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Fellow cat hunters, I've got a male bluetick that is 10 years old and starting to slow down quite a bit. He is one of the best cat dogs I have ever followed. Hes not blazing fast but in his day he would put distance between him and the other dogs, hes not overly aggressive but has been seen pulling hair when I used him on bear, and he doesnt have the coldest nose out there but will jump most cats you put him on. Now you're probally saying if hes not the best at all of these things, then what makes him so good.
The thing that makes this dog so good on cat is that he is smart, he can figure out loops way ahead of most other dogs. He handles like a dream and rarely do I need to put him on a leash. Hes the type of dog that looks at you when you talk to him and sometimes I think he understands most things I ask of him.
I have bred him to 2 females and most of the pups are making the same type of dog as their father. They are smart, early starters, easy to train, and can really move a track. I currently have 4 pups out of him, 1 is a lead dog in northern wisconsin, one is a coon dog in Indiana, 1 is a lead cat/bear dog in the UP of Michigan, and two are in Southwestern Wisconsin running coon/bear/coyote.
I will give you numbers to as many references as you want on the pups or on the stud.
All I want is one or two pups out of the deal.
If you think he might be of some use to you or you just want to talk hound hunting PM me your number and lets talk. Like I said he is one of the smartest dogs I have been around and has thrown some great pups already.

I am located in Wisconsin.

If you like him, I would try to get him bred to one of his daughters.

I agree 100% with Dan. No better way to tie it up before the old man cashes in.

Mike and Dan: Is it always ok to breed a sire back to his daughter, or a bitch back to one of her sons? I mean do the pups always turn out ok without incident as far as size, brains etc.? I have alot of experience breeding Buckin bulls and i know sometimes when you breed a sire back to one of his calves sometimes the calves will be stunted or have some other slight "glitches"to them. Seems when it works, they call it line breeding, and when it doesnt they call it in breeding. Is it the same dealwith dogs? Just curious, Thanks :

Sorry Mr Jumpin Bear I didnt mean to swerve your post,amybe mike or dan could pm me if you get a chance, again sorry I wasnt thinkin and didnt mean to get off your topic Jumpin Bear.

houndcrzy, dont worry about it...I am was wondering the same questions as you were. Mike and Dan, I guess I never really thought of doing that before, but I do have one female that is really starting to go cat crazy and treed a few on her own this winter. She reminds me alot of her dad.....Maybe it will work on crossing them.

Of course it does not always work out. I call it inbreeding no matter how it works, good or bad. If it dont work then cull all the pups but if it works good and you get another dog like the one you inbred on then you oughta be pretty happy ya know. Might not get no better than the one you had but who knows, you might. Of course folks say that we should always be tryin to get better dogs by breeding but truthfully its just kind of nice to keep as good as you already have and hope for the best. Give it a whirl and see how things work out.

I can honestly tell you that I have inbred here and there and you dont need to worry too awful much. I had an extreme runt one time when I bred mother to son but I just culled it when it was born and that was that. Its funny. I check on the gyp in the morning about 0600 or so and she had one pup and it was that runt lookin pup and I thought, "oh great" but it was the only when and when I came back she had 7 big ole fat healthy pups and only one of them had to be culled cause she was crazier than you can imagine. So, 6 really nice mentally and physically healthy pups were born that were exactly what a fella might want. Not too bad if you ask me.

Just bred half bro to half sis oughta of some already inbred stock and all pups were born mentally and physically healthy. One male pup had a crooked tail but I dont even think that had to do with the inbreeding cause that gyp had a litter before out of a total outcross and one pup in that litter was born with a crooked tail so it might just be the bitch. Anyhow, these pups are 8 months old now and can run a coyote already pretty damn good and I like em just fine.

Just two examples that worked out pretty good for me. Never really had much of a problem with it. I know of a guy that bred full bro sis and had no problems at all.