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Anyone use silent trailers on bobcats? Does it make a big difference in catching bobs compared to an open dog?

Beimel,

Mr. Dan McDonough (sp) here and his many friends use more Silent Hounds than others for Cats.

But DO NOT become confused with the term "Cur" and Silent Trailers. The McDuffie and the John Wick Curs as well as the West Coast Curs are definitely not SILENT. They may be tighter with their Mouths than a Pot Licker-Tree Bred Hound, but I have seen several who gave as much mouth as a Good Running Bred Hound on a Good Track.....as Much Mouth as was worthy of the Quality of the Track!

Hope this made sense.

Beimel wrote:Anyone use silent trailers on bobcats? Does it make a big difference in catching bobs compared to an open dog?

Sure, some use silent hounds on bobcat, if that is what one prefers, go for it. Silent hounds sure can shorten a bobcat race at times. In my experience if you have hounds that push a track steady it does not make a BIG difference if they give lots of mouth or silent, steady pressure will catch game. If you have a bobcat that picks up and heads for dodge as soon as a hound barks, just makes sense a silent hound is going to get closer on that cat than an open trailer before the cat realizes he is being pursued, giving the silent dog a better chance of getting a tight jump. Sure does not mean silent hounds are going to catch every one of those dog wise cats.
Give me a pack that has open trailers with mouths that make cat hunting enjoyable, ( because there are times when we trail for hours & cover a bunch ground before getting a jump ), mix in a couple tighter mouthed hounds that push a track and I am in the perfect world. Enjoy your hunting. Al

not all curs are silent in fact I have one that sometimes barks way too much on a track and he sounds like a bawl mouth hound. most are smart enough to shut up and run on a hard running track if they are the good kind of cur..jmo

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Thanks for the replies guys!

My best curs for bobcats have been dead silent.They catch fast and most of the time on the ground,the race is short.I know most guys on here like to hear the dogs bark on the race,I just like to catch game with my dogs.I have had very bad luck with open dogs in the country I hunt,way to many rock piles for cats to hole up in!