Message #41949

[L3Outdoors]

There is a ton of info on bay dogs on the web, but not much on my style of dog. So if I want to talk to people than have the same intrest's as me then there should be nothing wrong with it. Yes the topic comes up alot and that is because there is very little info on the topic. Second I dont live in Victoria, and I do alot of hunting south of I-37. Bryant to answer you question I get three months out of the year that I can see the hogs with spot lights. The rest of the time we never see the hogs until the dog is on. I hunt about 50/50 crops and heavy brush. I will say that with the exception of the thorns in the brush the crop hunting is much harder. Our corn grows seven to eight foot high and you can only see a foot or two in front of you. The dogs have to wind the hogs inside the corn and never see what they are chaseing until they bump into it. Circle C I would have to agree with you that a RCD is to be used with bay dogs, but most people call finder/holder dogs RCD's. Also a rough cur type is not a finder holder in my book. Yes they will do it, but if a dog bays just because he gets on a rough boar he is not a true finder/holder in my eyes. I dont mind if a holder bays because he has been holding for to long, but when I get there he should go back to holding so I can leg the hog. To me thats just a smart dog. Witch goes back to what I said about bulldogs. If he hangs to the death just because he is to hard to use his head he is not going to make a very good finder/holder. There are so many things that go into breeding a good finder/holder its hard to believe. I personaly fell that this type of dog is extremely hard to breed right. I learned most of what I know about this style of hunting through the school of hard nocks. There aren't many people you can get together with that hunt this style, unlike bay dogs. I fell it is pretty easy for a person to find friends and adivice on hunting bay dogs. I try to be respectful of everyones type of hunting even if I have tryed it enough to know its not for me. 1973 If people are hunting "One Out" because its more dangerus then they are doing it for all the wrong reasons. I am not pushing "One Out" hunting on anyone, and stand firm that it should only be tryed by someone who stands to gain from it to lesson cost of owning a biusness. This post was meant to be a tool that someone wanting to try finder/holder type hunting to use and gain from or even make up there mind that it's not for them.