to the walker lovers out there

[chasinbears]

just curious on your thoughts..im looking for a walker line for bear hunting and not sure which line to go with have been around white cloud and lipper, but would still be interested in different lines. also are there any breeders out there that have a good rep with there line...thanks for any and all impute

[Brianshounds]

I perfer House, mears, or Neosho River and a little finnly river they seem to do good for me. they have a little nose to them for lions and lots of speed and grit for the bears. but its hard for me to find the lines that i like to hunt .... i like them to have Houses Cheif as close as posibble, this dog sire many big game dogs, houses clint is good to but i dont like to much clint, iv been curently breeding Neosho river and house breed dogs with very good results.... my last cross every pup turned out to be good dogs they are turning 2 this winter, they also have a little Mears in them to...... this is just my personal preference!!!!

[norcalkemmer]

Good looking Walker dogs.

[fallriverwalker1]

there a few good walker lines out there that do have good noses and grit if iv'e said it once iv'e said it twice ,when you want to buy a dog talk to people in the same area ,this is a small comunity ,most hound people know who has what ,spend sometime and talk to people ,anyone should give as many reffrences as you need ,good luck ,www.fallriverwalker.com

[lionhunterdaves]

Get a hold of a guy named Weldon Hopman, you won't find any better line of walkers, or any other breed!

[Hound_Crazy!]

Loose Bruce or the hondo bred pups, I have seen some pretty gritty walkers out of that line.

[inchtowntracking]

The sacket dog we had did pretty good on bear, he loved to chew on the bears every chance he got and this was around a year old. He had a pretty good nose too.

[houndhavoc]

I have two Males from the Fall river walker line. I hunt coons bear and trying to get into some cat hunting this year. Both of my dogs are under two years old and You couldnt buy them from me if you tried. I know a few of the guys that have litters mates to them and They wouldn't trade them for the world. Check out the website I know He has a select litter once or twice a year.

[Redwood Coonhounds]

I've had a lot of sucess with dogs that go back to Lipper and Bozo bred dogs. Most of mine are a cross of both lines. Most of mine are all out of proven local dogs up close in the pedigree. I've seen a lot of nice Walkers from just about any line. I've also seen a lot of dogs out of a couple different lines that would make me never get another dog out of that line. Just depends on what your looking for, I'm sure you can find it.

[PUG FACE]

Any luck with the yadkin river dogs?

[RIFLEMAN]

I second the nomination for Loose Bruce dogs.

[smoke23]

I have hunted a couple dogs out of yadkin river geoff and know a few people who coon hunt nothing else but yadkin river. The only downfall I've seen is they are late starters. They make good straight dogs but they don't seem to start till they are 13-15 months old. I am currently hunting a 14 month old and he is starting to show the grit I was hoping for. Well mannered and easy to train. Good tree power with above average noses. Just have to be patient with them. Seem to be worth the wait.

[wiblueboy]

Brianshounds,
Good lookin pack of hounds you have there. Hopefully in a couple of years here when im outta school ill have a truck full of good lookin dogs like that