Vernon Jackson was a Marine. His dogs were rough and ready. They fought hard and bit hard and they have the conditioning to go all night every night. He used young marines to run his dogs.

CYK would be the firsthand expert on Mr. Jackson and his approach.

Carl Mims came from a pulp wood background in SC and then moved to NC and remained in the wood industry. To say he was a full-grown man would be a huge understatement. I think he the greatest breeder of game dogs of all time. I don't know of another yard that has consistently produced a high percentage of game dogs for 40-50 years. He is a second-generation dog man, so he has been in and around top-notch dogs his entire life. He went off his yard only a handful to times to breed to someone else's dog. From there it was him and his dogs for over fifty years. For a really long stretch of time you could spend $300 and just about know you would be able to scratch. You may not bite like the others, and you may not be all that skillful at times, but you knew you would be there til someone else decided it was over. And those old school pulp wood guys are a lot like that. They work hard, they keep going, the over come every obstacle that is put in front of them, like nature, or the economy, or mechanical breakdown, whatever, they keep going with a durability and willingness to stay. The reward is being able to do it again tomorrow.

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