I'm not exactly at my "fightin weight" nowadays but I figure I could follow 95% on this site anywhere they wanted to walk. Its never been about being tough or hardheaded about how I hunt to me. I think the more versatile a guys dogs are the more oopportunities they will present for you. My favorite is to rig hunt. I either rig out of my pick-up or walk my dogs into potential areas. My dogs are all taught to stay close to me when I'm walking (alphas are nice for this lol) and most folks would not approve of this but where I hunt dogs just can't go any random direction and find a hog so I don't have time to wait on a dog to make a 1000 yd cast in the wrong direction. I am way smarter than any dog alive and I will dictate the areas we hunt if we are walking. Two years ago a guy came to hunt with me and we were driving to the woods and the two dogs I had blew up in the box and as I slowed down he asked "what are you doin?" Lol I said "fixing to catch this hog" 10 minutes later we tied a very nice boar that him or his dogs never knew was alive. I got a kick as we were loading the hog he said "well I don't hunt like that, my dogs go hunting and find hogs." Lol. No style is better than the other until the time that one style is better than the other.
All makes since now. No wonder you think your so good and your dogs are so good. Your proud moment was a typical deal for the rest of us. Just because you can go to a school yard and beat the crap out of every kid their don't make you aand awsome fighter. Same as someone decent with decent dogs going hunting with people that have never gone or who are new to hog dogging. Ain't hard to look good and get the big head and think your special when you go play in the kiddy pool. Ain't nothing special about you or your dogs. You a dime and them are a dime a dozen on here as far as skill level goes.
