Yes. I heard of him but never met him personally. I believe those dogs were toward the mountains but not exactly sure.

The Jacob's Assassin dog was one of the breedings where the Red Boy/Jocko-Red Boy dogs truly clicked with the Bullet blood, especially that up close Bullet blow from Bullet II.

The Assassin dog bred true, and like all did really well when bred by Mr. Jacobs and those close to him but as it got further from the source people started selling puppies.

In the late 90's early 2000's a guy from Florida bought some of the old Assassinator blood, did some crosses, and made some really good dogs. I have not heard anything from him in 10+ years I guess.

The Carter dogs from back then were the Red Boy versions that could really bite. I am not sure if he chose that as a trait but way back then, it was like a calling card. His type of Red Boy dogs were sort of the ones that made people think there was a direct link between Red Boy and Cotton's Bullet. If nothing else you can count on a Bullet dog to bite. When I first came along the Bullet dogs were known for mouth and had pretty good percentages for game dogs. I think due to selection, the Bullet family has retained the mouth over the years but gameness is not exactly their calling card.

The man, Howard C., that turned me onto the dogs as a kid in the late 70's was friends with Mr. Carter, or better said, he had a lot of respect for his dogs. Not many people truly liked HC. He was good for the dogs and good for the game, but he said things that pissed a lot of people off. DP helped me with the dogs more than anybody and he said he had been places with HC where people told him he could come back any time he wanted, but not to bring that gray headed SOB (HC) with him. That happened to me as well.

I believe one of the Bullet bred Carter dogs was bred to HC's JR dog (Red Boy son). I will have to think back and maybe even ask someone else,. but I believe the Carter version of the Bullet dogs was bred to HC's son of Red Boy, JR, maybe in the very early 80's. None of the litter worked out as the ones who were game could not bite and the biters would not scratch. Thinking back I believe that was a Carter bred female under JR.

A few years later one of those males that scratched but could not bite was bred to a female down from the Snooty/Pool Hall Red family. He was the runt male and I got him from HC for raking crap, walking dogs and hauling water. That dog never had a chance. If the match dog ran the mill at night for 30 minutes I would hang him on there for an hour when no one was around. No matter if he had ate or not, no matter the temperature. If one pulled a chain for twenty minutes mine would pull a tire for an hour. People would be happy to get as many miles out of their car or truck as I put on that dog tied to a bicycle.

Started to look back and babble.

EWO