Waylon,
I think you really did sum it up in your last post... you just want to trash plotts. That blows my mind that you really havent spent the time with a plott. What you need to do is this... get out of texas and go hunt the mountains, go hunt where you cant use a atv. Go hunt where you dont have hogs like in Texas. My last hunt was this, We walked in .68 miles till the plotts struck, we walked another 200 yards, we let 6 plotts off the lead and at 700 yards they opened up, at 780 they stopped the hog. It took 35 minutes to climb 2 huge hills and the dogs held the hog till we got there. We had to drag the hog 680 yards to the truck. You really need to hunt outside of Texas... really
I really cant see whats all that tough about that. What you just described sounds like a pretty easy going kind of hunt.
I walk hunt all the time. Its not uncommon to walk 4-5 miles a hunt. Most of the time I walk atleast two miles even If I have an ATV....... they just dont go everywhere. Most times we are in boggy muddy river bottom that will make you wish you had a dry hill to get on. Sometimes they cross the Brazos river. It might take a few hours to go get a boat to cross, then walk in a half mile or more to the bay. But none of this is impressive its just normal. Its not uncommon for the dogs to stay hooked for 4+ hours. I expect them to stay hooked all day or untill they are exausted. Though it usually does not take that long to get to them, so they hardly ever get tested past that. Those distances and condition you mentioned are not unique. It happens with hog doggers all the time. Yes....Texas has a large hog population. But you don't need a hound to find hogs where they are few and far between. A good cur dog will do it.
Don't get my wrong. I don't want to trash plotts. I'm simply questioning the idea that you have to have a hound to find hogs in any location when there are good cur dogs that will do it just the same.
Waylon
