a good hunting dog can be well socialized...but when the tailgate drops he is all business and the range...he is born with it.
i tend to belive along these lines as well reuben, and this is gonna b an on going debate because there are 2 many variables that can change alot abt what someone belives abt this subject, depends on who u ask, but i know for a fact as well as others that have hunted with me that i spend alot of one on one time with my dogs and 2 of them will stay gone until u bay a hog, or catch them off, and another dog of mine wont hardly leave your feet unless u get in real hot sign, all these dogs hunt and r kennled together but just have different drive, but all of them have pretty good handle in my opinion