Should a dog have a good handle before being put in the woods?

i guess we consider handle two different things...what i consider handle is nothing more than when i call they come. simple as that. everyone has their own ideas of how to raise their dogs and they are many ways to skin a cat.

i choose to bond with my dog. i want my dog to want to come to me as much as it wants to hunt. when i take my dogs off the chain or out of the pen i'm not constantly calling it to me. i will let them run around then periodically call them to me, just to see if they will listen to what i'm saying.

i need/want a dog that does what i want it to not what it wants to. when i'm ready to go home, I'M READY TO GO HOME. i don't want my dogs to basically tell me "up yours, i still want to hunt." as one of my co-workers said "i'm in charge of this s***!" they need to know and respect that. if they can't i don't need them, i'll take my time getting another one that will listen.

both dogs i have now will range out to around 300yds and have found hogs everytime i've dropped them over the past 2-3months. when i call i have to wait maybe 5-10min depending on how far out they are but they will come running and i load up and go home, i like that. every time my truck starts my dogs don't come running, but if i call and they don't come i will start teh truck and start driving..they then come running. they are smart dogs...lol.

just what i like in my dogs...every man is different and this is what makes for an enjoyable hunt for me. hunt when it's time to go, we go..the dogs don't control us, we control the dogs.