"One Out" and Running Catch Dogs

Logan,

Where about do you live?

I have a 1/2 Pit X 1/2 Lacy and I can tell you that cross is not likely to make a great "one out" dog. If I let her off lead, she hunts out with the best of our strike dogs but she does not bark. As a result I run her as a lead in catch dog but if a bay breaks before she gets there, she goes hunting and she has found several on her own that way. I have been lucky so far and every pig she has found on her own has been under 150lb. Could she handle a bigger hog by her self? Maybe, but I certainly don't want to take that chance. She has too much hunt and range for "one out" in my opinion. Especially when you consider her size. She will do it all day but having a 45lb dog hanging on a rank boar well outside of earshot is a recipe for disaster.

If I were limited to one dog only, I would find a good, gritty, agile cur dog with short to medium range and hit the woods with it and a .22 rifle.

JMHO

Steve