Back in the late 70's and 80's there were alot of doggers that worked hogs (catch,cut) and only harvested what they needed.
When i was a kid I never had a tracking system just plain old school ears and eyes.
When dogs would bay we would walk in and catch what we wanted. I don't remember having all these hogs running like today.
Our dogs were gritty but mainly bayed tight.
The old timer that I started dogging with would not go for a dog that was straight catch unless he was on a lead.
Now what I've noticed over the last 15 years is there is alot more new doggers hitting the woods with not the OLD TIMER beside them teaching them the better ways to handle dogs and the woods.
Todays world most doggers are harvesting every hog they catch,Over time (IMO)this has educated the hog population.
We have caught the majority of the old school stand,bay,fight,etc......hogs and the ones that have adapted to running to no end have survived.
I have the amount of dogs that I do because I have ruff,loose,straight catch, and Im always trying to add to the pot and everytime I get outrun I go hours on end the try and figure out a new stratagy.
If we all had everything figured out it would not be any fun,This is what keeps our intrest up is how are we going to produce the perfect hog machine.
When someone figures it out please advise
