It's real simple for me, have a dog that is willing to find the hogs wherever they are. Short range don't get it done. I'd rather my dogs put me on the hogs, than me put my dogs on the hogs. If the hogs are close, let's bay them close. If they are far, let's bay them far. My goal in the woods is to have fun and bay hogs... Not drive around dropping dogs, letting them make a 2-300 yard loop, then loading them up and trying a different place. I want to drop them at the truck, and then go find them bayed.
Winner winner chicken dinner