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Author Topic: Beginner hog hunter. What type of dogs? Advice needed.  (Read 1801 times)
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« on: January 31, 2013, 09:12:15 pm »

Delta hunter what type areas are u gonna hunt? This is a important question. I hunt fields a lot. For me I don't need dogs that cast 1000 yards. If mine get out 2 to 300 that's plenty. Most of the time I can pick up a track or wind from the turnrow. In this situation a dog that will get out 100 yards will do the job. Also where I hunt there are lots of runners. I have seen guys with decent rough dogs catch more hogs in this place than jam up bay dogs. For instance I went with a guy in some river bottoms and watched his dogs bay hog after hog and be able to walk in put a catch dog on em and it was a done deal. The same guy brought the same dogs to where I hunt. Got on a hog in a few minutes spent the rest of the night chasing the dogs. Hog would bay for a min then break before we got anywhere near close. He hunted on this place 4 or 5 times and never failed to get on a hog but never managed to get one either. Personally in my situation I believe rough dogs catch more hogs but rough dogs also have a shorter life span.
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