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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/

Lynxhunter wrote: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

Ammo is definitely turning out to be a awesome dog. They are silent on track all the time. They don't say boo until they tree which I actually like since we hunt pretty small areas.

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

We've got some mountain lion, but mostly bobcat. We don't have much in the way of bear where I live, but it's something I've thought about, I just don't think I'd be able to get out and hunt much.

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

Lynxhunter wrote: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.

Haha! The wife takes the picture and is really selective on what she lets me post on the internet and our website. She says she wants to imply that they're gritty dogs without knocking you over the head with it, just in case our pictures end up in some anti paraphernalia.

Glad I could change your mind on Catahoulas!