Message #576040

[Austesus]

BA-IV,

Mine don’t bay, neither do his. Both of us run dogs that are almost straight catch and a pack of them will catch anything. Running mine they will typically catch a hog while he’s rooting or bedded down. With my buddies dogs (keep in mind there was a ton of dogs on this hunt too, probably 20-25 dogs whereas my typical hunting is done with either 2-3 dogs or if I’m with a buddy, 5-6 dogs) they start opening up pretty good as soon as their on a track and they will all pack together and start chopping pretty good and gets the pig jumped up and running before they get close to him. I think the number of dogs is a huge factor with that. One or two dogs that are opening a little still seem to do well. With 10 dogs chopping behind him they don’t want to stop. They do end up catching probably 90-95% of what they run, just further away than I’m used to. Usually the only time his dogs won’t catch one is if he calls them off. His dogs are all extremely fast and they relay better than most dogs I’ve seen, so it’s not uncommon for them to kill smaller hogs and immediately relay once it’s dead. We’ve came behind this just picking up shoats before.


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