A few hopefully unique novice questions

Cowin- I know several guys on the east coast, Alabama, and Ohio that bay n shoot. Many of these guys are out to kill good boars and they don't care about catching them alive. Some just do it because they don't want a bulldog.

I think one of the reasons you don't read about bay n shoot on here a lot is, I think most of the guys on here are about catching the hog alive and tying it or catching with a bulldog and sticking with a knife.

The same friends that I talked about above use hounds and a lot of them will hunt anywhere from 2-6 hounds on hogs and bear in the steep Appalachian mountains. I would argue that that you don't have to drive states away to find good dogs; especially if you are going to be around TN. I personally believe East TN and North GA produce some of the best dogs; the reason is those people hunt for food and in many cases this has been their way of like for a long time. I believe Mountain Men and fellows that grow up in that environment are some tough guys.

I don't really pay a lot of attention to coyotes. There is not a sure way to keep dogs from getting run over by a big hog, especially if your dogs ae going to bay tight. Looser baying dogs may have a better opportunity to get out of the way as the distance between the dog and hog is greater. There are some smart boars out there that will purposely lure dogs in as close as they can and then rush the dog. This is one of the reasons so many dogs get cut in the back end.