Honest question..... Why do you go to the older dogs first at a split bay? Is it due to age/fatigue/ time frame they gas out in or other reasons??
I have always done the exact opposite, not tryin to say my way is right or yours is wrong by any means, just wonderin what your reasoning is......
Mine is this...... i try to get to em all as fast as I can but with the dogs I run only the smart make it to old age, the young dogs often try hogs they shouldn't resulting in injuries and broken bays so I try like hell to get to them first and don't worry as much about the old dogs because i'm far more confident that they will set up on a hog and bay until help arrives...
Justin , if it would have been me on my hunt on my place I myself would have went to the older dogs first in a hurry . Why ? Because I know those older dogs of mine are more likely to be on the bigger hogs in the group they always seem to go with the bigger hogs for some reason plus its hot and I need to get to them not leave them hanging. The way I see it the young dogs could have stayed there and played with the pigs and littler hogs till we got back but I was hunting with Tdog on his place and so I went with him . My feeling at the time it was happening is we need to go to the older dogs first but it just didnt work out that way . No big deal its just different strokes for different folks and I was hunting with him not him with me . 99% of the time when something like that happens am gone to my real dogs that I know what they are baying aint much doubts on that . Youngs can stay and play till I get back .
