Runners

interesting thread indeed. i must say nothing will bring out the opioniated side of our fellow swine slayers like talking about "the ole runnin a$$ pigs" that we couldnt catch. to be honest i dont see anything at all wrong w/ any of the fore-mentioned methods of defeating a runner. they all will work ,but ladies and gentleman let us not forget that our beloved swine are plain and simply put natures 2nd best surviors (only next to roaches of course). They will adapt to our hunting styles just as we adapt our hunting styles to their escape methods. Case in point; i had a spot where my best strike dog who at the time couldve been considerd a RCD of sorts he would catch or attempt to catch every swine he saw. but he always got out run by this one hog. every time we went to this spot he would always be in the same spot and run the same way. we tried it all get in front of the pig, block the holes in the fence where he crossed, added dogs, took dogs away, ran gritty dogs, ran soft dogs always the same result wet, tired, and pigless. Untill one day the stars and the moon aligned and he tryed to play hide and seek in a honeysuckle thicket and my redbone knuckle head(who i later culled for being opened mouth) found stoped and bayed the runner we caught him. he was bout 140# Boar no teeth and nothing speacial about him except he should've been on the olympic distance team. Keep in mind if they all get caught or killed wether it be by us doggers, heli's, trappers, or still hunters we wouldnt have any more to hunt. so as much as it hurts to say this be thank full for those few who out run us cause they may keep us all going, they will just make us reassure mother nature why she put us on top of the food chain.