Why not open mouthed?

I've hunted both silent dogs and open dogs. I prefer silent dogs but I hunt regularly with some guys that hunt plotts.. I think a silent dog gives you an advantage at one crucial point in the hunt, at the very beginning before the dog finds the hog. When the hog does not know yet something is after him. I think a silent dog has an advantage at this time and will sometimes bay a hog that an open dog would not have because the hog heard him coming. Now once the hog decides to run, he knows something is after him and he's gonna run either way.
I prefer silent dogs but I know for a fact you can catch hogs with either.. A lot of people don't like hounds just because somebody else said they don't and neither I don't think have hunted with a good one. There are just as many sorry hounds as there are sorry cur dogs. The majority of the hounds I've hunted with were sorry but I've also had the pleasure of hunting with a mighty good one. She was 30 lbs soaking wet and I had as much faith in her as any other dog.. I still prefer silent dogs but I know there are some real good open dogs that are not just running around in the woods barking at anything they smell. There is a difference , just as there is with cur dogs. Some dogs bay hogs and some don't...