Hounds vs Curs

Heat.....First I'm gonna say I have enjoyed this post and the back and forth conversation. I can definately aprreciate a good hound beacause when I was a kid dad had hounds and Curs.... Like I said before. One in particular was a walker hound named Doc. He was a reject coon dog that trashed on hogs. So dad took him from the man and put him to work on hogs. He was a GREAT hog dog and in the list for the best hog dogs I have hunted with over 18 years. Ultimately his bottom was his demise in the days before tracking systems were common, he took a hog across the Brazos river and we never found him. But the same can be said for many Cur dogs before tracking collar days. BUT....he is the only hound on that list, the rest are all Cur dogs. There are lots of Cur dogs that have bottom and many of them will stick with a hog longer than most people prefer. Now as for me I don't think a dog can have too much bottom. Bottom is very important to me. I think this is something we can agree on. I don't care if a dog stay on a hog all day and all night. Infact I really hate for a hog to get away and want them to stay with any hog as long as it takes. Now I know what you mean about 15 minute cur dogs because I have seen them and hunted with them. However, I don't consider them good cur dogs and It is not the standard for cur dogs. No for this part I am going to leave myself and my dogs out of this, because I know what I have and thats all that matters. But there lots of Cur dogs out there that are long range, lots of hunt, and can easily take a track that is many-several hours old. And lots of Cur dogs out there that will stay with hogs for hours and miles. You don't have to beleive that but it is the truth.

Waylon