I have had hog races run right through deer and they just move out of the way but come right on back. I have walked passed deer at 50 yards going to a bay at a fast walk and ignored them and the just kept on eating and ingnored me right back. haha. I hunted through a set of woods last week and jumped a bunch of deer and when I drove back by I saw more than I did before.
Waylon
The same thing has happened to me many times over! I have rode on horseback and four wheeler past bedded deer only yards away and they just laid there and let us and our dogs pass.
The effects of hog hunting with dogs is nothing but good for deer herds and deer hunting from what I can tell. I have never seen much deer sign in or around high concentrations of hogs. There is a good reason for it.
One of my best bucks came with a bow just 3 days after hog hunting the area hard with dogs. I arrowed him less than 100 yards from were I had tied a hog just 3 days prior!
Some deer hunters know this but most of them dont.
Most deer hunters I know cringe at the thought of a dog on their deer lease and to have any kind of hunting dogs out there just prior to deer season is preposterous to them!
Studies like this will definitely help in educating them!
