One thing i've noticed over the summer is a group a dogs running one, then at one point in the race just fanning out and falling apart. Like the hog disappeared in thin air... seen it several times this summer. We just scratched our heads and figured it was because of the super dry conditions?
Other times, the hog will hit a big thicket, round around in it for an hour or two in circles... then sneak out the back door. The Garmin screen looks like a crackhead with an etch-a-sketch. By the time the dogs line it out, that hog is usually in the next county.
I guess you could call that a loose? Cause it sure ain't from lack of bottom.

x2.
Had that happen quit a few times this summer.