shooting over dogs

Craig,

I bayed and shot for many years prior to owning a catchdog, and quite frankly I miss it sometimes. I think there are things that can be learned using this method that people don't see when hunting with catchdogs. Here's an example, and frankly one of my BIGGEST pet peaves when hunting especially with new guys....people hear a bark and it's a dang all out race through the woods. I'm not so sure that often times bays are not broken by a herd of hunters crashing through the woods. When I bayed and shot, I took my time....slow and easy...checking the wind direction to approach the bay from down wind...working myself into a position for a good, clean shot. The dogs I had were all curs, and the initial shot placement was critical because the minute that gun went off they were caught!

I enjoyed shooting, and killed just as many hogs just as dead as any other method. I started using a catchdog for two main reasons...one reason was we started selling a few hogs and the other reason was so I could hunt at night.