The Stephens' Stock Cur is intelligent and easily trained with strong treeing instincts on all game. The head is broad but proportionate to the size of the body. When viewed from the side, the muzzle is slightly shorter than the skull and joined by a slightly sloping stop. The planes of the skull and muzzle are parallel. The skull is flat and broad, tapering slightly toward the muzzle.
Cheeks are muscular and prominent.
Lips are tight with no flews, and are darkly pigmented. The Mountain Cur has a complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth meeting in a scissors bite. Pigment is black. Eye color is brown. Eye rims are tight and black.