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« on: May 02, 2014, 07:16:44 pm » |
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I know this is a hog hunting forum, but do any of y'all know anyone who breeds this line of hounds. Or maybe some well bred crosses.
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Reuben
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« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2014, 07:29:21 pm » |
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there used to be a man in New Mexico that kept them as well as promoted and raised them but he passed on...
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Training dogs is not about quantity, it's more about timing, the right situations, and proper guidance...After that it's up to the dog...
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« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2014, 12:38:21 pm » |
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good dry ground lion dogs, used in areas of the southwest where the heat can take out many of the dogs. They are more heat tolerant than most and make a lot better cat dogs than bear dogs but still make decent bear dogs. Not my first choice for adding nose to hog dogs but still a good choice.
The guy I know who has some have big dogs but then I like my dogs bigger.
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Cajun
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« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2014, 03:15:11 pm » |
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Steve Matthes out of Ca. started this strain. Authored a book called Brave( very good reading.
Dick Muldoon out of new Mexico had his strain for a while & like mentioned, passed on. There was another guy in Ca. who had his strain but I cannot remember his name.
I doubt if their are any pure Matthes hounds left.
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Reuben
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« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2014, 03:48:15 pm » |
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Cajun...I was lucky enough to buy that book and get it signed by Steve M. I have read it 2 or 3 times but the first story about Brave I have read 7 or 8 times...I did a search on that book and the value was up pretty high...
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Training dogs is not about quantity, it's more about timing, the right situations, and proper guidance...After that it's up to the dog...
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« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2014, 07:23:36 pm » |
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I know where there is a small family group of some of the last of that bloodline. Unfortunately for any purists . . they're now about 5/8ths July hound. I've hunted with them on bear and bobcat and whatever may have been added doesn't seem to have hurt them any. I also have a good number of pictures, articles, etc on Steve Mathes and Dick Muldoon. I have a sheath of letters written by Muldoon on what he had done to preserve and maintain the Mathes line. His dog handling was much better than his penmanship . . so translating his handwritten scrawls into a readable form is another dog project I've had on the back burner for some time. A pair of young Dick Muldoon bred, New Mexico Mathes hounds  Riding the rig in New Mexico bear country . . 1990s  |
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Reuben
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« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2014, 08:16:10 pm » |
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I used to read D. Muldoons articles in the full cry...thanks for posting Barlow...
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