Craig....you have got some good replies so far. I've been shooting hogs out of the bay for 20 years and Before I found message boards on the internet, I never even knew there was such thing as a catch dog. I always thought caught hogs were an every now and then type thing when you had too many dogs on the ground or the dogs got a smaller hog singled out.
On caliber......I hunt with a 30/30 and 150 grain solid nose bullets. Smaller calibers will work fine if you can make a perfect shot every time. But I am human not perfect and sometimes miss the mark and I prefer to have something a with a little more power thats still effective when the shot is not perfect. No to mention you will encounter situations were you can not make a head shot, and if its a big boar you need something with enough power to make it through the shield and still have enough kinetic energy left to do some damage. I wont take a shot with dogs on the other side no matter what caliber. I always assume a pass through even thought most shots don't. It only takes one time to regret it.
On type of dogs.............Hound or Cur does not matter when it comes to advantages for shooting hogs out of the bay. If you prefer one breeds hunting style over the other then go with that. Loose baying style and fewer dogs on the ground makes a safe shot easier to come by. Dogs that bay loose or will back up on command if they don't bay loose. I hunt with Stock bred curs dogs. Its how I was started and still what I prefer to this day after hunting with lots of other types of dogs over the years.
On sneaking.............Some hogs might not break if they see, hear, or smell you. But None of them will if they don't, so I always suggest sneaking in with the wind in your favor.
Jessie Paul....you must be super stealthy and odorless
. But I suppose we allready knew you had super human powers. lol
Waylon
