Bryant,
I have hunted with 11, count them, 11 YBM dogs that came directly from Randy Wright over the past 12 years or so and of those 11, only 1 ever found a hog while I was hunting with it.
The one that DID find a hog by himself (a dog named Wylie), bayed a boar hog in a thicket one night, we heard him get cut as we were on the way in on a cow trail with my Rock dog on a lead to catch the hog. As we were going in, Wylie passed us on the cow trail going to the truck. We went in and caught the hog with Rock, and no bay dog there......So no, I don't think its a bold statement. I have never owned a Randy Wright/WB dog, nor do I intend to.
Very interesting. I will tell you that of all the MANY people that I pesonally know that have and use these dogs, you are in the minority. Like I said before, they are no superdog (and I do not use them exclusively) but I feel they are well bred dogs that serve their purpose. In my opinion, Randy (whom I know personally) has a better grasp on canine genetics that anyone else I have even known or spoken with.
Official state bear dogs??? Are you telling me the WB dogs are now state bear dogs??? And the people in New Jersey are hunting them too(course they probably don't know which end of the dog wags in N.J.) LOL Man I have heard it all now...
I not going to waste my time proving what is fact. Paul & Maria Davidson (game biologists for the state of LA) are keepers of Lousiana's state dogs and in fact the dog I sold Cull Buck is a pup from the Lousiana dogs.
Quickly, here's something I had bookmarked. I call your attention to the bottom of page twelve of this article.
http://www.state.nj.us/dep//fgw/pdf/2004/bear_report04.pdfPerhaps they don't "know which end of the dog wags in N.J.", but I would imagine they (along with other states) had the money to buy whatever they felt like was the best.
I will say no more...
