Not being ugly but what do you gain from pit x redbone = cross a then mnt cur x plott = cross b then the two together make cross c then you plan to breed back to the sire. Not sure if I got your method exactly right. ? For you I know pit was for grit red bone size and nose mnt cur probly for hunt and durability plott to ad back nose size and bottom Wouldn't it be faster to go to one pure breed that has all of those and tweeking a bit to your like or do you just like long projects. Like I said not being ugly just trying to understand your methods of thinking
You make a good point with your statement about getting purebred dogs that were already close to where you want. Now I don't know or pretend to know exactly what Reuben is looking for, and this is not directed at him but more as a general example but if you don't mind an open dog it seems to me like going out and getting some real rough plotts would be your faster path. I mean there are some real good rough plott lines out there already with most of the work already done for you. You got some really good old school Weems blood a lot of that tends to be rough depending on who you get it from, then you got Mike and Cajun Plotts who are definitely on the rough side and I have never heard anything but good things about his dogs and they have hunted world wide on all kind of game. Those are just some examples but I would go find a couple of sources where you have seen their dogs hunt and get you a few from each. Then you can selectively breed from there.
Just thinking out loud.
