Different Hunting Styles and terrain

I currently walk hunt the rolling hills, brushy draws, and Creek/timber bottoms northwest of the DFW metroplex with a pair of short range, loose bay dogs. Most of my places are less than 1k acres with coastal and CRP pastures surrounded by cedar and post oak timber. Briar thickets are awful! There are a lot of tanks/ponds on the places I hunt. Cattle on every place. I also hunt a few sloughs on some small lakes in the summer. I prefer to hunt at daylight and find most of my hogs in acorn flats, on deer/ cattle feeders, or on water in the summer. I have a couple places with wheat fields and milo when the farmer plants it. My RCD’s enjoy the crop work.
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I prefer a casting dog that will hunt out a draw, Creek bottom, or block of timber. Nothing more satisfying to me than to drop the tailgate and send a dog or two into a nice timber bottom on a cool morning. Kick back on the tailgate, watch em work a track on the garmin and fall bayed. Open the box, pet my catch dog on the head, vest em up, walk in, watch em bay for a while, pat my CD on the head again, unsnap em and let the rodeo begin!
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Unfortunately the urban sprawl up here has made it just about impossible to hunt a real deal casting dog with good bottom. I can’t complain too much. The 2 bay dogs I hunt both consistently find and bay hogs alone or together. They both strike off the rig on hot sign. They handle very well. I’ve definitely shortened their hunting range by walking them all the time. My catch dogs get hooked when they are given a fair shot. I can rig/road them RCD style during crop season through a pasture full of calves day or night. I’ve spent a lot of time with these 4 dogs.

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