EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

When you get on running hogs what percentage get away? I'd say my dog stop half the hogs they get on. I don't have any idea if this is good or bad but I want better results. Am I wrong? LOL... Seirously though, I like to know what yalls dogs do on runners...

about 60 to 65%

when we had our two best dogs this year before they got killed it was about 70% they really worked the backend of hog and knew how to sit one down. these hogs up here run for hours and hours. i dont know what you call a runnin hog but weve ran em for about 9 hours is the longest. :o. but now that we have younger dogs we catch about 50-55% of the runnin hogs. it just takes time till they find out that if they pinch him on the butt he will turn around and fight. they just gotta learn themselves.



R.I.P
BlackJack & Clyde

Speaking of getting out ran, weve gotten out ran the last 3 hunts.!

Whether we like it or not, everyone gets smoked once in a while.

This is where "smarts" as some people call it in your dogs (which comes from experience) come into play.

Knowing when to bite, and knowing when to back up and bay.  Very few people have a "superdog", and thats why we hunt with packs and spend time studying our individual dogs so that we can pair them most effectively.  Dog A might be the best at sniffing out a hog, while dog B is best at making a runner stop and bay.  Dog C might have more bottom and stay with a hog, while Dog D is better at sizing up and catching those it can handle to end the race.  Get my point?

Here's another thought, and perhaps another angle for you to look at things.  Have you thought that maybe your encountering so many running hogs because your dogs are applying too MUCH pressure?  Instead of desiring rougher dogs to shut one down, how about looser dogs to keep one from running in the first place.

I don't know you or your dogs nor am I making assumptions...just food for thought.  I always try to look at every situation from many different angles.

Yall need to come down here and get on these pure Europeans by the house.  These Jokers have some WHEELS!  ;D  I do catch more than most down here but the odds arent as good as when I get on ferrell runners.  Here is a pic of a sow that ran about four hours before we could get her caught.  Those Euros are built for speed!

Joey

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BINGO....and if they tell you otherwise just smile and nod your head! ;D


I can't tell how many times i've seen hogs bayed good for one loose dog and bust when the others get there.

We've tried the one dog method and it works great, hogs bayed solid, the trick is getting in close enough with the catch dogs to seal the deal.

As far as percentages, it varies from property to property. We have one that we catch hogs on about 90 percent of the time and we've hunted it hard for two years. Most we can catch a hog 70 or 80 percent of the time. There's been a couple that are about 10 or 20 percent on catching! But it's so thick on them that it takes 15 minutes of crawling to get 50 yards.

Thats alot to think about... Thanks. Good pic there. Thats a mean looking hog. What part of Texas do you live in?

Im a North La. boy caught down the road from the house, but I do hunt Sabine river bottoms around Carthage and Marshall whenever I get a chance.

Joey