EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I'm just getting back into hog hunting after being gone several years. I purchased a plott dog that hunts hard and finds hogs but he barks every breath. In the past my dogs were silent until bayed. I just wanted opinions on yalls thoughts. Is there a way to get him out of it or is it ok?? Thanks for any info

If you follow MMA or UFC at all look at it like this, Mcgregor Is a loud mouth trash talking son of a gun, but he can back up what he says, no different in open mouth dogs, as long as they got the goods to back up that mouth then it doesn't make a difference.

If you hunt him with silent dogs, He might go silent. JK. He is trash so send him to me & I will hunt him with other trashy open mouth dogs.

I don't believe there is a way that you yourself can get him out of it.  You could not hunt him with other dogs that are open- this would probably encourage opening on track.  Best thing to is hunt him as much as you can and hope that he gets less mouthy.  I know of specific instances where dogs have started out open and as they age, they tend to get less mouthy.  Years ago I had a plott that was open on track.  The longer the day went, the quieter she got.

There is hope, but I wouldn't NOT hunt him because he is open.  I surely would not use shock therapy- by nature of his breed, he is suppose to be open.

Question though- if you wanted silent- why did you get a plott?

The female plott I got is silent. I just hadn't had much experience with open mouth dogs before. Didn't know the goods or bads out of it.

The Great Debate....

I would like to one day go on a hunt with open dogs. I've only ever kept silent dogs and that's all I own. but never hunted behind some true open hog dogs. I would love to see how it's goes one day. If anyone ever has a spot open that don't mind a tag along. Pm me or give me a ring. I won' get in the way I promise. I live in elgin tx

Never hunted behind true RCD's some that catch on site. All mine are loose silent baying dogs. Sorry to jack your post.

This topic has been beat to death on here a thousand times, THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG, it's all in what you enjoy, for instance, where I live the majority of the terrain in semi hilly planted pine timber company land, big blocks of land with hardwood swamps along the creeks or rivers, thick as hair on a rabbits back I used to be a dead silent dog kinda guy, over the years I owned a hound or two and it was always the slow track working babble all day and not go anywhere type of dog, it wasn't until I got the privilege to start tagging along with veterans of the sport in my region and they all ran dogs that opened on track, and guess what, they tied just as many if not more hogs than people who were so consumed in silent dogs that they couldn't see past their rose cored glasses, I started paying attention to how their dogs worked and how they hunted, I still own several silent dogs and will continue this breeding project I have with my curs, I'm currently adding the right hounds into the mix, I like to hunt for big hogs so a track minded dog is more in demand than a silent casting cur, if your a numbers Hunter then I would say go with rough as cob catch on sight dogs, that style of dog won't last around here especially in the summer months when it's in the 90's by daybreak with a humidity of 85%, plus side to a good open dog is the way some hogs like to run its so much harder trying to pack fresh dogs to a silent dog to get up under the hog and pump the air out of him. How were successful most of the time is if we get on a big hog that wants to run, we try to catch as many crossings as we can and keep rotation fresh dogs in and out and wear him down. Each type of dog has their own advantages they bring to the table.

A slow open dog wont run a hog any further than a slow silent dog. A fast trailing silent dog wont catch a hog any quicker than an equally fast open dog that runs to catch.

Hunt him and appreciate the dog he is. He's finding you hogs. No need to try and change him

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By Bigo
A slow open dog wont run a hog any further than a slow silent dog. A fast trailing silent dog wont catch a hog any quicker than an equally fast open dog that runs to catch.

By Decker
Hunt him and appreciate the dog he is. He's finding you hogs. No need to try and change him

Two of the greatest truths in hogdogs. ^^^^  First of all the dog you have must have some nose, he is finding hogs for you. Terrain, pressure (how much the hogs are hunted)  normally dictate how much a hog runs & how far, not whether he is open or not. I have a lot of bay ups and a lot of races and I hunt all open dogs.  Some dogs just have the knack for baying hogs solo whether they are open or silent.

I run every thing and silent open squeaky what ever the hell is out there I have one it seems like and as long as that son of a gun runs the hog tell it stops or u have to catch him at a road then it stays on my yard and I catch lots of hogs that silent or open number 2 don't matter it's all about if they have the bottom to stay with a runner I love to look on the garmin and see my trashy mouthed dogs say treed 2 miles and some change


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