Here is a ? To the on going debate. How many of y'all would say longer range dogs find more than say a medium range dog. And far as big bottom north of ten miles 8 hrs where can you hunt those dogs
I prefer a medium range dog myself that loops, covers the country around you, checks in and goes back out or load and move on.
Bottom is what I want in a dog. You don't necessarily have to have big country to hunt dogs with a lot of bottom. I've run hogs for hours on end a smaller places more times then I can remember... round and round and round. But, I've also had them blow through big places and leave the country... that's where training them with the tone on the shock collars comes in handy.