Runnin hogs or time to raise the bar?

Another aspect of this is the type of catch dogs you are using. I have found it to be very helpful to use catch dogs that can be sent to a running hog or that can be run on the ground. If the catch dogs are down and hunting out short range it takes the advantage away from the hog.

Most of the runners will hold up for the first few seconds and then break. Being on the ground gives the catch dogs a big head start on the hog. 30 sec to a minute faster than a dog turned lose from lead or truck.

My Stag x Dogo catch dogs are quite a bit faster than my fastest curs, about 1/3 faster. If they are with-in 600 yds of the first bark the hog will be caught quickly. If the hog holds untill it hears the catch dogs coming in, a common problem, he will be strung up in short order in most cases.

Is this a 100% fix, of course not. My dogs do get beat, but not near as often as they used to using conventional type catch dogs.

So really I have made a biger change in my catch dogs than my cur dogs. It is working very well for me in the open ground as well as the thick and rough country.