Most of the guys on here havent hunted long enough to see a good hog dog.Let alone a good open dog,and a good silent dog.They hear all the big names that post on here alot run down open dogs.Well if ole HollywoodHoghunters says its so it must be so.They can spot a open dog right off the bat,thats one fault some green rookie hunter cant miss.Bam,he dont like that open dog.
I argue about how good a silent dog is to all the hound guys.So dont think that I am for one or the other.I just cant stand someone that throws out blanket statements about either.Both dogs can catch critters.Dont close your mind to either one.Matt, I have seen some real good open dogs.The men that owned them would have considered them culls,had they been very quiet.
So out of the 1729 members scattered across numerous states, how many of them do you know that have hunted long enough to see a good dog?
In my opinion we are just like our dogs, there is no "TRUE" finished hog dog or hog hunter. There is always something new to learn and a better way of doing things. How do you train young dogs? You send them with the older dogs that know what they are doing to learn from them. Same way with new hunters, they are going to base most of their opinions and decisions on what the " Big Names" on here do, because evidently, most of them have been doing this long enough to halfway know what they are talking about.
