Hey, Miller Lite, didn't give much thought to the dog end of it. Wateverworks and his buddies hunted one night with 8 dogs and the following night with 7 dogs, how many were others hunting with?
Maybe that is another variable that should be included, only 6 or 8 dogs start and finish the contest(same dogs). I know in the early 90's when I was hunting alot I had as many as 26 dogs and could have swapped out packs and had fresh dogs out all the time. I know by Sunday midnight these boys and 8 dogs were worn out, they hunted Friday night for 8 hrs straight and started Sat. night at 9:00 pm and hunted til 7:00 am Sunday. When they unloaded dogs at the house Sunday morning the dogs could barely walk. A hood dog would be nice for this type of hunting, hit many locations without burning so much dog energy. The eight dogs they hunted with cost them about $350, fortunately some good people have handed them some descent dogs to get started hunting with. I was happy for them, they have had a good run this grain season for first year hunters(on their own). Happy hunting!
