once I saw a 10000 dollar "bay" dog that was awesome and a top contender at uncle earls the first or second year when they started up...but that dog couldn't sniff out his own butt if his life depended on it much less "strike" a hog in the woods...
He's worth every penny to if you are in the bay pen scene and he can win you your money back. In the woods he's worth less then what it takes to cull him.