Anybody know of any Plott Hound puppies out of a good hunting line? I'm looking at getting another dog sometimes between now and June.

Did you ever have any luck finding a contact for a Hindes Lacy?

No, I never really pursued it any farther.....I was hoping to find someone on here to deal with and it was kinda just taking a long shot.......I'm leaning toward either another lab or a Plott Hound......I really like my lab I got last year but something I'm learning is that if you dont try other dogs and such then you'll never really know what you might be missing out on.....Different breeds are like different tools in a toolbox......They have pros and cons when compared to one another. I think an old Plott Hound would do good in a lot of these scenarios I track in. You really need "leggy" dogs for what I'm doing

There are not a lot of plotts around here. If you don't mind going out of state, I can get you in touch with a guy I know. He lives in N Bama and has plotts. He does not have litters, but he has hunted plotts all my life and he knows all of the old timers with the good lines. I went on a hunt in Ohio with him and we made several stops at his buddies places on the way. He coon hunts but knows a lot of the guys who use them for bears and hogs. Be ready to talk if you call him. Shoot me a PM if you want his info.

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For a track dog the Hicks line is hard to beat. The ones I’ve had were very smart, gamey and gritty. You might want to look into some of the old OMCBA bloodlines. I had an OMCBA female from the Nicholson line that looked just like a plott. She had a super nose on her and the brains to know how to use it.

I appreciate the info.....

If he wants longer legs he’d be better suited for a black mouth. Riggs will get gone in a hurry and isn’t a lot smaller then a plot.

C'mon Bayedup......Hook a brother up!.....

State dog of NC- probably some good info from folks there.

I just text a guy to see if he is planning to breed anything this year or if he has any young pups he would sell.

I know most of his stuff is from Bayou Cajun Plotts. If you don’t mind traveling to Louisiana you can probably get one straight from Bayou Cajun Plotts. Mr. Mike Cauley has some fine hounds. If I’m not mistaken they are mostly weems blood.

Thanks man I appreciate that.......I dont mind traveling for a good dog.......I drove nearly to Chicago to get Otis.......I'm not familiar with the different lines so I'll take y'alls word on whichever you tell me would make a good tracking dog.....I'm just wanting to try and get the best quality I can to begin with

My experience with plotts I’ve owned has been that they are slower to mature than curs. They were very hard headed to trash break and of course 99% are very open on track.

I am a cur dog man so I am bias. Lol but unless you are just wanting something with a colder nose I would stick with a cur or a cur/hound cross. The plotts that I had, I ended up breeding to curs to try to get a little colder nose on the curs. I ended up selling the plotts and culling most of the pups. The 2 pups that turned out of the 16 were good dogs but I eventually got my hands on the line of dogs I have now and haven’t looked back.

When you say cur……which cur are you referring to?.....BMC?

I’d like to try a different breed than what I currently have just to branch out and see how other dogs work in comparison and to maybe have a little different “tool” to use……There’s a number of breeds I’d be willing to try…..My main goal though more than being set on one particular breed is to be able to get one from a quality line of hunting dogs whichever one it may be. I'm open to suggestions as to what you think might make the best tracking dogs out of the lines you're familiar with

I really likey black mouth cur. My buddy has a blue lacey that is a sho nuff good track dog

Catahoula and black mouth are the most common but there are others that aren’t a recognized breed.

Parker Curs, Campbell Curs, Cracker or Florida Curs

I know of a good breeding of catahoulas not far from me that will have pups later this spring.....I may go that route

Are you wanting a big blocky dog that will possibly catch or a more athletic agile built dog?

I’m not necessarily wanting a catch dog but I do want one that will be a good aggressive bay dog…..I track a lot out in the rural areas of Bullock and Macon on big properties where having a taller, leggier dog comes in handy. Otis is a good tracking hound but he’s just too short legged to be effective on many of the live deer…The quail plantation type understory is also tough for a short legged dog......It's just a lot easier for a taller dog to get around in that stuff

If you don’t mind a big blocky built cur then I can get you in contact with a guy that has pups right now but they may already be spoken for. They are Howard blood line SBMC (Southern Black Mouth Curs)

They make good blood and squirrel dogs. I personally don’t like them for hog hunting because of their size, lack of agility to avoid getting cut, and to gritty for the way I like to hunt. We have one on the farm and he is just a old watch dog. He will bay a cow or hog, tree a squirrel, find a wounded deer, and is very protective of my kids and pop.

If you are interested just let me know and I will get you in contact with him.

Here are some pictures of some of them.