Message #56257

[crackerc]

I agree with Coach. If I had unlimited property to hunt, where the dogs could go for miles and still be on property I had permission to hunt, I would have a few long range dogs that would run a  hog all night.

As it is in Fla though, hunting places keep getting smaller (and fewer) and I have no use for a dog that will go for miles.

I use close/medium range gritty dogs as thats the type dog that is suited for where I hunt. You bring one of your dogs that will run 5-6 miles down here and turn him loose and odds are you will never see him again. He will be run over or shot by an angry landowner where he wasn't supposed to be.

So don't blame the running hogs on those of us with closer hunting dogs, its just a sign of the changes in the way a lot of us have to hunt.