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« Reply #20 on: March 14, 2010, 10:44:23 pm » |
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In the hill country, where everything is covered in cedars, a long dang time. especially when the dogs are out of hearing. sometimes it seems like all you do, or at least for me is track, walk, track, walk, track, walk until you get to where you can hear them baying. I have rarely, if ever, had to go two miles, but i do understand what he is talking about. I just don't have that kind of property. If my dogs are two miles from me, they are on a different property.
That being said, my shorter range dogs suit me very well. my properties are not big, so I don't need a dog that will range out a long way just to find a track. mine average about a 400-600 yard loop before they check in, and will usually take off in a different direction once they do. Once they find a track though, they will keep on it. Also, being pretty new to the sport, I feel like shorter range dogs give me at least the illusion of having a bit more control. I have hunted with longer range dogs, and enjoyed doing it, they just don't "fit" most of the places I have to hunt.
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