"To hue the line" does intrest me, I don't doubt some do when hog hunting, but I would almost bet way more DO NOT "that claim that do it". Thats where I have some sarcasism. The huing the line is something I would like to read more about, because it gets me to thinking further about scents and species. Especialy when you are talking the difference between humans and hogs. A human is going to be alot easier, different foods secrete through the skin, then add soaps and body lotions, toothpaste, and you have a very distinct combination mixed with individual body odors & pheremones. How distinct is a hog scent going to be after all it lives in a group, lays with other hogs, eats the same foods, rolls in the same wallow. I am sure an animal that lives seperate from the crowd will be much easier to identify, so what kind of research has been done for wild hogs on this hue subject?
Uglydog,
Prisoners generally all eat the same stuff. When on the old chain gangs, they often slept together. How different are hogs from that bunch?
So I was thinking about these two statements last night and it got me to wondering. When a prisoner would escape a chain gang, prison, etc, did they put the tracking dog on that persons track while it was still intermingled with other prisoners tracks, or did they put the dog on the track that they knew to be the escapees? If they see footprints running across a field, away from other prisoners tracks, and they know it to be the escapee, then it should have a unique scent, as opposed to running the track mixed with a group of prisoners.
It seems to me like a questionable analogy, as hogs roam, live, and escape "together" whereas prisoners may live and work together, but they don't escape together.
BTW, I saw a beautiful thing the other day running through Huntsville, TX near the prison. It was hot as all get out, and there were a couple dozen or so inmates doing labor cleaning the prison grounds, with mounted guards standing by. First time I have seen a "chain gang" in the hundreds of times I have passed that prison. Maybe if they work the prisoners hard enough, they won't be repeat offenders
