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Author Topic: Catch style preference  (Read 2454 times)
t-dog
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« on: January 09, 2019, 07:20:13 am »

From my experience, there are so many things that accompany the style I described. I'm older now, to heck with all that high strung stuff. The dragging you, the tree and lead chewing after a catch, the grabbing other dogs that might come past them after they've been tied back, or the standing at the end of the lead barking, pawing, scratching, etc...
Sit down and regroup to be ready for next bay. You can catch numerous hogs with a fresh dog verses a few with a dog that spent his energy acting stupid. They are no different than people in the sense that they start making more and more mistakes the more fatigued they get and the initial accuracy gets worse too. I don't want him tangled up fighting briars and brush when he could've went 2 foot right or left and had a clear shot on a trail. His last few steps he should accelerate and make his shot happen, knowing exactly where he's going to catch as soon as he sees the position of the hog. These type are the type that I can hunt off lead and send when I'm ready. I don't have to snap them on the machine because they aren't going anywhere. If they do get off it's to get beside me. When I say caught hog they are done with it. They get back and get ready for the next hog. When they are sent to a bay, or a hog crossing open ground, or whatever may be the case, they are thinking. They don't get that "adrenaline block" as I call it. I have seen too many times when they caught a hog in the ham when they ran him down and as soon as the hog turned to face up they eared it. I personally love that. It's intelligence to me. Myself and the guys that hunt with me have witnessed some pretty amazing happenings with thinking type catch dogs.
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