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Hi Everyone,

My name's Craig and I have 3 Catahoulas and a Catahoula/BMC that I use on my cattle and hunt with when I get the chance. Mostly coon, but I have been hog hunting a couple of times. I'd really like to get into hunting coyotes, but haven't had the chance yet. I'm here to learn all I can about running curs on yotes. Great stuff here!

Ammo, my 6 month old


Angus training on a tree


Kenzie on an escaped heifer


Rodeo helping with a friend's cattle

Great looking Catahoulas Craig! Especially Ammo, he looks amazing.
Looks lika they can take som cold too.
Are they open or silent on track? - Just thought it would be a advantage if they were silent on cattle and open on Mr. Coon....

Hans

Well what do you have for cats in that country? Do you ever try running bear/

From what I've learned at this forum, you've probably got killer hounds for them bobs Craig.
You say that you like the trait that they are silent on track/put the critters traight up since you are hunting on small areas, but how deep will your Catahoulas go? -When they are tracking, how far will they track, without jumping, before they give up?

You've got a great web site. Lots of info and great pics!

Hans

Thanks Hans.

My older dogs are medium to long range, going out 1 or 2 miles to find a track and will run a hot track until they've got something bayed or treed, or until I pull them out, but they're hit and miss on cold tracks (not a big deal for me, I got Catahoulas expecting them to be hot nosed, makes it easier to find bush cattle). I expect Ammo to be a long range dog. She started striking out on her own at about 4 months and it's been a heck of a ride with her ever since.

Those Catahoulas are really growing on me Craig. Didnt think to much of them when I first saw pictures of them, but I must say them grey/black leopardcoloured ones of yours is some of the best looking hounds I've ever seen.

I love to listen to a hound thats open on track, cold trail through the walleys and then go wide open at the jump, but I'm starting to realize that some of the hunting I plan to do with hounds demands some S.W.A.T - team alike action, hounds that will slam down on unexpecting critters and catch them completely off guard.

Thanks for all the info,

Hans