Brought an old Plumb back to life.

[MyDogsHunt]

HaHa,,, sounds familiar.
As a kid, my dad ran BT's on Coon and Cats down in Douglas WY. He also made his own whisky once or twice a year.
Our neighbor and his hunting buddy (the sheriff) ran B&T's.
Boy did I get an education on which breed was better listening to those two sipping whiskey and listening to a Coon race down on the N. Platte. The longer the race, the more they drank, and the more I learned.
Talk about leaving an emotional scar on a child!!!!

Another good read about Beagles and Fox Hounds back in the early 1900's that I'm sure you'd like is "Hounds in the Hills" by Edward Briggs. I just started it and am really enjoying it but I put it away, saving it for my week long Grouse Camp next Monday.
I love a good book and a cold beer in camp after a morning's hunt.
And just so's ya know, I still keep a GSP or two around and actually hunt Grouse the old fashioned way instead of driving around on a 4-Wheeler and shooting em with a 22.

Take care buddy.
Charlie

Edit; A good Cur and a Shorthair, and there ain't much a guy can't hunt.

PS,,,,, get females, they're small enough to both fit in one chair. ha

 

[M3mphis]

That's good stuff, Charlie and bearhunter. We've been hunting chukars for years with Viszlas. Now my brother in law also has a real good Drahthaar (had to google that to make sure I spelled it right).

Your cur's face is similar in shape to viszlas. She's a good looking dog.

Matt

 

[cckw]

HaHa,,, sounds familiar.
As a kid, my dad ran BT's on Coon and Cats down in Douglas WY. He also made his own whisky once or twice a year.
Our neighbor and his hunting buddy (the sheriff) ran B&T's.
Boy did I get an education on which breed was better listening to those two sipping whiskey and listening to a Coon race down on the N. Platte. The longer the race, the more they drank, and the more I learned.
Talk about leaving an emotional scar on a child!!!!

Another good read about Beagles and Fox Hounds back in the early 1900's that I'm sure you'd like is "Hounds in the Hills" by Edward Briggs. I just started it and am really enjoying it but I put it away, saving it for my week long Grouse Camp next Monday.
I love a good book and a cold beer in camp after a morning's hunt.
And just so's ya know, I still keep a GSP or two around and actually hunt Grouse the old fashioned way instead of driving around on a 4-Wheeler and shooting em with a 22.

Take care buddy.
Charlie

Edit; A good Cur and a Shorthair, and there ain't much a guy can't hunt.

PS,,,,, get females, they're small enough to both fit in one chair. ha

I had a German Shorthair that lived to be 12.5. he had been abused. I got him at about a year old. He was missing 1/2 of a rear paw and looked cross-eyed. But what an amazing hunter once I got him over the gun shy bit. Although many people say it is not possible. If they have a strong enough hunting desire they will work though it. He had a wonderful and slightly quirky personality. He thought his name was Gu-boyee'

 

[MyDogsHunt]

Drahthaar's, WireHairs, Shorthairs, Visilas,,,, all good dogs indeed.
Do a search for the versatile hunting dog registry (NAVHDA) and you'll see that the German dogs absolutely rule in that competition.
We're not just talking about finding a pen raised Bob White here either. They have to do blood trailing, water retrieves, and a plethora of other tasks. There's a guy up here that runs a pack of Drahthaars on Bears and kills a pile of em every year. Amazing dogs for sure.

Here's a couple of good examples of the versatility of German "Bird Dogs".
This is an old trapper that lives across the river's WireHair and my Cur Dog Sally "getting their bark on" with a caged Coon.
That little "Bird Dog" runs Coon as good or better than allot of the hard core Coon hunters that I know's hounds do. `
Not much of a voice though. ha

My old BT died when Sally was still a pup so that "Bird Dog" is the only other tree dog I ever ran Sally with before I put her on Cats, and she didn't turn out to bad. smile

And my old Shorthair (Pete) and Sally treeing one of the local Squirrels. He trees Squirrel like it was his job, but again, "not much of a voice". He'll stay at the tree,,, err,, on point,, all day though. ha

There's great web site over in Europe that's all about hunting wild boar with Drahthaars.
I'll try to find the link.

Bottom line is,,, every dog has hunting genes of one kind or another if you'll just "let that dog hunt"...
Charlie

Edit,,, while I'm at it, here's my girls with a nice Kitty they caught last year.

Like I said, "there ain't much you can't hunt with a Cur and a good German dog".

 

[M3mphis]

Great pics. I love it. I'm going to take a stab at this...is that lever action a Winchester? Caliber? Fine looking rifle.

In your experience how are curs around kids?

Thanks for all the great pics!

 

[MyDogsHunt]

Close,,,, the rifle's actually a Henry Frontier model (with the octagon barrel) in 22WMR.
I'm a big fan of the 22WMR and actually had a Winny 9422M for years. Sweet little gun but it was so inaccurate that I finally dumped it and bought the Henry. It's by far the most accurate 22Mag I've ever seen.
Henry's painted receiver cover and pizz poor "matt" finish on the magazine tube and lever could stand improving but all in all it's a very reliable and accurate rig.

I put a set of Skinners aperture sights on it and have no problem popping Gophers out to 75yrds with her.

As far as Curs and kids go, I'd say they're akin to peanut butter and jelly. ha
Do a search for Curs and you'll see that they were brought over by the early settlers as all purpose meat dogs and family guard dogs. There's several strains of Curs from big Lep Curs that the boys down south hunt Hogs with to the little mtn cur squirrel dogs but all of them that I've been around have been wonderfull pets as well.

I had a half sister to my Sally dog that got into some poison meat some a-hole farmer had put out and died on me last year. She actually had more hunt in her than Sally. More independent if you will, but still a wonderfull little companion.
Here's a couple pix of her when she was a pup.

She was a Cat catching machine, and never once ran a Deer on me.

RIP Penny, RIP

BTW, my Sally dog, being raised with pointers isn't a half bad bird dog. She helps my GSP with the Quail and occasional Grouse we run into when out for a hike in the woods behind my place.
I think you just might need to get you a little Cur dog.

 

[cckw]

My short hair loved to tangle with coons, possums, skunks, and once went after bob cat. I could always tell the difference when he was after a mammal. In the early days I would try to save the animal, but after a trip to the vet I changed my reaction, I would get in there fast and get the gun muzzle down into the fight and get the animal basically pinned to the ground with the gun then shoot.

I one time used my bare hands to wipe skunk sprayed oil out of his eyes. Fortunately that smell never bothered me much. UN-fortunately it never bothered him either.

Fences, animals etc. Rarely made though a hinting season without a vet trip.

FYI he had cancer in his mouth. A super skilled vet removed it and the "text book" gave him weeks to months after that. Got him 11 months. I was very pleased. Although I have never heard of any real success on organ cancers regardless of money spent or vet skill.

 

[bearhunter]

wow! thanks for the photos. those are some nice looking pups!
i made the mistake of showing my wife the pictures. she said that we would have to get two, you know, because "it needs a friend". i told her that we already had two beagles and that they could be a friend. not good enoug, she said; "we'll need two curs, because we have two beagles".
i should have known better than to show her the photos
if it were up to her we would have 10 beagles running around here and they would all be in the bed... i guess i'd have to sleep outside

 

[Operator1975]

I have to post some pics of my Great Danes. All 3 of em.

 

[Dusty One]

Great clean up job on the double bit. Nice cover and like the dogs too !