Need advice, long range loose dog

Don't think you'll make him gritty. I don't/havnt hunted Preacher enough to find out how cold a track he'll run. And there's a reason for that. As it stands...he hasn't ran anything cold that I know of.

A few things I do know....
He'll only open on a hot track...if a bay breaks he'll stay open till he falls a certain distance behind the hog...then he shuts up till he sees it again.

He doesn't push a track hard enough for my liking, considering he's a semi open dog. This is the main reason I slowed down hunting him....BUT....here's the thing...
He's got crazy bottom (if a bay breaks).

Last time I hunted him was on a game ranch. He's not broke off aoudad so I didn't even turn him out until we had a bay. We were trying to catch a certain boar that was known to be a runner. Anyway....The bay ended up breaking and he stayed hooked for 4 1/2 hours...the curs had long quit the track but he came bayed 3 times by himself....sadly, not once could we get the CD's to him before the hog broke.

All this to say...that's probably gonna be the extent of his use for me from now on. Turn him out at first bark...because I KNOW he'll give me a chance to catch ANY hog that's struck.