Striking and Winding Ability...

awesome reading. I always enjoy the post that Reuben post. It's been a while since I've been on here or even hunted, but come 1/31/24 I'll be officially retired.

Drifting it is fun to watch to me. Me too T-dog. The best I had was my Bubby female. She ran a fast track with head running shoulder high. I have lost that. I guess I went too much hound with the crosses I made. Maybe the heavy jug bred dog put a little too much hound in my leopard curs.

Bubby would run tracks faster than anything I had. Ramrod her half brother was more nose to the ground hound style dog. I made that cross and got Handsome Jack from it, but the cross went more towards the hound style dogs. Now I had luck with it, but still the high head drifting was kinda lost. Got more tree power but a little slower on track. See Bubby was different. colder nose, fast track, windy, but a pretty quiet mouth. Ramrod was hotter nose, head to the ground, heavy mouth and hard on the tree. Bubby would set off the tree and under the coon. Ramrod looked up... Bubby was so much different. very laid back, looked to really please and you knew she was looking back when you looked at her in the eyes. She really wanted to please.

She was the only one to open up going down the road. Could be on a creek, draw or a bottom. I guess just to say " dad let me out, there's been a coon here" LOL. but she was the only one to do it. She ran track different too. Head high and fast while Ramrod and jack just put the nose down like a hound. It's as if she knew that was a waist of time. She always beat them to the tree.

See to me it's not only a warm or cold nose but how much the game or hunt excites them. Bubby always looked forward to hunting. She knew what to do so I guess she was excited and so it didn't take much of a since to fire her up.

I really enjoy the reading. Now to rad some more and catch up. Maybe I'll find another good leopard cur that runs shoulder high on track that I can cross on. I still have my jack dog. He's a little over 9 now. I've a little blue leopard female that I plan on starting after deer season. we'll see how she runs track. Seems to be pretty smart. kinda of a through back pup too. Shorter ears and a pointier nose.

thanks

mike ( frog )