I don't think many outfitters hunt this area or at least not when I was there. I was just a couple of hundred yards off the blacktop, in the valley and could see and hear the plant. The geese would work the fields, pretty hard and the lions would feast on them.

Like any breed of hound, it’s not the name, but who is breeding and hunting them. There is great hounds in every breed, cross- breed and color. The best breeders, if they are honest and if their standards are high enough will have a few great hounds and the rest will be average or less than average....

I am not sure how far you are from Fallon Nevada, but I know first hand that Cameron hounds do very well in that area.

Del bought out Harry Smith from Ohio. He hunted both bear and cats. They were a larger type hound. Many of them started to get bloat so he cull them. Later he thought it may have been the dog food he was feeding. Who was sugar creek a what did they hunt did del hunt bears much or mostly cats Sent fr...

Hi, Alex. Most of what you state is pretty accurate with the exception of the following. The other main half of Del's foundation blood for the modern "Cameron bluetick" hound was based on heavy Towaco Valley lines (later to become known as the Minisink Valley blood line bred by John J Henn...

Del passed away on Jan 4th. He lost his wife not long ago and it was very hard for him. At least he is with her now.

Learned a lot from him.

Hello, David. I started with the, complete opposite of what you describe, first with cur/hound crosses and then with pure hounds. The curs/hounds that we use have been in the family for more than 100 years. I could go into the history, but they are a mix of curs and hounds over a long period of time...

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Interesting, thanks for sharing. One thing for sure, we will be moving in that direction in the very near future for at least service dog. Old school methods, take a very long time. Here is related information: https://www.gwern.net/Clone one of the great bucking bulls-- Panhandle Slim was coloned. ...

What was the cause of the twins being different with time?
Help me understand, what is a good breeding and training program?

When you understand and stick with good breeding practices over a long period of time, something close to a clone is very possible and not uncommon with many of the services dog breeds and one family of hounds. The Chinese are just trying to take a short cut and we will have to see how it turns out....