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Does anyone on here tree lion or bear with Blackmouth Curs?
I am writing an article for Fur Fish and Game magazine and I am in need of some info.
thanks For the help,
Countryboy

No but i damn sure tried em,,,they arent with us anymore,,,,maybe someone else had better luck with that line of cur on them critters...

BMC's have two distinct strains...herd dogs and hunters. They are natural at whatever strain you get... I tried them and got herd dogs...just my luck.

nmplott wrote:BMC's have two distinct strains...herd dogs and hunters. They are natural at whatever strain you get... I tried them and got herd dogs...just my luck.

haha funny to me,,,i must have got the herding strain too

yeah on our ranch we use horses and atv's to herd cows not dogs...the pups were good at herding at 12 weeks I kid you not.. they were the best natural herders I have ever seen but I had no use for them and they got donated to a friend.

i had a BMC that would tree anything that climbs that is bobcats,bear,coon,possum,Sq and was a nice ground hog dog

nmplott wrote:BMC's have two distinct strains...herd dogs and hunters. They are natural at whatever strain you get... I tried them and got herd dogs...just my luck.

I thought there was a 3rd strain, the ones that fight like pit bulls every time you took them out. And let me tell you, he was a natural. Meanest dog I ever owned was a BMC. Probably just got unlucky, but I'll never feed another one.

Jim

bowhunter7 wrote:

nmplott wrote:BMC's have two distinct strains...herd dogs and hunters. They are natural at whatever strain you get... I tried them and got herd dogs...just my luck.

I thought there was a 3rd strain, the ones that fight like pit bulls every time you took them out. And let me tell you, he was a natural. Meanest dog I ever owned was a BMC. Probably just got unlucky, but I'll never feed another one.

Jim

i had one like that as well...ill never own another one either...

you fellas got to be careful, a red catahoula over a yellow/red pit or bulldog will give you dogs that look just like a red/yellow BMC. i'm on my second one in two years and they can be a PITA.

I tree a few with mine.

As far as crosses i have seen a Plott Blackmouth that was a very fine bear/coondog.

I have a BlackMouth Cur, That I use on squirrel, bobcat and coons and not by design, he does put up a few bear each season. I also use him to point and flush grouse. (He is excellent on points and flushes), also on fall turkey's. He is also the same dog that sleeps between my wife and I each night, and lets my nieces put lipstick on his lips and paint his toenails. He would leave my bowl of ice cream in a heartbeat to fight the biggest nastiest coon. Any more info. let me know.

I'll be sure to get that issue when you get done with this article, I love that magazine and there has been alot of dog huntin articles latley so it is getting even better. thanks for given us other people something good to read.
Josh

I was looking into getting a BMC at one point. A freind of mine who was usually quite laid back said to me "You do not want one of those dogs. I know you, I know your dogs, I know BMC's and you do not want one. If you proceed down this path toward getting one, I am going to gather some freinds and we are going to do an intervention. If you still think you want one, you will have to kill us first."

I had never seen him be as forceful on any topic, so I took his word for it. There are dozens of strains and mixes of dog I would love to try some day, and life is too short for me to try very many of them (if any), so I just crossed them off the list. Evidently, there are some folks that dont like them. Obviously though, there are some folks that do. Hope I didn't miss my chance at my dream dog. Don't tell me I did. I would hate to have to kill those guys so I could get a BMC.