englishmonster
Senior Member
i have my opinion,now whats yours? what hounds are best for hunting bear/cougar/bobcat?
Now there's a man that knows what he's talking aboutWalkers. hands down. It's not an opinion. It's fact. The competitions all prove it. A walker dog is the best hound on the planet and the greatest friend in the world.
Walkers. hands down. It's not an opinion. It's fact. The competitions all prove it. A walker dog is the best hound on the planet and the greatest friend in the world.
competition coon hunting and bear hunting are two very different things. just sayin. and has far as walkers being the BEST dogs on the planet... that can be YOUR opinion.. but it is sure not a fact..... yea they maybe be fast track dogs and stylish tree dogs... but they dont have the grit to catch fight and tree a mean bear..... if you wanna start a pack of bear dogs.. better get a plott!!!!!!!!
calm down fellas. NO ONE MENTIONED ENGLISH HOUNDS!!!!!!!!!! i hunt english!
The best hounds/dogs for hunting bear are good bear dogs. I've seen some good ones of every breed (even those overgrown beagles ) and mixture thereof. And I've seen a lot more worthless ones than good ones of all breeds. I'm kinda partial to Plotts myself, as I grew up hunting in the county where they originated. My dad used to do some bear hunting with Von Plott, Taylor Crockett, and some of that generation of bear hunters. The two best bear dogs I've ever personally been in the woods with were "Ol' Squirt," who was a black-backed, brindle-legged Plott, and "Ol' Red," a black-backed redbone cross of some sort, probably Plott/redbone. The three best bear dogs I ever owned myself were a bluetick/English/walker cross, a registered Plott gyp, and a Plott/bluetick cross.
As my dad, who spent his whole life following hounds of all sorts, used to say: "I don't care if it's purple and green polka-dotted and its ears grow out its arse, if it'll run and fight a bear, it's a bear dog. "
Not really interested in what 'most' bear guides run in the country. I run what works for me. Look what 'most' U.S citizens voted for in the last election. Nuff said. Here in the mountains and on the Eastern coast of NC, I see a bunch of different breeds being run on bear. They all have their purpose. Etter2, how many bear hounds you got? What are they?............
Not really interested in what 'most' bear guides run in the country. I run what works for me. Look what 'most' U.S citizens voted for in the last election. Nuff said. Here in the mountains and on the Eastern coast of NC, I see a bunch of different breeds being run on bear. They all have their purpose. Etter2, how many bear hounds you got? What are they?............