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Wm- just like I said...you have a list of traits that are very important to you and the dogs that you have found that get you there are cur dogs. I on the other hand don't place finess and style on the top of my list. I have literally hunted 3 big boars on 8,000 acers for several months. (Off and on of course). If these finess dogs could not trail a track off of a corn feeder several hours old they would just look really stylish riding around in the back of the truck.
On the other hand I have a cousin that lives in South Fl. He had a really nice gyp a while back. She bayed over 200 head a year from the time she started at about 14 months until she was well over 9 years. She would not find a hog that had been gone over 30 minutes nor would she run one over 15 minutes. She was flat sure a hog dog. I have taken my dogs down there hunting and them get on a runner right to start with and be gone for several hours before they bayed it. This ol gyp would be back in front of the Buggy in just a few minutes and we would catch 5 or 6 while chasing my dogs around. Which dog was better??
He came up here and we put on some hogs just off of peanut field. The dogs only trailed for @ 5 or 6 minutes and maybe 300 yards. This same gyp was standing at my feet when my dogs came bayed with the hogs in the bed. She took off to them but it was evident she would not have bayed them on her own??
I guess they need a dial right up under theri tail where you can adjust them to what you need at the time.
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