I don't care if he has a monkey riding his back blowing a bugle if he can catch hog.
Thats some funny chit right there I don't care who you are !
Its like this some hogs are just not going to bay up very easy using open , silent , semi open are a pure open bawling dog with a monkey riding on his back blowing the hell out of a bugle and then there are some that will crap there hog britches and shut down right on the spot . We have stopped big bad 275+ boars with three inch 30/30's hangin out their mouth that you know is bad to the bone in just a few mins and wonder how in the hell that happened and then again we have ran 190+ boars with no tusk hardly for three four hours and get them and then again sometimes never get them . Some boars big, med are small just won't bay up . Its all about the hogs in that department.
Silent are Open is just a matter of opinion, choice are desire of each hunter.
Thats my opinion. I myself don't like open mouth dogs don't like all the rackett but one that yips are chirps here and there I like it lets me know what is going on and which direction I need to be headed. Hard hunted hogs you dont think are going to run soon as they hear that pickup drive into the land? Soon as the four wheeler cranks up you dont think hard hunted hogs are gonna run? Soon as they smell man are dog you dont think they are going to run and I bet half of them are more can smell ya before they ever hear ya.
There is just as many open dogs out there that catch and stop just as many hogs as a silent are semi silent dogs and again it just all boils down to what the man wants and likes.
