Agreed. In my experiences they either have it or they don’t. There’s things u can do to maybe help them a little. I have a full catahoula and a catahoula hound cross that look like road maps and they aren’t bad catchy unless it’s a small one but they bay tight. That’s the grit I like. I like experimenting. I don’t care if it’s a bmc, cat, a cross, or a hound. They all can produce and all bring a little something different to the table.

I have been straight cur or cur hound cross for all my hog dogs.  Just now experimenting with the straight hounds on hogs. I am very familiar with plotts bc that’s all my buddy runs I hunt with. But I have always wanted to try the treeing walkers. Just always likes the look of the dogs. What lines are know for more gritty?

What’s the biggest differences for guys that have ran both regularly that u notice or seemed to notice?  For example grittyness, more open on track, nose, ect.  Or some noticed no difference, color don’t matter just luck of the draw on nose and drive.

Would like to here some opinions on this. I’m getting ready to upgrade and can’t decode between the alpha and the 430.