the woods i hunt most of the time u crawl through briars or catclaw vines and it sucks, now back to the original point, when a good help dog runs with a good strike/bay dog we almost always catch all the hogs we have bayed and can usually crawl right up to the bay to cut the catch dog loose. i belive the terrain u hunt and the pressure on the hogs u hunt play a big role in all this also. but it works good for me so i like to have a good help dog aROUND
i belive the terrain u hunt and the pressure on the hogs u hunt play a big role in all this also. but it works good for me so i like to have a good help dog aROUND..
it was worth repeating...I have seen this system work...
A friend of mine had a dog that might find a hog once in a blue moon and if the hog broke he probably couldn't trail it much less find it...but when running with the pack, and he would make every step the pack made...he was the help dog that specialized in stopping a hog...
reuben i have seen a few guys where i live that hunt in big deer leases and not alot of hogs but what they do is cast a few cold nosed hounds and 1 or 2 curs that will run with their hound and when the hounds jump the curs shut the hogs down, and they manage a few hogs like this, its not how i hunt but it works for them and in my opinion they r all help dogs lol
