Turning a Open Dog to Silent....

I am currently attempting this or just hoping it will only yip once in a while.
I just picked up a 6 month old kemmer cur pup that has not seen a pig yet.
When I got him he was a big time BARKER! He barked all the way home, he barked at me when I let him out, he barked at my other dogs, he barked at feeding time, he barked before I opened his kennel, he barked at his own shadow and then howled in the morning!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got him from a friend who's dogs are open mouthed.
I put a "puppy" bark collar on him and within two days he wasted a new set of batteries!
I went and bought a big dog bark collar and now he is doing much better and has learned the word hush.
He doesnt bark when I come home or at feeding time any more. I can sleep all night and not hear him at all.
My other dogs were quiet to begin with, but they are completly silent at home. My neighbor who is a veterinarian aske me the other day how I trained my dogs to never bark! It took a bark collar and many a nights waking up at 3 am and going out to the kennels with a belt.

Anyway, I am hoping that making the pup wear the bark collar 100% of the time until just before I drop the tail gate will make him more quiet than his instinct would have him be.
Since my other dogs are so quiet and well behaved, I think he will learn that to be in "this" pack he must be quiet unless looking at a hog

one funny thing is how the dogs correct themselves. One day he would not stoop barking as I was going to let him out the kennel. Well I just waited till he stopped to show him he was not going to get what he wanted by barking. After he stopped and sat down, I opened the door and let him out. he started running and yipping towards the back yard. One of my other dogs immediatly tackled him and pinned him to the ground. My dog would let him up and the puppy would begin to bark, my dog would again jump on him. I watched this from a distance. Finally the dog quit barking after the other dog would let him up and then they all played together in silence. It was pretty cool

I wont care if he does end up being open as long as he finds hogs.....i just wont hunt him with others who hate open dogs