Did they get any hogs that day ?
One time hunting with a mans dogs sometimes dont tell you much if there is no hogs on the proptery . I have seen my dogs at times make more than some rounds and then come back only to hang around and look at me like I was crazy and it never fails if we keep on hunting and I force them to get out and hunt anyway we never end up with a hog because some how they knew there was no hogs there . Dogs are smarter than humans in a lot of ways and that is one of them if they are really good dogs. The thing about it and it has happened many many times we would pack up and leave that proptery and go to another and they would blow out of the box be gone and stay gone the next thing you know they are treed and we have hogs and more hogs .
Just saying dont know what the deal was maybe no hogs there and the older dogs knew it . I have seen young dogs not finished and not still drilled in there heads what they are really hunting they would be gone hunt and hunt all the while the older dogs would be looking at me like I was crazy saying what are you doing listening to him he is a young punk lets get the hell out of here there is noting here . I have seen this way more than once in some of my young dogs that wanta go go go .
Then again it could be like you say and the other dogs were just hunks of junk . Hard to say without knowing the dogs and the situation .
a lot of good points you bring up. thanks for posting, i enjoy looking at and discussing different aspects of a certain scenerio.......
