Mike, that's great advice in my opinion. I've been hunting with other peoples dogs for years but recently started putting together my own pack and been have a great time doing it. One cur, then another cur, now I got a catch dog to add to line up when he is ready. The curs catch everything under about 100 pounds. We shoot the ones they can't handle. Regardless we are still hunting and get that major adrenaline rush in the woods. Had I started out with just a CD we wouldn't have caught near as many pigs to date and in my mind that dog would probably be dead.
Do you still get the same adrenaline as sticking the pig with a knife?