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Anyone having success running PA bobcats? Myself and a friend have been for past couple years and last year had tough time putting them in holes 90% of the time. We had opportunists to shoot them on the ground, but wanted a tree. We hunt near Warren, Sinnemahoning, St. Marys. Big hills and rocky in places. Always looking for suggestions or new hounds. Thank you.

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We hole 70 percent tree and bay up 20 percent 10 on ground just the way lots of ledges and quarry dumps. If deep snow tree and bays go up

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Thanks Manhooker,
If you don't mind, what kind of dogs are you running? Just curious, we are always looking for new ideas.

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Been running plotts for 20 years .tried and had all breeds plotts have been good to me never had a bad one I'll run em till I die!

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I run curs and my dad runs plotts. Both do a nice job but I won't be trading out anytime soon.

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Thanks fellas, I appreciate the input. I am not a "breed specific" guy, although I do know that hunting PA bobcats is much different than hunting Michigan cats or Wyoming cats and not many people have been in the game for a long time. You guys have any contact info on breeders or possible sources? Thanks

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There's is a fella that lives right by Warren that has Plott hounds. I think he hunts all Pocahontas Plotts. I was going to breed my bitch to a stud he hunts last year but the timing wasn't right for me to travel that far so I bred to a closer Pocahontas Stud that was equally as good. His name is Mike Zimmerman

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There's a fella on the cur and fiest section that hunts cats with some cur dogs in PA. Don't remember his name or handle. Maybe you could try over there

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Registered: Mar 2008
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In our neck of the woods 99% will not stay treed when they hear you coming to the tree, most run them a couple times to figure out their patterns and then ambush them on the run.

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Never had a problem with them jumping. Only one in 7 years. As far as people breeding for cat dogs in PA, I don't see it happening much. With our short season and limited cat numbers it is tough to have a dog just for cats. My dogs are nothing special, just a mix of different mtn cut blood lines but they catch their share of cats

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The little bit of hunting I did was pretty good, got some good runs but we had a few porky's at the end of it! OUCH

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