Cast Hunting

This is a VERY preference based question. I have honestly owned dogs I could not get back until they bayed a hog or I tackled them crossing a road. That dog ABSOLUTLY produced not one bit more pork than the dogs I hunt nowadays and they never leave my sight. The area I hunt has plenty of hogs but they are not everywhere and its not a uncommon for me to unload my dogs in a spot presently vacant on a hog for a square mile. The hogs move and sometimes they"re in the area and sometimes they're a mile or more away. Thats just how it is and I don't enjoy sitting on the tailgate waiting on a dog to hunt out an atea thats completely vacant so I spend my time riggin and looking for tracks in efforts to cover more country. I do occasionally check potential hot spots or historically good thickets and when I do this I want my dogs with me and I will put them in the area I want to check out. It does me no good to drop a dog and watch him go 1000 yds in a direction I KNOW is VERY unlikely to produce a hog when I could take him to a thicket 300 yds the other direction that may hold hogs. Now this is a vague description of my mindset but maybe it will make some sense. I have gotten lucky blind casting around here from time to time but I'd much rather spend my time looking for a track at one of the hundreds of historical crossings I've hunted for years. Its 6 on way and half dozen the other but its sure feels good when you find that big track and watch your dog stick his nose in it and leave out like he was shot out of a gun. Like I said, its all preference, some like to sit and wait for a deep casting dog to hunt out a big area. I honestly think in these parts a guy would be just as successful both ways and in a year of hunting have just about the same amount of time invested in the same amount of hogs. Its up to how you want to spend your time hunting. Take care and happy hunting guys.