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Question: Do you immediatly cull or attempt to salvage the no go Hogdogs?
I completely cull - 17 (38.6%)
I attempt to utilize as Cowdog before culling - 13 (29.5%)
I prefer dog to bay both - 6 (13.6%)
I prefer Cowdog culls to train as Hogdogs - 8 (18.2%)
Total Voters: 44

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Author Topic: Hogdog culls or Cowdog gold  (Read 13123 times)
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« Reply #40 on: August 12, 2011, 08:46:16 am »

Just wondering if a lot of so called hog dog culls would have been better hog dogs if they had been hunted on squirrels in the day time and worked on cattle as well only in day time??  seen and owned lots of curs who knew the difference when hunting hogs at nite, the dogs knew because we hunted so much more and lived on the ranch back them that had squirrels and coons to be hunted at night and ocassionally helped with running steers up for a 1 time a month chute check for health and maybe meds or something, these dogs knew not to bay cattle at night, they knew that when we left the kennel with a 22 and mule and went to the squirel bottom we were hunting squirrels, but while hunting 1 or 2 on squirrels with a 22 walking if a hog jumped up or bayed up we shot it and then went back to squirrel hunting again, sometimes it ended it cuase had to take hog to cooler  I still figured it depends on who is hunting the cur n the first place, I seen so many people depend on the same strike dog over and over never break up the pecking order in his hunting dog pack, the new tryeee dogs never get starting postion and wait on the old strike dog to open vs the new tryee being put n front of the truck with the old dogs n the box or held back with leads, the dog tryee never learns you are depending on him to strike and range out and holds back mentally, then he get the cull tag because the owner does not juggle up the batting order and puts the for sale classifieds add on here, somebody else with tons of hogs or no strike dog buys the so called hog dog cull and it becomes depended upon and encouraged and guess what, he mite also hunt it on climbing game as well occassionally work steers or cows 1 time a month, the cull learns that when his master is horseback and turns him loose at the cattle pens and says get the cow yellar hunt em up he knows the difference, down here so many fewer cow ranches left they have all gone to deer fencing and no cattle, the hired hands dont have permssion to hunt with dogs on the place becase they are day workers too and with the drought way fewer jobs if any to work dogs on cows, I think the extra to my hog dog pack might be a better label, but i rather buy a extra from a hog hunting pack than a cow dog line and last a blood trailing line just do the amount to work available to the dog, blood trailing is only deer season, so how could u ever really claim u have a tracking line anyway??  Hog and cow cur lines need tree dog hunting as well blood trailing deer, but not all people will or want to hunt them r work them on everyhting and change up the batting position either or really dont hunt enuff or have good country for cross training and lots of reps on all game, how many cur doggers have dogs that find wounded game no matter what it is if placed on it and sicced up??lol  I want to keep all of the curs and never have a cull
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