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Who is hunting Lions with them?

I have ran blackmouth curs on lions and I have friends in northern california that run them on bear bobcat and pig

I have a young cur who's really coming along well (at least to my satisfaction). She's very active and seems to always be searching for scent. I don't think she has the best nose, but that might just be her learning curve. She's been treeing very well and is out front on the races now, once the lions are jumped. She's extremely athletic. She seems to get a bit better in each aspect of the hunt with each lion. I just wish she'd calm down enough as we strike the track to see how well or not she can trail.

Ken

i have a mountain cur, and like the above post, i don't know how good there nose is, but when that little bugger disappear doesn't matter if its lion hunting or bear hunting nine out of ten times when you find him he has his prey caught. i love my cur, and he's getting old enough we'll thinking about trying to breed him again, or get another pup, he's my best bear dog hand down, and i've seen him catch lions too.

Kenneth and Bristoblues,

What lines are your mtn curs out of ?

Steve

This cat was treed with stephens curs

I have some young Mtn Curs that I hope to train out on bobcats. The cat population here in south Mississippi is real good. My curs are mostly Kemmer stock with the other being old line Mtn Cur.

swk,

My little cur is a black mouth cur and blue tick cross from a fellow named Logan Anderson not to far from where I live in Kingman, AZ. She was an accidental breeding, and I'm not sure where Logan's dogs came from. The dame was the cur and the sire was the blue tick. And she doesn't show any blue tick in her...and oddly enoguh, she's not tan with a black mouth. She's almost all black with some tan on her legs. She's faster than any of my other dogs. But then again, my other dogs are either older than her, or shorter legged. All I know is that Logan has some fine dogs, and I feel pretty good to have two dogs from him. Wish I could tell you more about the lines, but I just don't know. When Logan gave me the dog, he dropped it off for me at a friend's and I didn't even get a chance to tell him thanks in person. When I first got her, she was way too hyper, but she's calming down more and more. Hell, if the dog hunts hard, I don't care what it is.

Ken

Thanks for the replies.

porkchop- are your stephens open ? I don't know a lot about the breed other than what I've read in Full Cry.
I've noticed there are a few western states guys using them. Are they the same lines as the ones out east ?

If anyone has experience with several cur breeds including leopards I'd like to hear what you've experienced from them, the good and the bad plus any comparison between the cur breeds would be interesting to hear.

I've got a mtn cur that I like and a leopard pup. My mtn cur is silent and I do like to hear the race so I got this leopard to try.

Steve

swk, Yes they are open on the track. Some more so than others just like any other breed but these have always done a good job for me. I don't know about whether or not the eastern guys have a different blood line or not but I'm sure I could find out. Pm me with your # if you want.

I hunted one leopard. A male from Hensley lines. Caught alot of cougar with him. He was open on track and had a fair nose not a track straddler. Easy to get along with. He was regularily getting himself hurt and was stubborn on track when all hope was lost he was still going. A bit trashy.
I felt he lacked bottom end which may have been because of him heat stroking once...he was not heat tolerant.

Thanks for all the information. I am looking into getting one they are hard to find in my part of the country though.

i got my cur from someone my dad worked with, i know the mom and dad was a decoy dog for coyotes, and if is mom would've been regestered he would have papers,
but my cur has amazing endurence, my hounds can out run in but give it five or so miles and he used to be able to start passing them up lol now he's getting old, and has seen alot of hard miles and hard runs so he slowing down, but a better bear dog, well he would be hard to beat still.

Kenneth- sounds like you might have a nice cross.

bristoblue's- While I primarily coon hunt, and the races aren't real long, I have noticed my cur never seems ready to quit. I can hunt for hours and she's still ready for more. I'm generally ready to quit long before she is .

Steve

Have had good luck with my Clark bred Leapards. Chop on track, good tree dogs, and very easy to get along with.