How far out do they hun in general, and what do you do when there caught and your 30 min away from them?
Depends on the dogs. These young males I'm hunting will cast 6 to 800 yards at times and come back and go again off 8n another direction if i head that way. Other dogs will cast 2 to 400 yards. All of this is in no sign. I have acquiree about 144 square mile area so i tend now not to walk much. I just cast them mainly. If it takes me a long time to get to a dog its not a huge deal because for 1 i try to breed for a dog thats capable of holding and controlling 300 pound boar. I don't really hunt a dog thats maxed out on what it can actually control at 160 pounds then hope the 240 ppund boar he is caught on doesn't work the dog over. I breed for a dog that can comtrol a huge 300 ppund boar and when he is caught on that 240 pound boar he is fine and isnt out of control and just attached to the boar and isnt maxed out and burning through his stamina trying to maintain control. 2nd I hunt 2 dogs or 3 but prefer just 2. If one has a long hold time, when i get the first catch taken care of that dog then will assist the other dog. Or they are both caught on same pig for a while or when i get there the other dog will be qith me and catch and secure the pig. Just this past hunt i had a double catch on big boar. One catch down in a mesquite thickent in a big bottom and the other up on top in a more open area. Got to the catch in the mesquite thicket first and killed thst boar then headed to the other dog. Other dog wasnt at this catch so i knew he was caught elsewhere. Garmin showed him another 600 plus away. No sound just him holding his own big toothy boar. When i finally got close i seen one of my young dogs come back from sesrching for more pigs and hooked up for the assist then the 3rd dog got there and assisted. Benifits of having 2 dogs is on the long hold times that boar isnt pulling away from two of these dogs even if they are numb. Also when you just have 1 or 2 dogs on a boar like that the catch is settled and the boar doesnt really fight much. The fight really only occurs for the first minute and is only really intense for the first 20 seconds or so. So a dog thats 30 inches and has a lot of stamina can hold and relax and maintain control for a little while. I hunt year round. Middle of summer won't find me or the dogs at home wishing for cooler weather. For heat tolerance, stamina reasons, and power reasons, i absolutely will not add any to my line of dogs. I already have a little stag blood in them i had to breed away from. Not saying they don't make some awsome dogs but the limitations that come with them and their crosses aren't something i want restraining me. I'm breeding for a better dog that redefines the boundaries and limitations of what a catch dog can do. I want to breed for raw natural physical talent and true form for function. I can't use dogs of poor stamina and expect to the same level of performance and testimony of 0 deaths and 0 heat strokes and only 2 vet visits in the throughout my career of hunting these type dogs year round. If you want to go beyond the norm you cant breed normal number 2 lol.
