Message #191765

[dan]

I agree with Backwoods and use a similar method.  When the pups first teeth start to loosen, stop letting them catch pigs until 7 or 8 months.  While waiting, I introduce them to everything and everyone.  A catchdog that is hard to handle or requires too much attention will ruin a hunt.

Curs can take 10 months to 2 years to mature enough to find and bay hogs.  Exposure to hogs is the only way to know.  That's why a good one is worth so much money.