I'd just like to know how the h3ll u start out in the middle of a field every time ..... what do you do if the hogs is near the woodline ? friend of mine from granado is down we will hunt tom ...he said it ain't perty when one of those sight dogs hits a fence .....he said about everybody has went to night vision hunt'n ......oh and as my first post most folks now use the garmin trainer to keep dogs on there property .....hey streak no more country than you have to hunt one old curdog hunter would clean that up in a few weeks ......
I don't start out in the middle of a feild Parker, the pigs do. Often times the pigs are running before the dogs hit the ground, often times they are not. If they are the pigs half half a feild head start. As far as your buddy saying it's pretty when sight hounds hit the fence, he been use to some super dumb dogs if he has watched them hit fences the way your implying. My dogs nor any other persons dogs I know have had any trouble at fences. I had a dog break a tail once but that's it. If the pigs get through, then I've never had an experienced dog not be able to get through except once. He got through just not in time and pig made a good getaway. That was right after a long run and decent hold time this summer then within minutes see another pig on the way to get truck.
When pigs cross the fence if there is on, sometimes there isn't and get into the trees or brushy creek bottoms the pig is caught no problem. Why would I have a problem catching where it's most commonly done? These long hold times I refer to is not pigs caught in the open, it's pigs either found or run down in the brush that takes time to get through.
As far as a cur cleaning up what I hunt yes your exactly right . One of the great things about running straight catch dogs and not curs is the lack of pressure the other pigs feel. Often times the don't even know why a pig is stressed. No dogs bark to give up the gig. If you catch a pig or two from a group, often times in an hour they are based k in there feeding and you can catch another. More pigs come in also. Hunt with bay dogs and you put way more pressure on pigs and catch less before the pigs move out. Sometimes you never run the pigs out of the feild on the first catch. I'm sure your dogs would alert pigs of the danger for miles around and push pigs off. So yeah your exactly right, your curs would clear out the pigs on what I hunt and then you would be left with nothing to hunt or only a pig few and far between. Your right you just right for the wrong reasons
