knightstockterrier I have no doubt that is true, I was trying to build a pack of July running dogs for just that reason. But I am staying with my cur dogs because I need a dog that works cattle and hogs, plus protect my place and the BMC dogs i have do all well. But I would like to have a good running dog for those hard running hogs be it running Walker or July. I am just wondering how many fellas are using treeing walker dogs for hogs, I would think they would make a hand at it is all
Actually any Treeing or Running fast heads up trailing walker is fine for hogs if you have the country, we used to have large packs and could run hogs for miles, bay up, go shoot the hog and load up, now everything down here is small small and deer fenced off for 200 miles south, so all the hogdog packs are hot nosed gritty types usually to keep races short. I wish for the good old days too much sometimes, I hunted with guys with a Running Walker or July in a hog dog pack of curs or cats and it sure used to make the rest of them hump up and get with the program to try to keep up with a great running walker or July who could strike jump before they ever smelled the hog, but it hunted together ti was a hog catching machine especially during a drought and very few hogs like we used to have down here way back. I think nowdays any dog is a hog dog due to the excess numbers of hogs everywhere nowdays. We used to hunt for wekks with no strikes when they fist started apeRING down here, now my terriers run them off from there self feeders here at the rehab ranch i am onlol
