I think a lot of People would be surprised at what their dogs are capable of, if they just stayed out of the way... "Ole Dan is gettin' out a lil far, hate him to bump a deer."
Most folks won't give dogs time to sort out a track either, if it's not hot enough to bolt with, let's move on...
That gets dogs in the rut of not even considering those colder tracks...
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If the dog handler is always in a hurry and doesn't hunt with the curs then the curs will learn to leave colder tracks alone because the handler will not wait on the dogs and the dogs know this so they will be more focused on keeping up with the 4 wheeler than running a colder track.
I hunt with Jay Hutto a lot. His old Dan dog will work a trail as long as it takes if you let him. If things are a little slow, Jay'll say, " Let's let Ol Dan see what he can come up with "More often than not, he'll start a hog. It may be a longs ways from the start, but he'll get him up and then we get close and send the rest of the dogs to him.
Jesse Paul has hunted with Dan too and I bet he'll be the first to agree with me, it can get aggravating as hell sometimes waiting on him to work it out.
I like a dog to start one quick, but if it aint happening that night, a cold nosed dog can make the difference in getting a hog or getting skunked.
