Another one I would add is I don't like to turn out on hogs that I can see, seems that I can never catch those hogs
Matt that is about as true as it gets. That situation has almost never worked out for me. If I see hogs in a field I just drive right on past and try to find some other hogs.
Actually I prefer to start bedded hogs. You know because they bed down where they feel safe so they dont have any reason move once the dogs find them. I'm afraid if they start running they might not stop. haha.
Back in the day, If the hog did'nt look like it was gonna bay I would try and cut off a race when dogs got behind and shoot the hog. Now I don't like to shoot running hogs at all, only bayed hogs because I feel like it makes my dogs do thier job. If I let them feel success from a race......that is all they will want to do. Only on rare occasion will I shoot a hog in a race like if its gonna cross the river or on to a property I cannot go.
Waylon
