Plotts?

[tnhillbilly]

Wmwender, im all for discussion and friendly debate, thats how we learn about other methods and breeds and such. I hope ya'll didn't take it, that i was downing cur dogs because that was not my intentions at all. Heck, im feeding some right now.
I have only been around and owned a hand full of them and all I have to form an opinion from is what ive seen. Tho I have been hunting hounds in these mtns for 20 yrs. I have also hunted the swamps, marsh and pretty much everything in between.
And until you actually hunt up here several times you cant understand exactly where im coming from, and I understand that. Thats what I was tryin to explain.
As far as hog hunting goes, I prefer to run silent dogs, just havnt found anything close to suit me in a cur dog. Not saying their not out there or that they are all the same im still looking for one that suits me. That will get out and hunt and has a nose.
  I know ya'll disagree, but IMO hounds do throw a higher percentage of dogs that will hunt, trail and bay even at 8-10 moths old. Maybe not be a GREAT or super dog but has the natural born instinct.
I like to catch hogs no matter what type or breed, I like them all if they produce pork, or whatever im hunting at the time. But my personal preference are plotts, its what ive consistently caught the most game with wether it was hog or bear and I can run them on both.

[Reuben]

If I went out and picked 100 cur pups at random and 100 plott pups at random... I wonder which breed would produce the highest percentage of hog dogs???

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If I went out and picked 100 cur pups at random and 100 plott pups at random... I wonder which breed would produce the highest percentage of hog dogs???

that depends just as much on the trainer and the methods the trainer uses

[tnhillbilly]

I might be mistakin trainer for breeder, but IMO its more breeding than training.
I don't want a dog i have to train, the last 4 plotts ive started at 6-8 months of age, I just took them to the woods, no pen, no drags, no "training" they strike and run tracks ontheir own naturally. They do require practice and fine tuning and to some degree a little training you could say, but they will go hunting straight off the chain.
  Mine get on the job training .
          This is good breeding, that I cant take any credit for.
as far as picking 100 plotts or curs, its all in the breeding, their are strains of plotts I wouldnt feed, so really hard to say. If both where bred right over a long period of time I would have to honestly say IMO it would be 50/50.

[Reuben]

I might be mistakin trainer for breeder, but IMO its more breeding than training.
I don't want a dog i have to train, the last 4 plotts ive started at 6-8 months of age, I just took them to the woods, no pen, no drags, no "training" they strike and run tracks ontheir own naturally. They do require practice and fine tuning and to some degree a little training you could say, but they will go hunting straight off the chain.
  Mine get on the job training .
          This is good breeding, that I cant take any credit for.
as far as picking 100 plotts or curs, its all in the breeding, their are strains of plotts I wouldnt feed, so really hard to say. If both where bred right over a long period of time I would have to honestly say IMO it would be 50/50.

x2...a good handler brings the best out in a dog but I like a natural that just needs to be exposed to the game...

[RyanTBH]

10 t0 15 miles walking on a hunt?thats alot not saying u dont do it but thats along ways.walking 10 miles down a road is alongways,thats not hunting,listeing for dogs,leading dogs,catching hogs,dragging hogs,checking the garmin to see how far u walked.lol

I wish I had places to hunt where I could walk 10 or 15 miles in one direction! I was just talking about a good all day hunt where the dogs are working hard and we are catching hogs. I usually just look at how many miles the bulldog did and that is usually pretty close to what we walked/ran for the day. And I can sure tell you it feels like I walked that much after we are done. LOL

LOL! Oh, it's happened two weekends in a row now where we have put in 10 miles or more... We're getting some horses!  This is why I like our "boar hounds"!!! From what I've seen, you can't go wrong crossing a good plott with a good cur, best of both worlds. Good post!

[Wmwendler]

Big ben.....I somehow missed your post.  Thanks....I enjoyed reading his explanation.  Not sure if I know who it is or not.  PM sent.

Waylon