Ussually only one or two dogs are used. Curs are used as long as they are loud mouthed. Sometimes a bunch of dogs will mess each other up running back and for over the tracks while triing to sort things out when cold trailing. You don't need a bunch of dogs for lions...they tree because ancestrially wolves used to tree them. Any lion could stop and kill any dog if it wasn't for the fact that they instinctively tree.