EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I'm new to hog hunting but not dog hunting by no means, I bought my first two dogs about 7 months ago. A 2 year old cd and a 3 year old birdbull. The guy I bought them from said he'd caught about 150 hogs with the birdbull, I put both in the bay pen and the cd catches great, the bb bays HARD and catches smaller hogs. We don't have a lot of hogs in VA, but the lease I'm hunting has the most, I've hunted the hell outa this dog and nothing. I've had her in what looked like hours old sign and nothing, she has tons of energy but NEVER hunts farther than 50-60 yards from me. This morning we were rootings that were done last night and fresh wallowed mud holes and she just walked through em like they weren't even there, my 6 month old black & tan(first time on a hunt) looked like she was really interested and stayed in the rooted up ground with her nose in the dirt, but obviously didn't know what to do with it yet. Opinions, comments, advise, HELP PLEASE!

sometimes a cross bred dog doesn't get any of the good qualities from each/either parent...sounds to me like someone sold you a help dog and not a strike dog...

that's what I've been thinking, what is distance is considered short and long range by most hog doggers?

a dog's range is basically how far it will hunt...close ranging and long ranging depends on who you ask as to what that is...close ranging to me is a dog that hunts out 50 to 150 yards and long range is a dog that ranges out to about 1/2 a mile...but once the dog hits a good track or jumps hogs then the dog should stay on track until the hog comes bayed or the dog has to stop because he is over heating...bottom, having stick, or staying hooked, means the same thing to me...

I consider short to be 0-300 yards, medium 300-700, long 700 +

yeah, when talking about range I  always think about hunting range, looking for a track. Of course if dog has no bottom ain't much use either. But I got to to find em before I can worry about bottom lol, hog dogs sure seem different than coon deer dogs.

Did you ever go hunting with the guy and see what the dog did with him?

nope, he lived 4 hours away, after I got her I I tried to contact him about hooking up to hunt as he has more hogs than I do but he never returned my call. RED FLAG!

lance...your medium range is in line with mine...when I say 1/2 mile I mean 1/4 mile loop to the left and then 1/4 mile loop to the right as I slowly move along...