Message #520841

[jagdtank]

You kinda defeat yourself if you spend all your time shuffling dogs like playing cards. I agree with you shot gun. I recognize my own haste too often and sometime don't give a dog a good chance.  I guess to each.... their own. I sure like my curs. it's pleasurable hunting! was given two more pups yesterday! raising puppies from a good proven line is the way to go if you ask me. it's just to hard to find a good finished dog for sale. It's like panning a cess pit for small change. The running hog issue only goes so far. they are still hogs despite being able to adapt to an extent, there is a limit on how much in a short time span. I know there is a genetic component to a hog running but i think its much more learned behavior. I caught the same red spotted boar hog twice in water with thick brush and couldn't get in to grab him got a hand on his leg once but he pulled away before i could get a solid grip. ended up without rough mature dogs for a while due to shuffling my pack. so I bayed him solid three more times over a year with pups and didn't get him killed for one reason or another. I can promise you when I get him found he don't wait around, he leaves and you can pick your dogs up in the next county. he wasn't a runner,he stood and fought five times and was caught first time for half an hour in water but he learned and if someone hunts where i do for the first time and gets on him or a few others dog ruined. they would swear these hogs are all born runners but it's the unknown variable causing the problem. like bad dogs ruining bays and educating the hogs. if i lay off a spot for a few months the running stops when i come back.some of my spots almost no one hunts because their aren't many dedicated hog hunters in mo. I get to experiment on some of these things I feel like.