Blood hounds

[turkish 285]

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Just curious if anyone hunts these dogs pure or crossed say to hunt covers or are they just used for tracking. Way they like for hunting fox love to hear any info on them boys and girls thanks.

[Malt 379]

I'm sure bloodhounds were bred to specifically track the scent of humans.. :hmm:I could be wrong though..

[turkish 285]

Ye I know that but i have heard some in England and people working them in covers over there just interested in to see way they are like

[wilbur foxhound 480]

i watched a programe on tv about them,they can hunt a scent 24hours old,so i wouldnt think they would be any good for fox,

[stevemac 415]

samba deer hunters in victoria use blood hound packs to drive the deer to shooters.

[Pops 19]

they were originally developed for game. manhunting came later. they can be found hunting game in the USA in ones & twos. more commonly crossbred for hunting.

[turkish 285]

Any one keep these hounds in Britain or Ireland pure or crossed would really like to get one heard they have better nose than any other hoind

[forest of dean redneck 11,190]

seen pic of bloodhound x foxhound think it was on ozziedoggers

cant remember if it was used on fox or pig.

[Pops 19]

turkish

if you are okay w/ a cross you might want to look into Majestic hounds from the USA. they are bloodhoundXcoonhound. theoretically they run better & longer than pure bloods and have better hunting instincts due to working coonhounds being put over the less commonly worked bloods.

http://home.mindspri...morrow/id1.html

 

ETA

there are lines of coldnosed bobcat & lion hound in the western USA that will run a track as old or older than any bloodhound and run it faster & longer. oh and they don't have super long ears and jowls.

Edited October 17, 2011 by Pops

[turkish 285]

Hey pops thanks for info. Do you hunt this cross yourself. I mainly hunt fox here do you think this cross be suitable for this type of hinting. I live in ireland. And roughly how much money would they cost

[Pops 19]

I don't hunt hounds, i prefer curs. i just don't like the hours & hours of running involved w/ most hounds. also in a lot of places i've lived before the land was carved up into a lot of small parcels so the dogs would have been "trespassing" a lot. in Texas this will get most hounds shot.

the Majestic is a slow track straddling dog. if your fox run like Texas hogs, the majestic will never see it. but if you plan to shoot the fox in front of the dogs they may work for you.

i can't imagine they don't have some good foxhounds in Eire, what exactly are you looking for the dog to do different from how they currently work?

[turkish 285]

I just thought the blood would stay on longer on fox and find in cover better than fox hounds I'm just curious I suppose to see how they work. Ye good fox hounds here but just exploring diff avenues of hound work. So you telling me they would be no better than fox hound we have in Eire. Thanks fir info pops

[Coyotehunter 689]

I hunted first cross bloodhound/foxhound crosses out in Rome, they were cracking hounds, they bloody flew and could catch foxes !! i bred the pure bloodhound bitch to a really nice pure bloodhound dog from Napoli the fella was a Mafiosa guy and hunted a lot of wild boar, the dog we used was a beautiful big red dog called Picaso the resulting puppy, yes puppy there was just one !! was dynamite on hares,

sir Newton Rycroft hunted first crosses when he was master and huntsman of the New Forrest and rekoned on them being some of the best hounds he'd ever hunted

[turkish 285]

Just got blood hound x beagle yesterday and tried her today. She hunted a big red stag out of covet and just lost him cause he jumped over small river about twenty foot wide as if it was only a step. Then hunted a fox on for a good while very happy have to say. Anyway just said if give ye some feed back on it coyote .

[Pops 19]

sounds like the beginning of a good dog