WRL- Thank you for posting. I am very happy with my Drake female. She is on the small side, exactly 50 lbs.
I have been in touch with Gary about Pirate but unfortunately he is out of semen and Pirate was neutered due to infection a couple of years ago. His son FC/AFC "Cappy" is also owned by Gary and I have the go ahead to breed to him if I want. He is black and should be chocolate factored as his mom was a QAA chocolate out of Tiger Mcbunn and FC AFC Tadah (who I think is the greatest female chocolate producer in the last couple of decades, maybe all time).
Pirate is/was a great dog and was used a lot because he threw chocolate. But his most accomplished cross produced Cappy and two of his siblings who are either FC/AFC or AFC's. Also 6 MH, 3 HRCH, 1 GRHRCH and at least 3 QAA. I like my odds of producing excellent HT caliber dogs and fantastic hunting dogs as well.