ohio russians

Eurasian blooded hogs are more hard wired for survival so their instinct of "Fight or Flight" leans more to "Flight" first. The hogs around my house started out as pure Eurasian blood, and it took 8 years or so for me to get dogs that had the bottom to wear them out on a consistent basis. I have tried everything in the dog world to find the ultimate dog for these hogs and the bottom line is that you have to devise a gameplan and stick to it. For example I will start them with curs and if they can not get them stopped after 4 or 5 hours, I will cut them off and put hounds on them to wear them out for a while, then turn curs back to them. I also have RCDs that I will send from as far out as 500 yds as long as I can get to them quickly (which does not sound like that would work for you all due to the terrain you hunt. I also like turning a jagd into the bay to help shut them down in thickets. The most successful combo is 1 cur dog and 2 bulldogs, that way you do not pressure them into "Flight" as easy.

Joey Young