What age do y'all start your pups in woods ??

at 12 to 14 weeks take them to the open woods and let them play...sit back and watch...

I remember as a kid of about 12 years old I carried 2 pups with me way out in the brush country...I had to carry them now and then because they couldn't keep up...the big dogs had a dillo in a hole inside a big rose hedge and they wouldn't give it up...I finally crawled in enough to where I could grab the dillos tail but I couldn't pull him out...in the meantime those pups crawled just out of my reach and curled up and went to sleep...it took me until dark to get them out and it was a long walk home in the dark without any light...back then I hunted my pups as early as possible...and that was when they could keep up...back then it was a different hunting style for me and my dogs...but taking them out as early as possible just to let them run and learn is a good thing IMO...