If I were to go with the BMC I would want the females about 50 pounds and the males between 55-60 pounds with slick red (dark yellow
) coats. Natural hard tight bodies and medium built with good leg under them for speed and agility, yet have that look of power and strength...kinda like a middle linebacker or an iron man athlete.
Medium head with good length of nose/head and good ear that breaks over even with the skull.
It cost the same to feed a good looking one as it does an ugly one so I will go with the one that makes me happy and proud assuming that hunting ability is about the same. However I will have to say the better looking one will hunt better because he is built right.
OH...his face can range from frosty white to black...
Hunting style... pup would start baying shoats at 10-12 weeks and trailing them in the pen.
At 4-5 months take him to the woods and he will make a big round and check in. He doesn't know why he did it but it made him happy and mother nature just calls...
He has a good cold nose to trail and the smarts to cut and slash and find the exit track to locate...not a bush beater that looks busy but a dog that makes finding hogs look easy.
He has enough grit and has the natural inclination to stop a hog and then back up and bay. When he locates a good track he opens with 3 barks to alert the handler and call the other dogs to him...then shuts up until the hog is bayed. A few barks here and there after the hog breaks bay is ok with me.
This dog hunts with me and ranges from 200 to 600 yards around and sometimes further if no hogs in the area. As long as we are moving the dog is busy hunting that circle around me. This dog will do its best to put a hog at the other end of the tracks...
I like for the pup to be born with a long tail but bob it to 5-6 inches when full grown. This way he can be confused with a mtn cur...
WHERE CAN I FIND ONE OF THESE DOGS???
