Bluetick/pointer

[browndog]

G'day
I have just bought a pup, bluetick (sire) x pointer GSP (dam). The pup looks very mutch like a bluetick still, his nose is allways on the ground witch is something that im not ust to.
As i run Bullarabs witch are a hot scenting dog. This is the first hound i have ownd.
Is any one able to tell me what i can expect from him with regards to hunting hogs, blood line unown.

[Dan Edwards]

He wont be like your bullarabs I can tell you that much. If I were you and he makes a dog where you live, I would bred a bull arab gyp to him and be back to about where you need to be. I aint messed with any of yalls bull arabs but I liked what I seen. This dog is likely to have more hunt than some of your bull arabs and will have a way different kind of nose most likely but you might do alright with him. Try him and see my man. Its the only way you will know. I wouldnt look for him to be as rough as one of your bullarabs either but you never know.

[deano]

I have been hunting curs for a long time and we are having trouble staying with the hogs seems like all the hogs are now runners we are considering going to hounds that will stay with the hog until we can catch the hog. We are tired of the hogs getting away from our clients. Does anyone have any suggestions? I do this part time for a living.

Blackhogdown

[Cowboyvon]

[Pops]

dog you run open dogs or silent or in between. once your hogs learn to run hard you need to get rid of anything that opens before the hog is stopped. if your dogs are stone silent and can't stop them running then you need harder dogs like running catch dogs. also check how many you run at once, too much dog pressure will keep hogs running when they might have stopped.

[stevemac]

Blue tick / pointer might be a open dog and your arabs wont thank you for that we ran foxhounds and ridgebacks for a while and we used the ridgeback to strike a hot scent then drop the foxhounds as the higher nose power they had allowed them to find most they were dropped on trouble was they were to noisey and not hard enough so the races went on for ever. I agree with Dan put it to a bullarab you might need a good set of trackers though.

Deano Get your self a Big staghound female a put a bull dog over her than you will have an antidote to those running hogs of yours , they will run them down fast and catch them where they find them.

stevemac

[bigboarstopper]

we have the same issue in central california in regards to hogs being runners. We have been running silent catchy dogs to counter this and in turn weve been stopping more hogs in a shorter distance. been adding airedale blood to the mix has definitely worked. More vesting is required.