Successful hunt???

I didn't grow up with hunting dogs. I got serious about hog hunting about 13 years ago. I learned from a guy from FL that had FL curs. When I came to Louisiana, I met some guys that had cur dogs for hogs and hounds for deer and coyote. I built a foundation and for the first few years I ran nothing but curs. I had what I felt were some good cur dogs. I could turn them out on a pretty fresh track and they would fo 4,6,8-- yds and bay. It was fun, but I was concerned about the inconsistency of the cur dogs. I talked to a friend that had plotts and I decided to try one out. I took a 7 month old gyp that had never seen a hog before and I put her on a track. She left out and trailed that hog about 900 yds (no garmins back then). She bayed the hog and I was hooked ever since. I hunt everything from national forest to 26,000 acre lease to 3500 acre leases. Most people are pretty decent around here and don't mind you going on their property just to retrieve a dog. When they find out I am hog hunting the say get dog and the hog!

I just like good cold nosed hunting dogs that will hunt! Mt dogs have a lot of stick and they stayed bayed when the going gets tough. I find the plot breed to be very versatile and extremely tough. Combine this with good speed and good mouth; it makes a great hunting dog for me. I also like the fact that I can take my dogs to other parts of the country and they will run bear. There is not doubt in my mind that they will run cats or just about anything else I put them on.

Just me. And yes I like to hear a good pack of hounds hammering on any game. I think a lot if depends on where you from too. Hounds are strongly preferred in the mountains where you need to hear dogs.