Close Hunting Dogs

I agree totally with Mike also, only difference is I run rough Plotts. I usually either turn out on big tracks or at feeders/bait, if they get 150 yards from me, they are on one. They trail silent, so a lot of times we will bust him in his bed. If that happens, he ain't going nowhere. If the hog does get up and run, you have got to have the bottom to (run the air out of it.) Range is trainable in most any breed, within reason. I believe tone training is essential to hunting many of the places we hunt nowadays. Some people will say that I have too much handle on my dogs, but I would rather have it, than not have enough handle or none at all as some hunters I've seen. So in answer to the original question get you some ruff dogs and train them to hunt how YOU want them to hunt. Mike Starling