EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Its just a thought been doing some mock hunt with,some dogs out of lee cattle company blood lines and there doing pretty good finding hogs that we let go from ten to an hour later so i was thinking we have hogs at feeders everyday so i was thinking would it be good to let t Ehem take tracks from the feeder just wondering what yalls thoughts were

its a good idea as long as they aren't deer tracks...if they are fresh hog tracks then the dogs are learning to only run hog...

Well theres no deer on the cams so i didnt know if it wouldd mess up there progress

I wouldn't think but I wouldn't drop them at the feeder but let them hunt up to it instead.

Depends on what you want.  If you want a track dog, hunt him directly off the feeder.

The reason I say not to drop at feeder but let them hunt to it is then they may see it as them finding the track not being shown a track. On the ground 100 yards from feeder or so and ease them up into it.

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As soon as they know hogs are what you want you should trash break them. I do horses and cows then deer. I have a couple places that call when hogs show up. I just ask them to have a feeder going for a week and then I go dump dogs on the feeder. It is good because you know there have been hogs there so you can see how your dogs act. If they don't get a scent they ain't got a nose.

  wont hurt the dogs a bit . I used to put out corn and hunt off it the next morning , makes for an easy hunt when you know where the hogs have been .  but like suggested turn out and head towards the feeder from a distance because you may jump hogs that are bedded down before you get there or there may be hogs within close proximity or at the feeder  . it is great work for young dogs and old dogs alike .

Totally agree with shotgun i have ruint dogs by hunting feeders they get lazy I say , if its not fresh sign they dont want to go out , but what i have been doin on my new pups find you a 10/20 acre block with a feeder in middle and cast them into the woods and sit theyll work theyre way through the woods to the feeder , so now everytime you cast them theyre rolling out to go find whatever is yonder in the woods and also they learn the concept of looking for sign in the mix of rolling out , results may be different depending on how you want to train your dogs , different terrain call for different training

I think that casting the dog before the feeder is a good idea and it probably is better than just sending the pups from the feeder...I was thinking about making sure it was hogs at feeder and not deer...

But...well bred pups that are bred to hunt will not be ruined buy casting from the feeder unless this is the only way you hunt...a hunting dog will go hunt with or without you...handling dogs should always be to make better dogs...good discussion here...

   yes casting away from the feeders is what I would do .   and on that note how many folks hunt on leases and property's that don't have deer feeders slinging corn on them most of the year ?  not that many I would think  especially in texas . I know here in north east texas every five acre piece of property has four deer feeders and at least that many deer stands lol  .

Amen!!! Reuben A" hunting" dog will hunt no matter where you turn him loose!!!