Ears

Rednose, You are correct. Dale Bradenburger of the Pioneer kennels had bigger houndier dogs. One of his main dogs in the early years was Pioneer drum and you could look at that dog and see the bloodhound in him. There is alot of specuation on the anncestory of him but I have heard that the bloodhound traits came from his mother but seeing pics of him with his sire and dam, I dont know and probably never will.
I know this is a topic about ears but their are dogs that stradlle a cold track and mudhole it and there are others that can just drift a cold track and get it jumped. A lot also depends on just how old the track is. I'll see if I can dig up some pictures of some ears. lol