The American Beagler Forum

What can you folks tell me about this dog? How hes bred Who owned him? Anything....thanks.

Branko bred him out of FTCH Branko's Copper Boy and Branko's Speedy Devil. He was sold to Rick Dewsbury of Ontario Canada who trialed and finished him as an IFC. He was then sold to a fellow in the USA who had him at stud. I ran with him dozens of times when Rick had him. A decent running little male.

Thanks Boomer.. A friend of mine asked if i could find out info as he may end up with a pup. I get such a kick out of being able to find this kind of info its just unreal. My dad wouldnt believe what we can do with the computer. Thanks so much..

beaglebill - do a search on this site for Smokes Creek Syris McGee.....his sire is Branko's Big Sam. Syris was a top notch hound that died at an early age. There will be a lot more info. on this site about Syris than Big Sam. I don't know a whole lot about Branko's Big Sam - mainly just what I have heard from others. Although his name was Big Sam, he was actually a small hound, under 13". The only negative comment I have heard about him is that he was thought to throw pups w/ bad bites. You may want to make sure you check your pups bite before taking it home.
Good luck w/ you pup - I'm sure it will burn up a rabbit!
-Pete

Rodger Bibler in ohio ownes him. i'm not sure if sam is still alive.

I owned a female one time out of Branko's Big Sam and Branko's Blue Alibies.She was about Medium speed. use her mouth right.Never had any problem with her running trash.Breed her twice to branko's Jackpot.The faults i seen with her and the pups out of her was they only had good hunt when they smelled a rabbit.To me that is the most important quality in a beagle.

I have several dogs out of Blue Alibies and Blue Alibies herself and they all hunt hard and jump their share of rabbits. The dogs she has thrown that I have seen all had good hunt. I will say that I have not seen any of the dogs from her and Big Sam so I really can't say about them.

Yes Donald Carder of West Virgina owned Blue Allibies when he breed to Big Sam.I talked to him about Blue Allibies and he said she was a hard hunter.He said she was pretty fast .I've talked also to other fellows that watched Big Sam run and said he was a real good hound.

hey bill, i know this is a little late but if you haven't seen Sam's Pic you can see it here.
http://www.beaglesunlimited.com/beaglin ... dmales.htm

BLUE BANDIT, THAT'S THE BEST LOOKING BRANKO DOG I'VE SAW.
INTERESTING SITE, THANKS FOR POSTING IT.
MIKE

no problem but i will have to say Heli-Prop when he is in shape takes the best looking award.