Centex...the last three big hogs I've lost on that place.....the dogs were on the hog and the track for long enough and far enough that I/WE were ready to quit....not the dogs. I/We called them off.
We catch hogs on this place but the BIG runners are the ones we lose. This last one we were able to get a solid 4 dog bay going...we were only 75 yards out when it started. We tried to close a bit but the dogs went quiet for a second and started back up full bay again...so we stopped and unsnapped. We waited...
At first I thought the hog broke before the CD's got there but looking back...it's possible he broke right when they got there. Don't know for sure.
Kevin , That's the same thing that was happening to us. You just could not hardly get a catch dog to the big hog and could not get very close maybe 75 yds are he was gone . Then the big boar would either hear it , smell them , sense them, smell us are have ESP I don't know but they would bolt and I do mean bolt and run forever after that just hard to get them stopped again and even harder after that . Putting a real good RCD are two that will stay with and hunt with the Find dog was the answer to our most all our problem over here when it came to the bad ones . It was strike dog bark boom RCD right there with others latching on and we release the CD on the spot . That little bit of time they hold the hog that give the catch dog time to get there then us.
Of course man its a chance either way you look at it so only you know what you want to do .
