if you pay for dogs, at this point in your hog hunting education, youre likely going to get screwed. and ,you need to go either loose or rough, not mixed like you said before. hunt with a lot of guys. Work. Make a hand, and if you show respect, loyalty, and you are dependable $1000 dogs will get thrown your way. You CANT buy your way into hog hunting... you CAN spend a ton of money, but..... your better off going to the casino.
this man is not lying. Now I cannot say I've had a $1,000 dog thrown my way but I've been given a RCD that I would have paid $6-800 for and I've been given a pup that's from good blood and I'm fixing to go hunt a solid finished gyp that might get given to me. If you can get a dog man to take you hunting you got that first hunt to convince him your the real deal. If you can do that, atleast from my experience you get welcomed with open arms and people are more than willing to help you out whether it's giving you a good dog or just showing and telling you the things you want to know.