Mike, Lion and Boar Hunter, Cward, Bigo, Bryant, Kevin Adkins...

[Circle C]

This question is for you.

Knowing that each and every one of you has hunted with countless people and dogs over the years, and having owned dogs that are/were spoken highly of, What is the best dog you have ever hunted behind. If you could only have one dog to hunt from here on out, what dog would it be,and why?  If you will, give some background on the dog. Was it homebred, out of a well known kennel? Breed or strain, how did it hunt?

If it's a dog long dead, have you been able to reproduce it to any degree?

[Noah]

Excellent question

[BA-IV]

This is better then Christmas...don't keep us waiting to long!

[bayem~and~slay em]

Ready for some answers !!

[Mike]

The Blue-Eyed Bitch was her name... owned by Herman Harris in North Zulch. She was the hardest hunting, no quit type dogs I ever hunted behind. More dog than most people would care to own. You better grab her when you got to the bay because she was rolling out looking for another one. Covered everything around you and went as far as it took to find one... then stayed hooked till the end.

I'd love to have a whole pack like her.

[Bigdog]

mike does she have sum hound in her she sure has sum houndy lookin ears.nice lookin dog like the way shes built.

[Noah]

Excellent proportions on that gyp

[Mike]

mike does she have sum hound in her she sure has sum houndy lookin ears.nice lookin dog like the way shes built.

She had some hound in her, not sure how much. They didn't know a whole lot about her background.

[Wmwendler]

I've hunted behind the blue eyed btch also, and second what Mike said about her.  Can't wait to hear what the others have to say.

Waylon

[Circle C]

Anyone know if any of the pups from her last litter turned out? Seems I recall some health issues came up and she ended up being spayed if I am remembering correctly. I think Mike Savoy was in line for some pups from that litter, and I think the sire was a son of Lavon's Buck dog.

[Bigdog]

not trying to start something but every time i here the best dog ever story the dog seems to always b cross bred with something.not saying strait  bred curs or hounds or watever arent any good but the mixed up dogs seem to shine.

[Mike]

Two other dogs worth mentioning are Jesse Paul's Jet dog and my old Blue dog.

Watching Jet take a cold track in those mountains, stick with a runner for miles on end and stay bayed till the cows came would just flat out make your jaw drop. Fortunately, he's got many little Jets in the making.

My old Blue dog was a hard hunting son of gun before brucellosis hit him and he lost his manhood. Even after that took the pep out of his step, he produced a ton of hogs up until the day he died. Blue had one helluva nose on him. I watched more times than I can remember dogs pass up tracks that he would take and put a hog at the end of it. He'd come back to a spot five or six times, grind it out and find that hog. I'd venture to say that he found hogs over just about every dog he was ever put on the ground with. He could also be cast, rigged, roaded and do it in every type of terrain I put him in. Unfortunately, he couldn't reproduce himself... I had a couple of litters from him before he got cut.

[Reuben]

the blue eyed bitch is one fine specimen...

[Reuben]

The Blue-Eyed Bitch was her name... owned by Herman Harris in North Zulch. She was the hardest hunting, no quit type dogs I ever hunted behind. More dog than most people would care to own. You better grab her when you got to the bay because she was rolling out looking for another one. Covered everything around you and went as far as it took to find one... then stayed hooked till the end.

I'd love to have a whole pack like her.

I had a mtn cur like her and heat exhaustion got her...her name was Fly...

[Bigdog]

mike wat breed was jet and blue.

[Mike]

not trying to start something but every time i here the best dog ever story the dog seems to always b cross bred with something.not saying strait  bred curs or hounds or watever arent any good but the mixed up dogs seem to shine.

I agree, most of the better dogs I've seen are crosses.

Or strait cur... with a lot of ear!!!

[Mike]

mike wat breed was jet and blue.

Jet was a 3/4 cur 1/4 hound.

And sit down... Blue was a papered catahoula.

[Bigdog]

yea a little shot of hound never hurt anything.

[Reuben]

yea a little shot of hound never hurt anything.

x2...most of the dogs I considered to be great dogs had some hound in them...

[Circle C]

Blue was a special dog to more than just Mike. Lots of good memories hunting with that dog.