I never got up to hunt with Paul this winter.My bear guiding partner,Dale,hunted with him most every day.They had 2 days when they killed 3 cats a day.Out of the 35(I think thats the total),they treed about 17,caught 10 on the ground,and shot the rest in front of the dogs.One of his plotts just turned 3, and the other was a year old in January.That pup is a finsihed cat dog already.They let it start,run and tree some cats on its own late in the season.Neither of his dogs will open cold trailing.He goes right with the dogs when he puts them on a track so that hes right in there when they get jumped.There is a several page story on him this month in the Northwods Journal,a big sporting paper here in Maine.His dog baying a cat is on the cover.