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I run closed mouth dogs, always have. I recently bought a semi open dog, he found a hog this morning, just don't know if I can get used to it. Seems like he would be pushing the hogs?  Opinions?

You live in.North zulch?

Yes

O here we go again hahahaha if u see hogs at the other in it's all up to u I run both and my open dog will stop a hog then there guys that say open dogs take all day to
Stop hogs and that ain't true I have proved it for my self but it's all up to u


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I'm thinking of running a pointer. As long as he shows treed on my garmin I'll know he's looking at a hog. Probably wouldn't ever have a race if a dog would find a hog and never bark at it, just point.  ;D

Your just down the road from me but theres not a.hog that doesn't run these days so its up to you. As long as the dog is fast on the track or will stay hooked why does it matter.Every body is.different and has there opinions

There are a lot of threads about this already- I suggest reading through a couple of them.

Some main topics of the thread were:

      Open dogs can push a hog and make one run more, but the good open mouth dogs still get the job done.

      Some hogs will run regardless of the dogs being open or closed and once the hog breaks, they will run no matter what.

      Other environmental factors such as hunting sounds (talking, tailgates, 4 wheelers) may also make a hog run before dogs ever put on the ground- and its possible to make noise and still walk up on a bedded hog.

A dog that barks on track never bay a hog.

That's BS!!  I've had both open and closed and have never heard of that I've seen hogs found and bayed as well as run and stopped by both opened and closed dogs

I don't agree with that....he found the hog and was baying until we turned the bulldog loose. What are you referring to?

Peaches you are going to start some stuff on here!! Hahaha

"never".....really?

This is either ignorance or you just haven't hunted behind a good open dog or dogs.

Peaches is just hitting the hornets nest to c what drops.

Hahahahahah. You gotta love internet hog hunters peaches

Lol, well said. He def. got em buzzin anyhow.


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I want a mute dog that knows sign language. That sounds like a great idea.


Shotgun
Arkansas

Lol this is gunna be good.

I want them dogs off the alpha 200 commercial from the double u , they will call ya when another dog ain't doing right lol


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 :D  You tell em Peaches!!!!!!    ;D

If someones excuse as to why a dog didnt bay a hog is because it was open on track, then most likely the dog wouldnt be worth a crap even if he was silent...

Thats about all I run is pointers and pointer crosses. They don't point though lol. 

I have run them both ways and mixed up my opion is that hogs that run will run so I don't see much differents if the dog is fast and not just runing and barking at nothing you will be just fine

with a dog that opens some you know when they strike a hot track or jump a hog and know which direction they are headed...

I hunt both, that way I have all the bases covered.   ;D

If he's fast on track it don't matter as much to me. I don't want him silent or loud if he's slow on  track. You can get too quiet. I once had a Vizsla that would only bark about once a minute and was a real loose dog. It was hell because the catch dog would have to find it himself once you got to it.

I'm with t-dog if he runs it fast it ain't no prob it would be the same as a dog yelping on track to me... My dogs yelp in a real hot track this past weekend and bayed up 300yds later .... Now if he runs it slow ya I don't like that I'm not trying to see or hear a open dog run a track forever messes my other dogs up

Thanks for all the input, I am going to run him a few more times. I think maybe he hadn't been off the chain in awhile and was real glad to get off. The next day he wasn't so mouthy. He is a walker dog, do they normally get more mouthy,less, or stay the same with age?

I love  those hounds. I have seen all three scenarios. Time will tell.

It's a hound , walker , Bluetick , Redtick , whatever

Expect some mouth from 99 percent of them they are hounds

Take your very best dead silent cur dog, tie a cowbell to its collar and turn it loose, I bet it'll still show you hogs ;)

Are you saying we need more cowbell?

one can never have too much cowbell!  ;D

For sure ! 
Y'all ever got on a runner with silent dogs ??

Bad

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 Some of the better dogs I have seen were open. I would not care if a dog was open or not as long as it found and bayed hogs. If you think a open dog can't bay hogs then you need to get around some better dogs.

Same here...

Never thought of it that way....makes sense. That's why I like this forum, there is a lot of knowledge and you are never too old to listen to advice.  I was always told that you have 2 ears and 1 mouth...you should listen twice as much as you talk.

Think open dogs "push" hogs...

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Damn Lou, i bet if we took some closed mouth dogs out to katy we could catch a hog or two without pushing them. :)

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lets do it...

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Shotgun
Arkansas

Nice hounds shotgun


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