The "better" good old days..........for me.

txmaverick,

Dont worry about steeping on my toes. They went numb the minute I joined this board. lol.

To answer your question - " could it be you have just caught or run most of the hogs out of those areas and are only left with spoiled boars?"
That is definitely the case in one area I hunt and Im pretty sure its that way in another place I just started hunting. I still hunt them though. When we find one in those areas its usually a real nice maverick boar.
Caught a nice "spoiled boar" Good Friday after 6 hours of hunting without seeing hardly any sign at all.
I would bet money it was the same boar I ran over 15 miles back in January. He finally gave it up completely (after 4 plus hours of mostly running) standing belly deep in the creek. I didn't have the catch power, desire, or need to shoot a boar that size so I called the dogs off and called it a day. He just stood there in the creek and watched me wile I called off my dogs and lead them away. I couldn't help but laugh. We were all worn completely out!

Learned behavior, dog smart, dog spoiled. Its the same thing to me. Whatever you want to call them they are usually the ones that are left to bread in the heavily hunted areas.