how many dogs do yall run at one time

[kameron118]

just wondering how many dogs yall run at one time. iv been told its not to smart to run a bunch of dogs
but it seems like if u got running hogs the more the better i personly dont like runnen alot of dogs but what do yall think!

[5150hogdogs]

Three curs on the ground well two dogs and a puppy and two bulldogs in the boat just for insurance I think the more dogs you run the more dogs get chopped up if you can't catch hogs with three dogs it's time to shut it down lol but jmo

[Purebreedcolt]

We run 4 or 5 sometimes more but there is always young dogs in the mix so

[Brushbuster]

When it's just me and the family, 3 curs and 2 CDs. Now one pup in the mix.  When I'm with buddies of mine, 6 + 2. Catch about the same number of hogs both ways.

[TColt]

I like runnin less dogs. When curs cant shut them down, thats why I keep my cd legged up and just send him in, he will get them stopped. Usually always keep one cd on a lead for backup though, unless im huntin with just my dogs since I only have one cd, Im the backup.

[dub]

I prefer as few as possible. If I had a one out dog I would be happy. Too many dogs get in the way when trying to tie a hog. But you need enough to get the job done. Plus you need to train some. But when hitting a place that has not been run with dogs I want extra dogs to drop if hogs are everywhere. So my answer is no answer.

[Marshall]

I usually swing the gate when i hunt.       What would yall say the biggest disadvantage of running 8+ dogs is?

[crackerc]

I like to hunt one dog at a time as much as I can. It shows what the dog is capable of and what he is not. If you have one dog out and he/she is consistently finding, stopping and baying hogs, on different tracts of land, then you can bet you have a good one.

But, with young dogs to train I have to hunt one old dog and one young dog at times. Rarely will I have 3 dogs on the ground at one time.

To me the disadvantages of running more dogs at a time is you don't know what dog is doing most of the work. And if they get on a small hog its either so chewed up its worthless for anything, or its dead by the time you get there. If they get on a big hog, most dogs get a lot braver with a lot of other dogs and you get more wrecks that way .Especially if they are a long ways from you.

I also feel a lot of times a hog will bay with 1-2 dogs but will break and run with packs. He feels outnumbered with a lot of dogs, but may feel he can stand and fight with just 1-2 dogs on him.

These are just my opinions. Different people hunt different ways though, so its whatever works.

[coyote hunter]

i want 3 curs an two cds on the ground   2 good curs an 1 thats learning

[treeingratterrier]

If you could and have got the dog power and bay type dogs and tons of hogs and you have a good bull whip popper, a Yellow Mayrath hotshot, a fence jumping mule and you are hunting 5 times a week in a row you can run 10 to 15 dogs if they are all broke to load up, get out, go to the truck.  Does this mean you go to every pound and pick up strays and turn them loose???  No of cousre not, but if u got a 20,000 acre ranch and you can jump the fences and about 5 old straight hog dogs that obey you could run this many, you got to be a top hand, know every dogs mouth and which dog might trash and which dog only barks on a hog,  you can get a mule britchin with d rings to tie back 1/2 of the pack until your lead strike dog barks then ease dogs into the race or bay up as you get there.  Does this mean you ride towards a 3 mile away bay up and turn loose on the way?? No, it does not, you ride the mule with the dogs tied to britchin close to the actual hog bay as you can and ease dogs into the bay up, you got to have voice control of your dogs to get them to quit running hogs, what will happen is with all of the dog power you will see less cut up dogs, the dogs usually will have hold of the hog in so many places it cant fight and cut them up and if you get a bay type pack they will all surround the hog and bay it till you get there to either shoot the hog to sic them to catch it.  Prob is once you get this many dogs in a pack you might get 3 or 4 bays going at the same time and they will keep going and going as long as you are riding to them shooting or sticking the hogs or tying them if you have help.  Hardest thing is getting time money and diesel and somwebody to go with you for  a year or 2 to build up a big bay pack used to hunting like this behind a fence jumping mule.  You can  not do this on foot or on 4 wheelers or by shinning soptlights or with catch silent dogs either.  There prob a few packs like this still around somewhere on a large ranch or 2 I am thinking. 

[Bo Pugh]

we sometimes hunt 7 - 10 dogs but all of them are not Good dogs, i guess their there for the extra help and when we catch a hog we dont have a problem getting dogs to get back the old dogs know to get gone and the young ones just need a stroke across top of the head and they learn pretty quick to not be there, usually when the bulldog catches and the dogs see us coming they roll out, and you know which dogs to keep up with during the hunt and which to not pay that much attention to i like hunting alot of dogs that are all loose theres no better soung than 10 currs bayed on 1 hog cause you know its gonna be a good one

[MOhogger]

I usually run about six. 2 strike dogs,2help dogs,and 2 rcds.If I didnt have to go through so much brush and blown down timber I would prefer
 2 strike dogs and 2 walk in catch dogs,but theres no way to walk a dog through that stuff.We ran about 12 dogs over the weekend and we spent most of the day tryin to get dogs back.

[Florida Curdog]

I take 2 if I'm hunting solo. If I'm with somebody we take 2 sometimes 3.

[BarrNinja]

If Im by myself its one or two dogs. Sometimes one with a pup and sometimes 2 with a pup.

With friends its always a lot more and may get me a hog caught when Im not even around if the right.....or maybe I should say wrong dogs are on the ground.

[Kyle0329]

 use to run 4 to 6 on the ground, now its one bay dog and one lead in catch dog...and iam loving my new feed bill

[CBH]

2 curs and 1 or 2 catchdogs sometimes no catch dogs.