BullRooster wrote:Thanks for the input guys. I am strictly a gun hunter and I am wanting to get something that I love to hunt with. I recently had a 4 dog pack the last couple years. All the aggrevation of over running track, skirting around the thick stuff, barking and not producing rabbits, and cheating to get in the front has made me cull my entire pack but one hound. I do not put up with stupidity in hounds after I give them a fair chance. The only hound I have left is a Reffetts bred hound with a little Branko. In my opinion the only one worth keeping so I made the decision to keep him and cull the rest. The other hounds were Turbo, Branko (which is where Turbo comes from), and Ace in the Hole breed. I am looking to try some different blood other then Northway just to see for myself. Thanks for the info guys. This gives me some new bloodlines to try out.
Sbadger,
Where does the Gunsmoke line of hounds come from you mentioned? I am guessing its not the old Bluetick Gunsmoke line. I have tried the old line and have been dissappionted in them. To be honest with you I believe they have been line breed to death and its doing nothing now other then creating below average hounds. If they would outcross those hounds I think they would have better results.
I dont know where you are located, but I am willing to meet up with ya to run some dogs. It will give you a chance to checkout a couple dogs out of unfamilliar bloodlines.