EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Who here hunts that way?

My preferred method.

If I am close enough to the bay, yes.  I really don't have the catch dog to turn him out from a long way like I hear some other folks do. 

thats what works for me let em go

I always try to get as close as I can I dont know about the rest of you but I like to watch the bay for a while before I turn the catch dog in. but if it keeps breaking then its turn loose sooner ;)

X2 I like to see the bay and even like seeing the CD hit the hog even more.

i learned my lesson , i cut mine loose at 300yd and took me longer then i thought it would to get to him . by the time i got there he was shaking off an a$$whipin ... at the end of the day i had to dogs cut one limping and my CD had a hole i could stick my thumb in going through the bottom of his jaw and through his upper lip ... i now walk him in to site of the bay ...

You have to know you enviroment and distances or you can get in a bind. Fields and light brush I have no problem cutting loose from the box. The thicker it gets the closer I like to be.

Im out there to hunt and and let my dogs work I want to be there when the catch dog gets to the hog because im going to be right behind him my friends are the same way  when the bulldog is let loose we go in to dogs doing his job its time to do yours.When you turn your catch dog loose to far back  dogs stand a better chance of getting messed up. But this is just how we do it every body has there own way they like ^-^

If im closed enough to the bay i turn him loose but only if i can tell its a good solid bay cause mine catchdog will try to keep going with em if the hog breaks an then he gets wore out

like to see the hog and size it up if its a small hog one catch dog big hog i will send 2 i like to tie so don't want hog shredded

x2 ;)

i would perfer leading catch dog in but i only have 1 bay dog and she wont stay on one too long by herself her partner was killed last year she can find em but dont dont like hunting on her own so i have to run my rednose with her they make a good team but my rednose gets cut alot and she will range out pretty far once she found a hog by herself all dogs came back except my cd when i found her a couple hours later she was cut down really bad, if idont get some more baydogs she probabally wont last too long

man you guys must like to run the hog and listen to them bay i want to catch as many as i can as fast as posible gritty dogs and rcd are the only way to go around here  i havent been to the vet in over a year but when i had bay dogs they all ways stayed cut up my rcd's stoped all that number 2

My strike dogs are my catch dogs  ;D

I wasn't really looking for how everyone hunts.

 I have a young dog that hates being on a lead.  He is alright in open ground but fights it when you get in to any kind of cover.  Mostly my fault, as he never even had a collar on until he was 7 months old.  He is timid about being controlled by his neck.  Not at all agressive he just kind of freaks out.  I'm gonna give him another week or so to change, if not he's off the food bill one way or another.  I was just curious how many people hunted that way.  Its not for me. 

  If one of you is interested in another dog, send me a pm, he might be available in a week or 2. 

roughdog how do you find hog if it is big and not squeeling, i like rcds too they sure keep the running,swimming,etc down do you have a dog who bays and then catches

 my main strike dog she turns loose every now and then so i can find them usualy they are not far off  i use rig dogs most of my hogs are cought 200 yards or less from the truck

10-4 thats pretty much how we always hunted just used a bay dog to find where he is caught not where he is going maby i need more rcds the 1 i have now usually catches solo and she is only about 45#

walk em in look at situation....

i have walked my catch dog in and have cut him loose at 900 yrds just depends on th situation 

walk mine in as close as i can get them...after two huricanes and the briar patches were i live it takes 30 min just to go a few hundred yards threw the wood to get to the bay