Grandson just got off the phone. Was gathering up some brahma cross cows in a big brushy pasture. Said they were wild as deer. One of the cowboys brought a blue tick hound and a catahoula. Grandson said the blue tick would find one or two, start bawling, and the catahoula would go to him. The two dogs held them. Then the cowboys could easy find them. Said he is pretty sure they didn't miss any. Got em all roped and trailered. I never heard of a hound being used to gather cattle. So now of course grandson wants one.

Depending on the line hounds can be pretty gamey and can make good track and bay dogs. They don't all tree. Tree dogs are a recent development comparatively to their history as deer, boar, fox hounds. Tree game is a more american thing vs european.