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skoalbandett
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A lot of t hings been said here, some I agree with some I dont, but One thing I dont recall seeing said is this:
What about the fact a dog, any breed of dog you want to name, can not out run a hog in the briars, thorn patches, berry vines,honey suckle patches ,some of these thick woods and swamps in this country. A dog can not even attempt to stop one unless they can get up on him, that is another reason for the longer races we see in those types of areas. A hog can sometimes get a big head start on them when he breaks, depending on the situtation. And yes, even the very best catch dogs miss or get slung off or get killed. That is another reason for dogs that will stick with it, has a good nose , lots of bottom bottom and will and can run a track. There are cur dogs that can , will and do just exactly that.
I can see running catch dogs that come back if they go 300 yards and cant catch up could be a plus for some folks due to size of a place and other possible limitations. If a man is gettin paid to take hogs out, why not just shoot em all in front of the dogs to begin with or bait em and spot light em at night to
sh oot em.. I mean at some point t he dog work really isnt what's most important to some people, numbers of hogs on the g round seems to be.. If it ever gets that way for me, I will quit. The dogs ability, preformance and the actual Dog work in all kinds of conditions is all it's about for me.
Now hunting basically open country, or if a hog is running through a wide open Pin oak bottom or across a open pasture, the dogs can get up on him to catch him if thats your prefered way or in my case, I want them to get ahold, stop em and get back and bay, then bay him right and waitt on us to get there and lead the catch dog in. I will tell you for a fact, a running catch dog loose in this country is ONLY one thing, a dead dog walking. It aint if, it's when.. It may take you 30 minutes to an hour to get to bay or a caught dog in this country if you run loose catch dogs. There are no roads through some of these woods, you cant run fast enough t hrough this stuff to stay up with them, over and through big creeks, bottoms , across the end of lakes and through big swamps.I think you all know what is gona happen to a dog caught even 15 minutes on a bad boar hog or the right hog.
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