im kinda suprised tnhillilly hasnt chimed in...
Me too hitemhard....I called him yesterday but didn't get him...think I'll try him again, this is his deal here for sure.
Im still here, took the wife to gatlinburg for the weekend, and was pretty much banned from the internet all weekend.
I have run hogs and bear both with my "hounds" for as long as i can remember. One thing we need to keep in mind is bear hunting is done in totaly different fashion, than hog hunting.
When bear huntin, we keep our dogs on lead until we find a track, by sight, or dogs striking, or riggin from truck. Then turn one dog loose at a time, oldest and more experienced 1st. and so on. til the dogs get the bear jumped. and then try to get into position to keep fresh dogs packed to the race to keep pressure on the bear to bay up or tree.
As far as using cur dogs for bear, yes, it can be done, because some
