reuben.have u ever saw a mnt cur run a bear for 8 to 10 hours and then tree it for 2 to 3 hours before u could get to them.if u no where sum r that will do this i would b intrested to know wat line there off of.i know the kemmer line has alot of staying power.most curs want stay very long on a race.and i dont need no one to get on hear and tell me how there curs will pull hair and make them climb,ben there dun that.seen them curs get there ass ate up and sent back to the truck.most dont have the guts or nuts to stay all day on a bear.i no all the ybm guys r gonna get there feelings hurt but call them like i see em.and dont say i havent been with no good ones because i have been with sum hog and cattle dogs that wer good at there job.for the most part there just not bred to do wat a hound will do.
I don't know anything about bear hunting but I got a pack of mtn cur pups in 1989 that ran a hog for 5 hrs on the first hunt I took them on in some real thick brush/woods and they were around 10 months old. They were omcba registered. I had to leave them so don't know how long they ran than hog after that. I started my old line off of that and tried to breed silent to semi silent dogs.
Most BMC and Catahoua curs were bred for cow work but the mtn cur was bred for hunting. The problem with some of the mtn curs of today is that some are bred small like fiest dogs and there is so much variation in them. I don't know but have heard of some that are used for bear and mtn lion. More and more are getting bred for hog hunting which is a good thing.
