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« on: November 06, 2021, 09:00:28 am » |
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Just curious, but is anyone using ridgebacks or crosses?
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Reuben
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« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2021, 06:04:27 pm » |
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There were some brothers out of Palacios, Tx who hunted back during the 1970’s-2000 time frame that hunted ridgeback/catahoula crosses…they caught lots of hogs with these dogs from what I heard…I met them a few times but never hunted with them…they were about 1.5 hours from me…
I don’t know of anyone hunting them at this time…
I would of liked to of seen a few straight out of Africa out of a lion hunting stock…they probably wouldn’t look anything like what our standard says they should look like…
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« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2021, 02:06:29 am » |
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I was just curious. I’m sure you’re right about a difference in the American dogs and the working bred imports. As a breed, they’re bigger than I like personally, but they are an attractive dog in most other ways. I just wondered about all the regular qualities like how much hunt they have, their nose, bottom, track speed , etc. Just about any breed you can imagine is being used or tried so I figured I’d ask and see about them.
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« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2021, 04:31:55 am » |
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The fella that introduced me to hog hunting hunted and bred (way to much imo) Ridgeback x leopard dogs, at the time I thought they were good dogs his were really short range and pretty much straight catch.They were Cool looking dogs about 1/2 had the ridge some were Merle with a ridge they came in every color imaginable.He strictly walk hunted or sight hunted from an airboat I can't recall one ever winding a hog from the boat and I remember walking them dogs through sign that I knew was fresh and coming up empty more than not.I raised a pair and put a lot of time in them doing mock hunts and what not gave them every opportunity to make dogs but at the end of the day they were junk culls.Zero bottom, zero hunt and zero trailing ability I reckon you could've used them as lead in Catch dogs but they also had a lot of people aggression and were all Culls in my opinion.Its crazy because he spent a lot of years on them dogs and beleived his own BS and thought they were fine animals in fact I think he still has them.
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« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2021, 07:12:00 am » |
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That’s crazy. I have met a handful of pure ones and half of those were man biters too. Very early on when I first got my own dogs I had a cross of some kind. She was black with white points and small white stripe down her chest. She was built good and she had a text book ridge. She had zero hunt and bayed real loose and half heartedly. The second one I hunted with was years later and he was a cat/ridgeback. He was short range when cast hunted and thought he was tough. He went into a bay one day and the boar hog air mailed him back to us. He was cut pretty bad and it was enough to convince him that he wasn’t as tough as he thought. Outside of these I’ve never dealt with any.
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« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2021, 10:23:13 pm » |
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My buddy runs a pack here, they all crossed with pit. They do have bottom and nose with drive. He does fairly good with them. All off leash no bay or cd dogs just them.
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« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2021, 05:21:23 am » |
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How does he hint them, cast hunt no sign, cast hunt in fresh sign, road them, rig them, etc.? Does he have an established family or are they first or second generation crosses?
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« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2021, 03:04:52 pm » |
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years back here around salinas california ridge back apbt crosses were very common in hog hunters packs. most were used a lead in catchdogs. then i started seein g and huntin with some that were ridgeback and catahoulas. the cat ridgebacks were normally short ranged dogs and some would bay and some were ruff. dogs with some amount of ridgeback in em were real common hog dogs here for many years as well.
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t-dog
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« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2021, 08:14:03 am » |
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It seems like pure or crossed, they tend to be shorter range dogs. I wonder if those dogs are American dogs or if the using blooded imports change that? I’m getting the feeling that they were bred to hunt out very deep.
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« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2021, 10:16:58 am » |
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A buddy of mine had a Pitt x Ridgeback dog that he used just for a lead in catchdog. Dog was a deep red and had the ridge running down his back. He weighed about 90# and was a heck of a catchdog.
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« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2021, 11:25:14 am » |
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I had one that was crossed with Red nose, 110lb male, all catch and you better get him away fro the other dogs after the kill.
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« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2021, 08:00:56 pm » |
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My buddy has one crossed with airdalr real nice unique huge hairy dog with personality. It runs with his strike dogs most of the time. It is used as a rcd. And cracker some times I feel like I'm becoming that guy lmao
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« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2021, 08:20:47 pm » |
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Say it ain't so Arkansashunter96 lol
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« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2021, 02:48:10 pm » |
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Tdog he hunts vineyards tucked up in the wine country hills. Dogs wind or rig "winnning" from a buggy. He also walks hunts. Like my junk they get piggy in hot sign and head out. I would say they catch a hog 100 percent of the time if they leave out .
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« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2021, 02:50:44 pm » |
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He is in his second generation i believe. But all started from a couple dogs.
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« Reply #15 on: November 16, 2021, 02:52:36 pm » |
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It sounds like they work for how he hunts
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