What type of hound have you had the best luck with?

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What type of hound have you had the best luck with?

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Hi,
I have been hunting in wisconsin since i have been 9 with my own hounds and i was wondering what type of breed hounds have worked best for you. i have been crossing my plotts and walkers and they are getting to do the job pretty good. i would apreciated peoples input.

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This is definitly going to be an opinion issue.. Really depends on what you're running and "what's your favorite color?" after that.. Find the breeder or line that's doing the job and run with it. I've run Redtick, Bluetick, Walker, Redbone, & Majestic.. on coon, lion & bobcat.. To me the line made more difference then the color.. My favorite color dog is blue.. always liked the Cameron hounds.. how they ran, their inteligence for cats, & how they looked.. but switch the man, the game, or the location and someone would have a totally different preference..
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The successful ones that catch something. They are a hell of alot more fun!
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I LIKE THE POCAHONTAS AND CROCKETT BRED PLOTTS BUT I'D LIKE BEAR DOGS TO BE COLDER NOSED THAN MOST OF THE PLOTTS I HAVE HAD. THOUGH I HAVE 2 NOW THAT CAN RIG AND TRAIL A BEAR 10-12 HRS OLD IN DECENT CONDITIONS AND THATS ABOUT ALL I WANT ANYWAY. BUT A GOOD BEAR DOG CAN BE PURPLE IF IT TREES EM I'LL FEED IT.
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The best type of dogs that work's for me are the one's that can run a hard trake and still talk tree'd at the end. :beer
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I think it really depends on what your doing. Different breads have different characteristics. Its sort of like thoroughbred and quarter horse. Its the difference of being on the tracks or on the ranch. Plotts are agressive. Walkers tree good. Black and tans usally have a good mouth. Blue ticks are calm kept dogs. And every dog is different. But for the over all view of a breed thats been my experence. I havent seen any plotts be real good coon dogs but they damn sure put some big game in the trees. We have mostly walkers and i really think there a good over all dog for game.
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I have never owned a dog that wasn't a mix of some sort, but they would case and catch the things i wanted them too.
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I have had good luck with blueticks. but whatever works for you is what you should hunt.
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I love hunting with my buddys Trigg He is just B.A. then blues,walkers and plotts. But a dog is only as good as their taught and hunted
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are hunting group runs mostly walkers and we love them. they hunt hard and run hard they are running walkers we catch alot of yotes and we dont have any problem with them but its what you were raised around that makes you like the dog and what you like in a dog.
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Ankle Express wrote:The successful ones that catch something. They are a hell of alot more fun!


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