Part of the equation may have to do with how long the hog is bayed before you get there. With several dogs working a hog, it will wear down quickly.
The hog that gave us heck the other night was only bayed a couple of minutes before we got to him. We just happened to be close when he was struck and he only had one loose baying dog on him until we got next to the field he was in and turned another on loose. Then all we had to do was drive down to a crossing and back up the field... and we werent driving slow
. With a little luck and four wheelers you can be at a bay real quick every now and then.