-A dog that goes miles on a hog is not necessarily a
better dog. There are definatly dogs who shut hogs down and dogs that dont. IF you put really loose dogs behind a hog that runs at the first bark... you will have a long night. As well as if you put an overly gritty dog on a hog and push it... you will have a long night. IF a dog is screwing up... it will screw up for 2 miles or for 1/10 of a mile.
-Alot of people put these pieced together packs and are more concerned about telling you where they came from and how much they paid. They won't swallow their pride and say... this dog does not work for me... if they even notice. One "Bay Buster" dog will get you every time. Especially watch those that hunt with you... like they are going to tell you they have a crappy dog.
-The hunting methods of some people contribute to alot of lost hogs; driving up too close to the bay (especially with atvs), crashing 10 people thru the brush behind a catch dog before the hog is caught, have social hour when hunting, ect...
So all of the times you hear of the hunters who prefer a dog who won't stick with a running hog . . . a dog that quits after thirty minutes so the hunters can go find easier prey . . you are listening to why the rest of us are dealing with the situations described at the top of this page. They are training hogs. Maybe eventually they'll train all of them and then their thirty minute dogs won't work anymore.
To say that a dog that quits after 30 min causes hogs to run is not complety true. The big problem is the quality of hunters and dogs has declined because of basically being watered down. People don't evaluate their dogs performance, think back on the hunt to what they could do better, try different methods... and no gps tracker or any other piece of technology can do that.
I hunt short range dogs. I am there to hunt a certain area that I am getting paid to protect. I am not there to put food on the table or for the sport. The places get hunted any where from 1 to 3 or 4 times a week. If the hog runs, you wait a day or two and get back on it. It may take two or three times but you switch it up a little and shut the hog down.
I guess if you have a stick with it dog, it can keep screwing up until the hog finally tires out? Alot more factors out there than just 30 min dogs causing it.
