EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I have had to cut down to 3dogs and. One is a Plott bmc cat that I started has some grit but not what I call rough. Will find em for me. Second is my yard/rough help dog5/8bmc 1/4cat 1/8dogo and 3is going to be a rcd will absolutely no bark. I have a cat that acts like a rcd until he gets hit enough then will bay. Think I need more in that third spot. At least half pit or maybe full dogo. My question is what combo would yall use? A strike and two rcd, two not so rough strike and a catch? My pigs run down here so please don't say 3baydogs and a gun...I.don't like track meets >:D

If I were wanting to go the RCD route and only run 3 dogs, i woud run 2 RCDs and one strike dog...

I woud want the strike dog to be short range, very loose baying even when the CD or RCDs catch, and not much bottom...

 If your strike dog is rough, i would put a vest on him to at the least...

The last thing i would want is for my dogs to be caught a long ways off and it take a while to get to them... You catch a bad boar like that and you may not have to worry about having too many dogs...  :-[

You can go which ever way u want.  It it was me go with above post or one loose one rough and one full catch and run vests on all three but the rough better catch with the full catch.

I have been researching bay vest and bibs, I am also getting the feeling I will be using more staple guns or seeing my vet more often, :-\ when one of these 3catch they all will....I am starting to like the idea of a loose strike

If you don't like track meets and your hogs run hard it's gonna be hard to catch hogs without the consequences of dogs getting cut. If I were in your situation I would run 3 dogs with a lot of bottom and little grit, but of course I'm not you and you may be interested in doing that. There is a big difference in "gritty" and "catchy" dogs though. Try some dogs that will lay teeth in a hog when it wants to run then back up and hammer once he stops. Just my 2 cents

You also have to keep in mind that just because you have RCDs doesnt mean you wont have many races...   ;)

Ive found with my RCD ( which I dont consider seasoned ) that pretty much the only time he is useful is with hogs that either wont stay bayed long  or hogs that bay - break - bay - break etc...

If you get on a runner the only thing thats going to catch him is good bottom...

Ive seen some people post about getting on a "runner" that goes 1/2 a mile and bays up.. thats not the type im talking about...

I mean one that runs for several hours and many miles...  ;)

adamp  you are wanting to hunt like i did when i first started out . and i was very succesful running 1 plott gyp for striking [loose baying ] backed up by two hard hitting catahoulas  and a pup in training no vest just collars . like i said i did very well and i also kept the staple company in bizz . would have been alot better with a cd but i didn't think i needed one till i finally bought one and raised it from scratch . i had been whooped a few times but never lost a dog [ lucky ]  good luck at it

You just described gypsy(rough help/yard dog to a t. She will tear up the back end of a runner and when its stops she's spitting in his face. hit ear when the cd gets there. The strike dog of the 3is the same just bays a little looser. I want the bottom like you are describing but hopefully won't have to test it too often.those two will catch out if it isn't over 150.
I wish I could say you were Wong, that will be the only advantage I will get with an rcd. but one I like ;D....I don't like walking a cd through this south tx brush >:D
Looks like my garmin will be measuring miles instead of yards....I didn't like looking at those big numbers anyways ;)