I just got my first one this year and he is 6 months old right now and wound up like a nine day clock!! My plans were just to use him as a lead in catch dog, just as I do my pits. Do some of you guys actually hunt yours out with your cur dogs or buy them self?
All the above if I am walk hunting they run loose, road hunting small acreage they run loose, turned out to a bay, and also as the main dogs. Mine are versatile, but have never been led in.