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I have no experience personally but a friend of mine who does this stuff has talked to me a plenty and answered damn near every question I have ever asked of him. If I was personally doing it, I would be running some Kemmer/Stephens crosses on bear.

I run and catch bear with my curs,I like them on just about anything.They can cold trail when they need to and fly on a hot track .They are just like hounds as they have their faults also.Some don't cold trail as well as some hounds and some don't tree like a comp walker.I like the fact that I can use them on any game I am hunting at the time.I hunted hounds a lot of years and caught a lot of game ,but I never had a hound that could do all the tasks that these curs can.I have a little cur that if she would decoy she would just about perfect.She will rig,trail,stay in a tough race and tree super and is cold trailing well now.She not three years yet so she has a lot of hunting years left in her.I don't know if you would make the great bear dog by crossing the Kemmer with the Stephens as they have a lot of differences that may not mix well.The right combo might work great though.Bdog has a little Stephens that is fast and trees super on bear.My little Kemmer is fast and a super tree dog niether are very gritty,both rig.If you want grit you may loose it on the Stephens cross,but I would bet you would add some speed.

I just got my cur this weekend!!! I picked her up in MT. Hopefully I'll be able to get her on some tracks next season.

What breed of cur dog did ya end up with, Just curious. Mike

Blackmouth Cur from Lee Zehtner in MT.

Good luck to ya and the new dog. Mike