Why is it that guys with silent dogs think that every pig they bay was bayed in its bed???
Not all hogs get bayed in its bed, I don't see anyone on here saying every hog is bayed up in its bed, open or silent. However there are a few folks on here that actually know how to read sign, read dogs know a few things, and it is not hard to tell what a hog bed looks like, then if a hog is standing in its bed, dogs are baying it , catch dog catches where it stands, then its safe to say it got bayed & caught in its bed. or if it breaks before catching it, but you saw it standing there, then you can see it was in its bed.
It is pretty dern sad that people cannot have a discussion without pulling stuff out of nowhere and trying to make it worth fighting over. If something on here that I have to say bothers somebody, don't read it, simple, but you don't have to get all blown up about it. I ain't argueing, I always make sure This is the way we do something so it, what we like, to try and assure that I am not about to say this is by any means the only way, just what works for us through our experiences, by no means are those experiences limited, just our choice.
Its a personal preference, I prefer a totally silent dog. Although there have been a few (very few) oppertunities that a dog that would yip, would give you a clue as to the direction they were headed when they broke before I had the Garmin.
Top 3 Reasons I don't like a dog that yips on track-
#1 lets everybody know they are coming including the hogs, gives dog smart hogs a head start
#2 might/has pulled another dog off a track/scent that it is trying to work out
#3 A dog that is young and goes to a dog yipping on some scent, that pulls the other dogs to it, and the dog is not yet close to the hog, those other dogs learn to not honor that dog
1. All game including hogs know that a dog is coming whether it is barking or not. This sneak up theory does not hold water.
2. The problem with this assumption is not the open mouthed dog it is the other dogs in your scenario that lack independence to seek, find , and account for their own game.
3. I am not quite sure what you mean here but if a dog barks and draws his pack mates to him isn't that a good thing? Now if the dog barks at nothing that could cause dogs not to honor it and then that decision is easy.
I find it interesting that I know a man that hunts a big fully open mouthed walker and he catches more than anyone I know. Some of you open mouthed dog bashers should go hunt with him for a few days.
Sneek up theory does not hold water huh? thats pretty interesting to me. So you are saying that all game animals just kNow when someone is coming or only a dog is coming?
?? Is it just game animals or exotics too?
Who do you know ? you said some of open dog bashers should go huint with him a few days, so now you put it out there go ahead and finish it, and Who is bashing open dogs? I guess you are talking about me, since you decided to quote and respond to me. Looks like you got folks willing to see it with their own eyes.
As a matter of fact I am speaking about you. Wild animals do not need to hear a dog barking to know that something is in hot persuit and that is a fact. If that was not the case coyotes would practically wipeout everything in the woods. I just do not agree with your logic as to why you do not like a dog that "yips". You said that the dog that yips pulls other dogs to them and in essence pulls them from tracks that they are running. My problem with that is that every dog a hunter owns should independent enough to seek, run, and catch its own game with no help needed. Thats all. If you want to go hunt with that walker please let me know when you are available and how far you would like to drive.
