How long do yall keep a pup before culling

I have had many a pup start hunting at 6 month old...but I will also say that I do not expect a pup to be striking at 6 months...but when one does he or she are going to get special treatment...possibly breeding rights as well....I breeding my own litter of pups...this way I can observe and test them and then start culling at 8 weeks...by time they are 4 months old I might be down to 4 pups and at 6 months down to 3 and at 10 months down to 2 pups...do that men I chose the best of the litter??? maybe...but I do know that I picked some good ones...and these were doing something I liked at all stages of their short lives...a star is born...not made...I like early starters and I look and will breed for that...if we have to spend many man hours trying to get the pup to bay and hunt then you can bet that those genes will be passed on...its a pleasure to hunt behind a natural hunting dog...

I will give an example of what happens to some good dogs...this example is a true story...

we went on a hunt and just caught a 250 pound boar in a slough...while we were dealing with the hog the 6 month old pup moved on and she was baying a coon in the cat tails about 100 yards away...it was a pitch black moonless night...one of the guys hunting with us right away started talking noise about that trashy pup...me...I was totally excited about what that pup had just done...the owner culled that pup later on because it was trashing too much... that pup came from some good dogs and I would have kept it and would have bred to it several times...

but that is how it goes...different strokes for different folks...

read what yellowblackmouth is saying...i agree 100% on all he said...