I don't see anyone saying their way is the best way... just people stating what they like and why.
I started with a pack of rough dogs that would catch any hog in the woods, never used a catch dog. I kept the ones that got smart and sent the rough ones to new homes... I don't any of them are still alive.
I enjoy hearing and watching a good bay, then sending in the catch dog. My dogs live longer, hardly ever get cut... and I still catch a few hogs.
We hunt some properties that are just like y'all mention... run, run, run. The fellas I bring with rough dogs have the same results... no matter how rough or loose or fast or slow the dog, they can't keep up with a hog in the thick stuff. I see it over and over and over, that's why I feel bottom is what gets those type of hogs caught.
Even then, we're not gonna catch them all. If it were that easy, there wouldn't be any hogs for us to hunt because they'd all be gone by now.
