Yes siree, Dale Brandenburger was THE authority on Plott hounds and their history. I used to read some of his articles in Full Cry and Bloodlines magazines. I was mostly a bluetick man for many, many years in the coon woods, but I've hunted behind many plot hounds.
Old Bill Slaughter always had some excellent Plott hounds and I had the honor of coonhunting in the NKC World Championship against Capital City Sam, owned by a fellow from Tallahassee whose name escapes me. He was a hot nosed, hard running, treeing machine! The only Plott hound I ever heard of to win the National Purina Points Race.
We drew ought, my blue gyp Matilda and Sam, against a pair of "me-too" walker dogs. I had first strike on three cold tracks, but as soon as Matilda'd get that track going, Sam and the walkers ran off with it. I ended the cast with three first strikes and three fourth places at the tree and three coons seen. Sam won the cast and placed top ten in that '92 world hunt with three second strikes and three first trees. He was fast and accurate, but didn't have crap for a nose, lol. Most Plotts I've hunted had similar traits.
Fine, fine hounds!
I met Bill a few times,last I heard he was getting rid of his dogs. He came over to my place once with a guy named Dudley H. Plotts are really the only dog I ever really kept papers on,the resy either they hunted or they didn't.
Sorry Spazz,never did make it to the woods last week. Pups are doing fine,wanting to get out. I've just been extremely busy with work,baseball,and my MIL's death last month to do anything much with them or any hunting. I'll try and do something ion the pen Mon and maybe film it and put it up here.
Dudley hunts up in my area. He is often at the coon UKC events.
