Registered: May 2006
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 1344

We mainly hunt big game Walker... non of the hyped up bloodlines in our main dogs.... They suit us the best for the cat hunting we do... They have the nose we need, the speed we want, the game drive we desire, the tree power to hold it and the locating ability needed in the thick Oregon forests. And the brains to be able to run it all. They are also versitile enough to go south east and hunt in the dirt, cliffs and totally different terrain that they grew up in with minimal adjustment time.

We also have 1 bluetick and I will soon be bringing home another to try... I LOVE a good bluetick.. Many we have hunted with locally just don't have the brains and speed we like. The 1 bluetick we do own has it.. The only frustrating thing with her is sometimes she likes to use ALL of her other senses first and brain last.... But that can also be a good thing when my walker are standing around saying "No way are we doing that" the bluetick normally piles right on in...

I have hunted with Black n Tans, redbones and plotts and have not enjoyed the ones I have hunted with for various reasons... Not saying there aren't any good ones out there, because there are.. I just haven't been lucky enough to follow behind them. The ones I have chased have been slow, lack of nose, brains and had too much grit towards the wrong things...

__________________
~Melanie Hampton~
OutWest Big Game Hounds

You've only got 3 choices in life, give in, give up, or give it all you got.

Last edited by Melanie H. on 06-13-2007 at 10:57 PM

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Mar 2007
Location: Minerva, Ohio
Posts: 546

I hunt Plotts and English because I like their way of pleasing. They are both versatile and smart and intelligent.I like all the breeds and think none less of them then my english and ploots, I just like them more. one reason why I like the Plott the most is, no origination from the foxhound, and I only ever owned one that didnt turn out. One reason why I think so highlt of the English is because they are eager to please and many englsih owners are very truthful, nice people, same with plotts. Ilike the Walker and Bluetick, only because they originated from the English, but one fault of the walker I dont like is the aggresiveness against anything and everything that has been bred into them. as long as one trees a coon(as my signature says) I dont really care what kind of dog it is. that is why I will alwas pack an English and a Plott. And needless to say, Plotts are just one of a kind...

__________________

Kellie Haney
HOME OF:
*GRNITECH GRCH PR MORGAN'S LOSSES HILLS DAWN* CO-OWNED WITH REX MORGAN
-#1 CURRENT TOP REPRODUCING PLOTT FEMALE
-2010 AUTUMN OAKS NATIONAL GRAND NITE CHAMPION PLOTT

*PR Dundee Bottoms Wild Shamrock*

**IN LOVING MEMORY OF:**
*NITECH CH PR GIMME THREE STEPS MISTER*

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: May 2006
Location: southern IL
Posts: 606

ENGLISH


Why.....the best hounds I have ever been to the timber with were english! but there is a few off colored dogs that stick out in my mind.

__________________
BUTTERCREEK ENGLISH KENNELS
GRNTCH GRCH JONES RAIS'IN CANE
2011 UKC Performance Sire, PKC S.S sire
NTCH CH BUTTERCREEKS BIG WIN

Last edited by jesse walter on 06-13-2007 at 10:50 PM

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged