RE: Cur Question
You aren't going to find many cur breeders out west. The vast majority of them are east of the Mississippi.
If big game is your tartget you may want to look into the Black Mouth Curs, or the Leopard Curs. Bigger, gritty dogs. Very aggresive towards furred game. But may not be as "domesticated" and docile as the Mountain Curs. I've seen Mountain Curs that were as good a housedogs as any Lab. Yet would still hunt like crazy.