored up similar, Treeing walkers tend to be more "bright" and "distinct" in their color pattern.  Running walkers often times give a dull apearance on their coat.  Typically, running walkers are all about the chase, but get bored when the game bays up.  More of them don't have the extra grit to hunt big game that likes to fight back.  Please stop right here, and notice I did not say all.  I'm sure JP has had some straight running blood that with the proper encouragement, would eat a hog up.  For the most part, treeing walkers have slick tails.  They also seem to shine if they are taken care off.  Their coats also often times are much shorter than the average running walker.  Generally, treeing walkers have more grit than running hounds.  Both typically have a chop mouth on track.  Most walker folks like the caught turkey sound steady pounding out as they are on the run.  There still are those breeders that like a big bawl though.  I have an older friend that has raised running walkers for many years.  I would say God is the only one that knows how many animals he has killed in front of his dogs throughout his life.  He hunts hard, real hard, and has for 50 plus years.  He had a running walker that he called one thing, but I called "Johnny Cash" because daddy sang bass.  He actually started calling him Johnny Cash because I kept calling him that.  Kinda funny.  The dog was like 7 yeards old.  He origianlly called him RUSTY. 

[Cutter Bay Kennels]

By the way my Bluetick x puppies are doing awesomes thanks for your help there is not a Hot Dog safe at my house I'm up to about 100-150 yards on the drag now they have not let me down on a trail yet

Sooner or later you'll be trading out the "T" for a "G".  HOT DOG = HOG DOG.  Keep feeding them tracks.   

[Miller Lite]

i owned this treeing walker for a while she was hell on a hog but couldn't hang with my cur dogs so i gave her away last i heard she got killed but who knows

[Bryant]

Cutter..

Thanks.  Interesting reading.  So are the Running Walkers bred the same...sort of like a different bloodline or strain.    What was the original intent of the dog?

[treeingratterrier]

Running walkers run heads up vs noses down treeing walkers, also Running walkers normally wont tree if the game climbs over 10 feet tall, Running Walkers have more endurance, they have been bred for long races on fox and wolves, Treeing walkers bred for coons, big difference.  Running Walkers have been bred for special sounding voices as well aka Biirdsong, sound like birds to some, some strains of Foxhounds have bell or bugle sounding voices on track as well.  Running Walkers run the scent funnel heads up after striking, treeing walkers trail heads down.  Anybody interested in rules for Running walkers ought to order the Field Trials rule box for all foxhounds, so many people dont know what a good running foxhound is susposed to do vs a treedog variety.  Foxhounds have 200 years of breeding for endurance on running game like fox and coyote.  If anybody has a fox or coyote pen next to them you ought to go to a hunt inside them and look at the dogs and hear them running and see them running on track in a 2000 acre pen full of trained foxes. pretty cool to see 200 hounds start running on Friday night and about 100 of them still running on Sunday morning, Tomas Bro Pen in Texarkanana was my favorite fox pen, coolest thing ever was when they had Birdsong meets in there listening to those voices running on track, way different than most hounds of any kind, I had Hudspeths at one time in a big wolf pack but i think thye are extinct now, they had a bell sounding voice you could pick out 4 miles away even with other packs running coyotes.  There even used to be treeing kinda strains of foxhounds if u were hunting bobcat and lion, down here lots used Julys to tree in a foxhound pack as the foxhounds dont tend to tree if the tree is very high, they want another race instead of hanging around more than 30 minutes.  In mexcio foxhounds usually would catch the bobcats on the gorund and go to another one before u could find the dead cat.

[Cutter Bay Kennels]

I will disagree with you on Treeing walkers running nose to ground.   

[BIG CHRIS]

knightstock, i told that boy i would buy him back! for the simple fact he was an honest to god hog finding dog. u could drop the tail gate and u was gonna be bayed quick if there was a hog with in a cpl hundred yards, if there was`nt he was a go yonder kinda dog that would put the miles on u. if a hog wanted to run he was gonna run cause hammer was`nt gonna put any mouth on one for any reason at all. thaw was the biggest reason i sold the dog to the boy, and second he was just getting started and had been burnt a cpl of times, come to find out he was just a wanna be and could`nt hack it and sold the dog for $75 bucks i sold him the dog for $150 trien to be a good guy wanting to help him out with the agreement he had to sale him back to me for the same price. so to answer your question i would buy him back in a heart beat and hang on to him!

[FLBayNSlay]

Good Post, not much of a Houndsman, I like my curs but Good Lookin dogs  Keep em coming!!!!!!