Message #305520

[jassenswisher1974]

Where we hunt hogs in ohio, we only have a few. We are across the river from West Virginia and we are in in the foothills of The Appalachian mountain range. 13 years ago a guy had a boar ranch that was surrounded by 50 square miles of national forrest. The guy went bust and let the hogs loose. These hogs get managed really well cause they get hunted all the time. Every one here in southern ohio hunts and a lot of hogs get killed by accident. Our hogs population isnt out of control. We may average a hog a square mile and they are deep in the woods. We arent allowed atvs cause the forrestry service doesnt allow them in there. A horse would end up breaking a leg back in there. A average hunt is we walk for 300-400 yards and the dogs strike and they go out another 800 yards. We have one good plott but she dropped a litter tuesday and I have two half blue tick half boxers that are my best dogs right now but they are only 11 months old but catch hogs on their own. I have other curs but they dont go very deep and some times we get luck and we'll drop right on a hot track. I am trying to keep an open mind to all dogs, right now plotts are they way to go but am always looking for another breed. Do lacys hunt deep? Our dogs only strike about every 4th time hunting. it takes about 10 hunts to catch a hog. We are also starting from scratch.