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I know I stated my males had been a little toughter, but after rethinking had to add the Bell female I wrote about went thru a situation and survived that is almost unbeliveable. She was mauled by a bear, in the attack the muscles in her neck were torn so bad that her neck hung between her front legs, like a plumbob. In that condition she walker out to a ranchers home days later. Rmember, no tracking devices in those days. The nearest vet office, said on chance for her to survive, took her another 30 mile to a Dr.Robert Whitaker who treated her for about 3 weeks. Not only did she survive, she would still bay a tough bear. I have an article that Dr. Whitaker place in the World News Paper with A picture of Bell & himself. He still had to help bell hold her head up, he told of her ordeal and talked about what a tough hound she was, and how tough hounds ingeneral was. He later wrote a book about his vet experiences & listed bells ordeal, but his memory was failing & he called her ole Heck. A name i reconized as a great ole hound owned by local Goverment Hunter George Nelson. Dr. whitaker had sewed up a lot of hounds for George. I will close by Thanking my mentor & life time friend Tommy Barnett for all the help he gave me & BELL. Bell was a natural & taught me more than I taught her didnot really want her to be a bear dog she just decided that was her thing. Have that old news paper & book. Dr. Whitaker told me had he charged me full price for Bell/s vet bill I would be a long time paying, believe I paid him $300, said once he starting bell she show such a strong desire to live he could not stop. Thanks Al Baldwin

It's neat the way these topics bring out stories. There is a simple reason I have had success with male's over female's. My 1st hound was given to me by a fella named Fred Weekly. He took it upon himself to mentor me off and on for the first few years. Fred was for lack of a better word a little rough, and I was taught to be that way. When a hound messed up I went at it with a very heavy hand. I think I was about 14 and it never crossed my mind there was another way. I hate to think about how many dogs I ruined. But by my early 20's I had learned their were better way's to train a hound. Using a softer more consistant hand I started to see the strenght's in a female. My heavy hand prevented the female's from shining In those early years. But to this day I still prefer a male, even though I know a good female is most likely easier to train and plenty capable of besting the male's on any given day. I will say that when the right male comes along he will be so game or track driven it will seem he dosent have the time for all the normal male B.S. a true professional. Find this dog and you will have the perfect hunting partner. Thank you all for letting me share. John.

catcrazy_406 wrote: currently run two females (not spayed) and one male (who is uncut) and have never had a problem with any issues. when its time to hunt its time to hunt and thats the only thing on any of their minds. both my females have been in this season and my males hasn't so much as even smelt them.

sorry about your gay dog. just funnin

bobcat- i might think he was gay if he hadn't already bred them both last summer. got two great litters out of them and i really thought i was gunna have problems when they came in again but its been all business all winter!!! i guess sometimes a guy just gets lucky