Question- where are all these good cur dogs that will range 500-800 yds and run a track 3-6 hrs old, cold trail a hog 3/4 mi jump and run another mi or two and stay bayed however many hrs it takes you to walk to them? If you can consistently produce these kind of cur dog's I will buy a couple and consider converting, oh wait those kind are not for sale, and how many come like that out of a litter of strait cur dogs?
TN, ranging 500-800 yards and running a track 3 hours old really isn't something I would consider unusual in the right line of cur dogs. Actually, it's what I would expect.
I know that there are way more that won't do that than will as far as dogs go in general but I don't think that it's breed specific , I think that goes for all dogs. I don't think those kind of dogs are reproduced on a real consistant basis with any breed , hound or cur. As far as percentages go with reproducing that kind of dog I would be very happy with 50%.. I Have hunted with a lot of plotts and a lot of cur dogs and In my experience your chances of getting a top hogdog isn't any better with hounds. I don't mean a dog that will run with a pack or be at a bay, I mean a dog that will do it by himself. I've watched a LOT of plotts run with a pack but then turn him loose by himself and he wont go 300 yards. But I've also watched a LOT of cur dogs do the same thing. I'm not downing hounds at all but judging from the ones I've hunted with, your chances of getting a hogdog that will range 600-800 yards and take 3-6 hour old tracks by themself are in no way better.
