do a 12 hr tourny , most hogs brought in . cause the best dogs chatching hogs not wieght. make it 80lb an bigger. 2man 2 hlper.
12 hour hunt... NO hahaha. I would probably put some sort of cap on the weight limit, like nothing under 80 lbs or nothing under 50 lbs, somthin.
well you ask for opinions i'll give you mine for what it's worth . me personally i wouldn't put my best dog in that kind of situation for the sake of a buckle and braggin rights . this being a catch and tie just sounds like trouble . dead hog turny might be differant . i caight and killed plenty with just two catahoulas but i remember plenty of wrecks as well lol but i was by myself all them times with no help . i would be more in favor of a pair of dogs and a cd at least a pair of dogs could hold a bay better .
I see what your saying, but its always dangerous. I hunted for three years with only a cd and a strike dog, combined weight of about 100 lbs, and rarely had injuries. Im not sure how dead hog or live hog would make a difference, but I'm willing to flirt with the idea of a dead hog.
Two bay dogs is out of the question, that defeats the purpose. This would basically be a tournament for "The One Dog Show", If the one dog can't get the job done then they need not enter that dog. If there would be additional dogs, I would possibly go with 1 bay dog two catch dogs. But then we start having to add rule, because someone would be running three rough/ catchy bay dogs. We will see, I appreciate the feedback.
Yeah I would say 2 man team, each member has a strIke and catch...
Only having one CD and the chance of it getting out out on the first hog aint worth $500 to me...
IMO, it's still a matter of who has the best spots to hunt, not necessarily the best dogs..
Sounds like there may be more interest in the 2-2 concept. It would allow a team to keep hunting if there was an injury, or have two different sets of dogs if they chose to use the 1-1 format.
I say $500 because I don't want to be weighing 100 teams in with an unlimited stringer. The idea of this is to weed out most teams and only have the guys who really think they have a top dog. Im looking to have ten teams, and I would host it. I will flirt with the idea of two catch dogs. But if someone thinks they can't get the job done with 1 & 1, then they don't need to hunt this tournament.
I like the strike dog concept but would rather do one strike and two catch then you still know what you got as far as finding pigs and really like the idea of a 12 hr hunt but I myself can't afford 500 for a tourney
Im thinking about the 1 & 2, but only being able to use one catch dog at a time, and catch dogs can be rotated or substituted. 12 hour hunt isn't gonna happen. What about someone with a three hour drive, they only get to hunt 8-9 hours? And that again defeats the purpose. I want the dogs that can go all day, all night, and all day again, and keep laying the pork down.
As far as the money, like I said Im only looking for about ten teams because when it comes down to it, I don't think people have as many top dogs as they say they do, and they know it. If only ten teams enter, that would make a half way decent pay out, plus whatever sponsors we could get. On top of that, a polygraph is a must and they aint cheap. I understand there would probably be a few people that wanted to enter, but responsibilities keep them from having the money to enter, but that is just the way it is I guess.
I don't know how everyone else hunts but a 2 strike and 2 cd is a normal hunt for me and there are plenty of other tournaments out there like that already! Taylor is trying to set up a one of a kind hunt just like it says TOP DOG, not top pack i think.
Thats exactly right Brian. This is a tournament for "One Dog Shows"
I don't know how everyone else hunts but a 2 strike and 2 cd is a normal hunt for me and there are plenty of other tournaments out there like that already! Taylor is trying to set up a one of a kind hunt just like it says TOP DOG, not top pack i think.
I agree... that's why I said sparate it into two groups. That way you'll probably have more people enter that just want to run a tourny, and you'll have the "top dogs" entered in the 1strike/1CD side of things at the same time. If that's "too much" then I think the 1&1 is a good idea and original for sure!
So how would you determine who has best strike dog and best CD? or is that just the pair of buckles that would be the prize for the winning team.
IMO, it's still a matter of who has the best spots to hunt, not necessarily the best dogs..
I agree with this to a certain point, but the 1 strike dog still has to be able to find and get a hog settled down by itself long enough to send a CD to em... so not just any ol bay dog can do this. I've only hunted with a few "one dog shows".
I don't want people to enter who just want to run a tournament. "Aint no body got time for that"
The one dog deal will help even the field a bit without taking certain hogs out of the weigh ins, like barrs. Yes spots will always make a difference, but at least this you can't cut loose ten dogs that you have to find the hogs for.
