^ i agree Ben.
Here is my 2 cents on the subject...... 1) your dogs are still young, give em some more time to age/gain woods experience before you give up on em. 2) no matter what anyone says no one catches hogs every single time they go....thats why its called hunting, keep workin your youngsters.....pro athletes dont wake up one day and magically become pros, it takes tons time and dedication to be the best, those pups make suprise you with more experience under their belts. Good luck with em.
That's some good info. Consider this:
There are probably a lot of experienced hunters on this thread that have some very good comments. Their comments are based on years of experience and many different dogs. As good as hunters as they are all and with all the good dogs, they cant seem to agree.
The reason they cant agree is because there is no one single answer to your question that will work everytime. Rough may get it don't one day, long range, with a ton of bottom may get it done the next.
I would say, find the type of dog you want (ones that fit you) and hunt them as much as you can. Lots of people talk about big hogs that run; I believe the 100 lb boar is the hardest running. There you have it, another OPINION.
Most everything said on here is an OPINION. Develop your own OPINION and test it out as much as you can and you will find YOUR own answer.
You are exactly right. I said it in another thread a few days ago, when it comes to catchin hogs theres more than one way to skin a cat.....rough dogs get it done, loose dogs get it done, long range dogs get it done same as short range dogs........the key is to find the dogs you like, stick with em and hunt their tails off.....nowdays it seems like everyone wants great dogs right now and not many want to put the time in (im not sayin this about you or anyone in this thread, just a general observation)
It is a fact in my eyes that you can take decent dogs and hunt em non stop and make a hell of a pack out of em......back when i got serious abt hunting me and my buddy had a mixture of mutts out of various huntin dogs from our area that were some hog huntin/catchin fools BUT we hunted them a minimum of 5 days a week for a LONG time.......now days we both have far better bred dogs and still catch hogs but between work and our families we dont hunt near as much and because of it we dont catch hogs as often as we used to when we were truely hunting the pads off our dogs feet......(growin up sucks haha)
I said all that to say this, 1) u can take an average/decent dog and work his tail off and more often than not he will make a hand if u pour the tracks to him......like i said earlier practice makes perfect 2) if you decide to buy a more experienced dog try to find one that will complement your existing dogs and build a pack that will work well together. Good luck!
