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Title: yey or nay Post by: cole newsom on October 09, 2010, 01:01:08 pm what do u guys think about staged hunts. draggin a pig around tyin it to tree and turnin young dogs loose. let me know.
Title: Re: yey or nay Post by: BIG BEN on October 09, 2010, 01:57:27 pm It works for young dogs, we did that this morning and will probilly do it alot more since the horn hunters are in the woods.
Title: Re: yey or nay Post by: raider54 on October 09, 2010, 08:50:33 pm I believe it works real well to get them started, dont over do it. Once the pups start hunting dont do it any more. Thats my opinion, for all its worth.
Title: Re: yey or nay Post by: Imayellafella on October 09, 2010, 09:16:50 pm I start all my pups like that. Once they get to where they can find a hog I know is their then they ready to hunt
Title: Re: yey or nay Post by: de_moon on October 10, 2010, 01:05:51 pm It works for young dogs, we did that this morning and will probilly do it alot more since the horn hunters are in the woods. X2 Real good for young dogs. Start out making it easy & progress to harder. Title: Re: yey or nay Post by: goose on October 10, 2010, 01:28:52 pm seems my buddys and i all got pups last yr around the same age so they are all about a yr an have been baying a while and have been on a few catches so wat weve been doing is turning a hog out at night and waiting 30-45 minutes and turning our pups out on it and once they bay we let them sit there and bay for about 30 minutes and get a little longer on the bay each time and the time between the release and dropping the tailgate seems to be working well and building the pups confidence up
Title: Re: yey or nay Post by: Reuben on October 10, 2010, 02:01:35 pm I start all my pups like that. Once they get to where they can find a hog I know is their then they ready to hunt x2, However, I hunt them as long as they want to bay a hog. If the pups are catching the staged shoat, then you need to put a bigger hog in front of them so that they can learn a little hog respect. Otherwise they could get hurt badly or killed on the first big boar in the woods they encounter on account they won't know any better. I made this mistake years ago and I almost lost the best hog dog pup I have ever owned. Luckily he lived over it and went on to be a real hog dog. |