Yes sir mike I agree that two short range no bottom dogs on average won't produce a long range big bottom dog but if I took one of said pups gave to a guy that has longer range big bottom dog and spent the time with it on average I would say it would out perform its previous standards not to say it would do as good as the big bottom but better than it was going to be with the short range no bottom dogs just a thought and here is another thought from a simple man rangy does not mean better hunt the dog is just further away from you that is what my grand paw told me he ran dogs his entire life
That dog may range and stick with the good dogs, but you put him by himself and for some reason he is short range with no bottom...
Thats what ive seen in alot of the crappier dogs we used to hunt... I guess they just didnt get learnt right...
some folks confuse a good me too dog with a good hog dog...put that no bottom, not much range to speak of dog with a hog dog that ranges out and finds hogs pretty quick...that has a lot of bottom and the lesser dog steps up and might go step for step with the hog dog...that is until it is hunting alone...
to find out what kind of hog dog you have hunt it alone...and if you feel confident that you will shoot a hog over the dog then you probably have a good dog...if it finds, tracks and sticks with a runner through thick and thin and brings the hog to bay then you have a good dog...I write these three sentences to describe what a hog dog is rather than try and write a book on what a good hog dog should be...
good dog handling just makes for a better dog...
some crossbreds make excellent dogs...
some mutts make excellent dogs...
but for me the best hog dog is one that is bred right so that it is the all around dog...one that can hunt as well as any dog that produces hogs and also looks good doing it...and it is a dog that reproduces a high number of hog dogs when bred to the right gyp...why not have it all when we can...
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