A friend and I were discussing this topic today. You guys say that a open mouth dog pushes hogs....Do hogs not know when silent dogs are trailing them after they have been jumped??? Hogs are going to run regardless most of the time. The ones that keep running have dogs that are chasing rather than biting and making the hog stop and fight. Open dogs DO NOT push hogs.....hogs that keep running have dogs that are not getting the job done!! Just my opinion
I'm with agteach on this one. I have ran with both and from my experience, if they're going to run they will run, doesn't matter. I believe a lot of times a hound will be running a 5 hour track, and people say "they're pushing the hog" when in actuallity, they haven't even caught up to the hog that is 5 hours away. I have silent dogs, but to me the sound of an open hound is awesome. I do agree that closed mouth = short hunt and open = long hunt though. I think most open dogs have colder noses. I said most, not all. JMO
