I guess I like taking thing to the extreme, I used to do it when I deer hunted too lol.
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Austesus...you can probably tell by my writings that I take things to the extreme a lot of the times...especially when it comes to dogs, hunting dogs, learning certain new technologies and improving the reliabilities of the few places where I worked and work...I reckon you can say I march to the beat of my own drum...
Like you mentioned about knowing where the hogs are is good to know...so we can move in that direction with the dogs...always trying to keep the wind coming to you whether walking into it or once close walk cross wind so dogs can pick up scent whether the bed, track or hogs...either way the dogs will go to it and get on hogs whether it is there or a mile further by following a track... your speed will teach the dogs your style of hunting and they will adjust to your speed...if you walk very fast most dogs will look for hotter tracks and will not be as thorough...slower walking will teach the dogs that it is ok to work colder tracks...especially if you stop and wait on them they will become more thorough when hunting...I see it that I am the captain and I plan the hunt and then go forth with the hunt...it is all about making the dogs better at what they do...
When I was a little boy I hunted my mutts almost daily and sometimes twice in one day...in most any direction...I learned where to hunt during a drought and also where to go during flood conditions...I could tell what the dogs we baying by the sound of their bark and I knew what they were running by trail bark...
Never underestimate what a kid can learn on his own with his dogs...it seemed I became one of them once I was out in the brush country leading the pack...
