This is just me and the kind of country we hunt Iam sure there is different types of dogs for different types of country . Over here if you ain't got the right amount of grit stop and some catch in them they gonna run all day long . I knocked the catch out of mine and look whats happened and apparently when you talk about knocking the catch out of dog you are also sacrificing a ton of stop power the two kinda running neck and neck . Knock one out and you gonna knock some of the other also that is what has hurt me .
I know of a hunter not far from you at all. He has some real loose dogs, with lots of bottom. That mexican piles up the pork.
There is just something I admire about dogs that will truly strike, stick with, bay, and work a hog.
Different strokes for different folks……
Most of the oltimers I started out hunting with, wouldn’t hunt a dog that would put their mouth on a hog or tear one up.
I always thought that mentality came from a different perspective, where people used their dogs to work their animals, whether that be to round up, mark, or sell. Most couldn’t afford to have their livestock tore up.
Some of the ol guys in my area still talk about what it was like to free-range and ear mark hogs. That’s always an enjoyable, but often a one sided conversation where I rarely speak, but listen for all my ears are worth.
Either way times are changing, use what works for you and enjoy your hunts…
JMO…
I hear you brother... but them big, flop eared domestics aint runnin' the woods like they were back in the day!!!
