Here is another conundrum.... Finds their own hogs....? That phrase in itself needs to be defined here. Are you walking, driving or dropping your dogs within 100 or even 200 yards of said hogs? To me that is not a dog finding their own hogs. That's a dog being fed hogs and darn near any dog that will bay a hog can do this.
I got in this debate in another thread but I guess I see things different than a lot of hunters out there....
So to answer your question I will not breed a dog that cannot TRULY find THEIR own hogs...
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No need to define that term....it's basic and there is nothing really there to debate.
Walk hunting, roading, hood hunting, casting....it doesn't matter "finds their own hogs" means the same in every instance.
I think your more referring to the range of a dog and that reflects on hunting style.
Disagree.... Say joe blow takes his dogs to the woods. He walks said dogs around a couple hours til they stumble on or jump a pig... Now, did the dog find the pig?? Heck no. Human took the dog to the pig.
Yes range is in play here but I have personally hunted with a few people that think said scenario was in fact a dog finding a hog. To me thats no different than walking your dog to a pen with a hog in it.
Just my opinion but I wouldn't breed a dog that's chillin at my feet all day until a pig runs out in front of him/her whether you want to call that "finds their own hog" or not.
Your using walk hunting as an example...you don't even walk hunt!?
I struck out yesterday walk hunting, my pup did run some deer though. last time I hunted we cast on hogs we spotted and caught 1..hogs broke after the initial catch and go yonder dog rolls out but my pup and another near same age had to be "persuaded" to leave and ended up finding and catching 1 at 750....go yonder dog tracked and bayed the group a mile away which we ended up catching 3 out of. Time before we were roading...while waiting on a go yonder dog to come back my young dog ranged out about 250 and struck...caught that one. Time before that walk hunting and same pup and another pup of same age hit a track (after about 3/4 mile of walking) lit out...first bark at 750 bayed solid at .86 caught hog.
Roading, casting, walk hunting...my trashy hard headed pup ain't the best but found his own on three different styles of hunting. Finding hogs is finding hogs...no matter the circumstances.
