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  1. machine73
    Banjo, in the States you would easily find a good jagdterrier to match what you want. What you want to do with a terrier is exactly what I do with my jagds... well sand ferreting but add in hog hunting. They're good all rounders... not good a specialists... but that's why I hunt with them. They have really good noses and absolutely gamey. Try and find someone near you that runs jagds and see if they suit you. Sean
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    Yeah its grown a lot, I have lost a bunch of good coursing fields to that growth. Albuquerque still has its issues they dug up a bunch of murdered prostitutes in one my hunting fields a few years back which was kind of creepy. Blue one New Mexico is not a bad place to live particularly if you like to hunt the state is pretty good for running dogs on hare and coyote and there is some fair pig hunting along the Texas border plus all kinds of stuff you can point a gun at if thats your thing including people. lol i like it here and it is nice to have legal coursing and 100's of square miles
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    Hey Terrence, I grew up in Albuquerque and had my first duty station at Kirtland AFB. Lived up in the Heights for quite a few years. Last time I was back there I couldn't believe how much it grew. Sometimes I miss New Mexico but not ABQ! Way too much crime back in those days. All the best. Sean
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    Black mouth curs (BMC) can range from 45 to close to 100lbs. Most are no more than 60. At least in hog hunting lines. Same with Catahoulas. I've seen very largs cats with thick bone structure being used as catch dogs and smaller more fleet cats used as pure bay dogs. Most are somewhere in between, gritty bay dogs. A large percentage of cats that I've hunted with were ill and only deserve a lead infusion to the brain pan in my opinion. Can't tolerate a fighting dog. The word cur has a bad negative connotation to ya'll, but lots of cattle men back home still rely on their stock working curs and
  5. machine73
    Love the brindle bobtails. Are those mountain curs?
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    Think of a cur as a type of dog and not a breed... though some lines have been fixed and are considered breeds. Think of them as a working man's rustic type dog. Depending on the lines they work stock, tree game, bay hogs, guard the homestead, etc. Most of them are descended early pioneering types working dogs. They needed dogs that could work free range cattle and hogs as well as put meat on the table. Generally speaking, with some exceptions, curs are shorter ranged than hounds, have hotter noses, and mostly silent on trail. Some tree some don't. I've hunted hogs with Catahoulas, black mouth
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    You can buy it on line via Skycat Publications. Just click on the link in the last line of my signature below this post. They'll ship to the States the same as to Australia. Thank you for your response; book ordered. Sean
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    Is this available anywhere in the States? Sean
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    If you're in the States you won't find a better strike dog than a blackmouth cur from hog dog lines.
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    Houndsmen here in the states use e-collars pretty regularly to break off deer and other trash. Is the use of e-collars and breaking scents an unusual practice where ya'll are?
  11. machine73
    and what do they now .? Currently in Pennsylvania recovering from a face and mouthful of porcupine quills.
  12. machine73
    3 now. I used mine mainly for boar when I lived in Texas.
  13. machine73
    Scott, small world... Sean
  14. machine73
    I'd give these dogs a go on hogs here in Texas. How big are they and do they have any nose and stamina?
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    Hey brother if you ever change your mind let me know. All it will cost is gas to get here. It's a haul, I'll admit that. I'm envious that you're settling in UT.
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    I keep telling you to bring Sonic out to Texas. Josh is running on all his properties pretty hard right now. And my other buddy Joe has a couple of hundred thousand acres of farm land that he has hog removal contracts on. Both those guys are always happy to have an extra hand. Plenty of game other than boar to run on all that property. Coons are doing a number on the corn. Time for some eradication. Sean
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    Plenty of jagds have a rough coat. Mine are all smooth or broken coat.
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    Ridgebacks and various crosses pop up here and there in Texas as hog dogs. It's hard to find a working ridgeback, but when you do they are generally late starters. That makes them fairly unpopular with hog doggers.
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    Dave, when are you going to put that hairy mop on hogs again? Sean K
  20. machine73
    Re-read the description. SGS says it wa sthe pups first cat, inferring bobcat. He then said the pup had been treeing housecats before... different thing entirely.
  21. machine73
    Sorry to keep highjacking. There are some full blood dogos in use around where I live. We see a lot of crosses: amerigos (dogo x American bulldog) and catdos (catahoulha x dogo). There are more pitbull and pitbull crosses being used for catchdogs than anything. Dogos are starting to become popular with the showdog crowd and it is spelling their doom... ya'll can relate to that. Sean
  22. machine73
    If any of ya'll ever get on this side of the pond and find yourselves in Texas, I can do my best to hook you up with a hog hunt with dogs and knives. It's something you just have to experience to appreciate. Then you guys can educate me on groundwork. The type of dog you guys refer to that really gets stuck in with a hog we call "gritty". Some folks want very gritty dogs... others want a looser baying type. They both have their place, but grittier dogs tend to get beat up much worse. I prefer my terriers to stay away from the business end of a hog and not shy away from putting their teeth
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    It doesn't matter what the quarry is, a game terrier will try and tackle anything, no matter what size or how many claws or teeth its got. His dog turned and ran away from the quarry, so for me the dog isn't game. But in saying that the dog does what SGS needs it to do, so that's fair enough. I'll also add that I can only imagine how tough them Bobcats must be, Feral cats over here can be right tough b*****ds so I bet they're a right handful. I hunt boar with jagdterriers. A terrier that tries to latch onto a boar isn't game, it's stupid and soon dead. I put the jagds on angry small
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    Love to hear about what dogs ya'll are using in SA. Sean
  25. machine73
    Thanks for the welcome. Longview is deep East TX country. Lots of small game and hogs up that way. I've done some work on oil rigs up that way. Sean
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