EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I have had curs and catahoulas for years I have some good dogs. However my dogs have been getting out run lately. What are the opinions of best dogs to stop this?

Do u mean breed or style of dog ?

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Dogs with the bottom to stick with one till it bays... doesn't matter what breed it is.

Paul, them hairy dogs may work great in that wide open country... but I don't think they'd fare to well in an East Texas pine thicket.

get some dogs that are gonna put some teeth on the hog and make it stop and fight or get some loose bay dogs  with lots of bottom and run it until it gets tired  and has to stop 

MINE  !!!  ;D ;D ;D

i wouldnt tell YBM that he will prove you wrong rolleyes

My Bmc is rough enough stop one he just can't seem to catch up to them.

You might need some new cats or bmc's.

lmao...

sounds like you need a better bmc or cat  to me mine work just fine  and i run 90% bmc .sounds like you have started dogs and need some that are finished

paul those are some fine looking dogs.  do they have lots of bottom or are they fast enough they dont need it?

you need a dog that will stick to the track until he brings to bay what is making those tracks...adding some good hound or mtn cur should help...or like others have said you might need a different strain of BMC or CAT cur...

Guys thanks but its not the dogs they have bayed 200 hogs in the last 3 months. But there is 1 place that I can't seem to stop them they are mostly pure Russian and they run hard and fast. I just need some ideas on what to cross to get more speed and bottom or just quit hunting that spot

running hounds like stags and grey, july and fox would do as well and some strains of coon hound would work, but you might also look into changing the way you hunt and keeping a second string back in the box so when the race gets heated you can drop some fresh dogs in.

200 hogs in 3 months? you sure bout this? i mean im just a ol internet hunter but still thats more succesful than the guys that do this as a day job

200 hogs in 3 months now  come on i cought 300 last yr and i thought i was doing good you got super star dogs  they must never get to rest or sleep  o wait i bet they catch hogs in there sleep too

Bayed or caught? ? That's 2.2 hogs a day...how often you hunt?

Bayed!! Not caught that would be awesome. We have been baying huge bunches like 20 to 40 in a bunch. I not exagerating at all I promise.

gotcha. were most of them runners? bayin 200 sounds alittle better. i was bout to ask if you got a extra room to hunt for a month. id get some rust busted off this back with that many hogs caugh

Well imo sometimes it dosent matter what type or how good your dogs are your gonna lose some hogs and sometimes your dogs go thru slumps its all about timing in my mind

if it is that one place that is giving you problems it could be the terrain...might be the vegetation is too thick and the dogs can not keep up...Try one loose bay dog and a couple of walk in catch dogs...

Most of them didn't run bad. There is one place I have to hunt that I've been  7 or 8 times caught hogs twice and ran hogs the rest of the time. That is what is aggrevating I hate running hogs with a passion.

If you are dis satisfied with the Ybmc that you are running. Try a different line. 


YBMC are the answer to every question you may have. 

Truly they cure everything including herpes.  ;D

NO 90 %  GO 100% BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :o

I agree with this. A hog that wants to run, and can run, is going to until it makes it to its house!

X2  There is no substitute for a dog with endless bottom...although that is a double edged sword.

some hogs will not stop no dog is the magic dog it may bay for 3 minutes catch a breath and go again rcd's will stop this but u may not be there in time thats why its called hunting not harvesting

I disagree. If your dogs will NOT quit a hog, it is going to bay somewhere.

I think you otta try a plott.  My plotts aint real rough but they stick with the runner until he stops.  It may be 4-6 hours, sometimes they close the gap and sometimes the hog stretches the gap, but they stay with it until you either cut them off or the hog stops.  Poor hog, once he stops he is caught by plotts.  My plotts will catch the hog as soon as he stops, a lot of times before I can get there.  Your answer..a good plott.  They are very hard to beat.  Read some threads and you will see a lot of guys say thier lead strike dog is a plott or plott cross.  JMO

Have you ever thought ???     
the dogs you have might be running a DEER ??
Deer seem to keep running and running and running   >:D
Hard to make one stop and bay up.

If you put a rough dog on a runner hav a vet on speed dial.... Or hav a cut kit reeeaaalllllll handy! If you got a dog that won't put a lot of pressure on a hog by trying to bite at it then he'll stop eventually.