Pecos......why do you use bay dogs if u just wanna catch hogs?

My first five years of hogdoging was bay and shoot. Only the last year or so I've been catching. If anyone thinks they can go out with just a gun and find and shoot hogs without dogs as well as they could with dogs they are mistaken in my opinion. You might walk right by a hog thats layed down and hid that you wouldn't get without dogs. When I first started posting alot of people would give me heck about not catching them and would go on about what I was missing out on. Well now that I've got a catch dog and got rid of my gun hunting dogs I don't go half as much cause I'm always waiting on somebody to get ready or meet somewhere or whatever. I used to go alone most of the time. Now I don't like to go alone cause I don't want to get in a situation with a monster boar by my self where is if I had my 4570 I would have just shot it. So I got to wait on somebody that will go with me now. Don't get me wrong I do like catching with bulldogs and will continue but I'm going back to bay and shoot this winter when I get my pups trained so I can go when I want and don't have to make plans with people. It may not be as macho but I like going by myself more I think. And it is exactly the same except your'e not running in there legging it.