You might even find a small stephens cur that you would like. Hunting a small dog at nite and came across a couple of coyotes. Just my experience, hope it don't happen to anyone else. Get ahold of Moodyhound he has the size and open on the ground type of dogs you asked about. Home of SQ CH,TR CH,CH MYERS' TREE DOG DALE these hybrids are usually registered as a treeing feist or sometimes a treeing cur with the UKC if you wanted to register them with the UKC. i believe they are a stephens cur mixed with some feist type dog, that might be more like what you are wanting, but it would be better if you looked into these hybrids for yourself,then you could get a better understanding of what they are. i hear the parnell's carolina curs are good. i believe they are Kemmer curs mixed with a fiest type dog. there are the Kemmer hybrids but i have never hunted with one and do'nt know much about them. or you might find what you are looking for in a real heavy Streak bred mountain cur, but in my opinion some of these dogs do'nt fit the breed standard for size, but that might be ok for you if you do'nt care. you might find a hybrid or some kind of a fiest/cur cross that might come close to what your looking for. Most Fiest dogs do'nt have a big loud mouth, and a true Cur type dog will weigh more than 18 or 20 pounds so you might have to compramise something. What do you all think would work best for me? I'm hurting inside 'cause I lost my housedog 1 year ago and I'm dogless. Gonna be kept in the house and ride in the truck. Would like some opinions, Fiest or Cur or Hybrid? I love a good tree dog, but I do not like a silent track dog. I love to squirrel hunt and night hunt, but not real late. I Hadn't hunted her for 5 years although my sons did. Just put my old walker bitch down, 15 yo, Nt Ch, 3 wins to Grand, Show Champion. Got out of high school and started coon hunting walkers and black & tans. I grew up squirrel hunting with my grandfather and his fiests. In addition to penning Working Dogs of Texas, he recently wrote Under One Fence: The Waggoner Ranch Legacy.Show all 18 posts from this thread on one page Henry Chappell’s field reports have been a mainstay of The Land Report since its founding in 2007. – Introduce a pup to gunfire until it is hunting boldly and shows a strong interest in game. – Join the National Cur and Feist Breeders Association: 713 E. – Take your feist puppy for frequent walks in the woods as soon as it has completed a course of inoculations. Needless to say, they’re deadly on small vermin. Although their treeing instinct and natural prey drive make them popular with squirrel and ‘coon hunters, feists also do well with light stock-herding work. Once treed, they alert the hunter with a clear, chopping bark. Ears may be erect or floppy bobtails are traditional but not required. Consistent with their terrier background, feists are fearless and alert, but also companionable and easy to train.įeists run 20 to 35 pounds and sport a short, low-maintenance coat. Today, common types of feist include the DenMark feist, the Mullins feist, the Thornberg feist, and the catchall treeing feist. During the late eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century, they bred the little dogs for increased hunting and scenting ability by crossing them with curs, beagles, and other scenthounds. Like countless other country traditions, English immigrants brought their terriers to the American colonies. Their lineage goes back to terrier breeds developed in Merry Old England to hunt small vermin. They certainly have my vote as the most versatile.įeists are working-class in origin and terrier-like in appearance and temperament. Ounce for ounce, they may be the toughest dogs in the world. Feists are equal parts cast iron and nitroglycerin.
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