on the lease here by the house we have been after a big red boar for about 3 or 4 yrs...he is by far the smartest hog i have ever hunted...he only comes and stays around during deer season and usually leaves for good rite after turkey seaon when we start huntnig it again....he will take the dogs for long long loops to the river and back to the highway which is bout a mile east and west and then back north and south bout a mile eventually if the dogs stick with himnhe crosses the river and always swaps to a sounder...we have seen him numerous occassions crossing rds powerlines sandbars etc...and we run him mostly with july cur x's that are built with speed...have tried silent and open ruff and gritty 1 and 2 outs and whole pack outs rcd and lead in and jst cant get him to stop its amazing how they learn how to work their terrains to their advantage....used to run in a 40 acre wooded pen and there was a big sow that would always lay up in between the round bales and we would go sit rite on top of t and watch the dogs work and they would eventually trail back to the bales and bay rite uinder us that was pretty awesome got to where she did that so much we quit using the bales
