Plott hounds

Some years ago I had a Plott male that I got as a pup from my closest friend in TN that was totally silent,.....not a sound on track. He was an extremely intelligent dog that I had high hopes for. First hunt out he found a deer track and left out, of course I had no idea that he was running anything since this was before Garmin and I didn't have a regular radio collar on him....didn't own but one and it was on another grown dog. He ran the deer no telling how far and got lost, we looked for wuite awhile for him but no luck. I left my shirt where we started the hunt and we came back the next morning to hunt again, I hoped that he would find us this hunt,.....no luck. I find out that he's been seen off down the road at a guy's house, we head down there and no dog but he was there just awhile ago. I called and called but he never showed up which was not like him at all. We head out down the road and I see a dog in the bushes by the edge of a hay field and instantly know it's my dog, but he moves back into the brush as he drive up, unlike him again. I get out and finally get him to move out a bit, he finally realizes that it's me and slowly comes out to me, limpng on all for feet, if such a thing is possible. His feet are raw....this dog has been on a tour and is absolutely scared to death. He healed up but never got over being lost for a day and night. I truly believe that he was so fearful of being lost again that he wouldn't run anything very far. I hunted him for awhile and finally gave up. He was about 2 by then and I gave him to a guy that hunted with us at the time, but he never got any better......he finally did away with him.....sad sad tale, this dog could have been a super dog but just couldn't get over that fear I reckon. He is, I think, the only Plott that I've hunted with that was totally silent on track.