Ive talked to a guy that ran plotts and he told me the same thing about his hounds that they run miles with no problem. I was thinking this guy is just talking out of his a$$ . But there must be some truth to it cuase this not the first time ive heard something like this.
We are still green at hog huntin with dogs. We have only been doing it for 4 years. But we've had running hounds for years. Just changed the game we hunt. These cross dogs and tree dogs don't have the full bottom that a running hound does, but can flat cover some ground. Back in the coyote huntin days, we ran walkers and walker July crosses. They could flat lay it to a coyote for many miles and many hours.
When we started hog huntin we got some catahoulas. We would have races but if they didn't get it stopped in a mile or so they would quit and come back. Also were having trouble in sign that was a little old, dogs weren't doing well. So we added some tree stock to our pack and bred some cross dogs and still have the catahoulas. The hounds work out good in this country, and we went back to the way we knew how to hunt.
