The absolute best hog dog you will ever find will be that once in a lifetime cur dog, but they are just about as scarce as an 18 yr old virgin. I hunt and raise plotts, and very few curs can hold up to the standards that these dogs have set for me. For any kind of dog, you have to set your priorities in order of importance and see if they stack up. I have heard alot of quotes that just make me laugh, "he has a dang cold nose for a cur dog"...well ok, does that mean he is cold nosed or just medium nose? "My cur dogs will run one for 3 hrs"...ok so will my year old puppies. I really dont want to start a pissin match caause I hunt what I like and everybody should do the same.....and I have been to places where there were alot of hogs and my hounds jumped one hog, ran it for 2 hrs while cur dogs caught 4.....and I have seen some great cur dogs that could get it done anywhere at any time......but it seems to me most people get excited when a cur dog does what I EXPECT my hounds to do.
I like what you said...some of the best hog dogs I have hunted with were curs with some hound in them...lots of good ones in the old time mt. cur...
