Message #578695

[The Old Man]

That's not always true, folks that mainly rig for game with dogs that are very inclined to rig will see what I described a few or several times per year. I'm talking about get a rig strike and whether the track crossed the road or is a long ways parallel to the road it be cold enough for them to just barely be able to make it go or might not even be able to  get it out and warmed up. Again I lay it off to conditions, and of course some dogs are better rig dogs than others, sometimes scent lays close to the ground and holds well, sometimes it rises without much dissipation, sometimes it dissipates quickly. temperature, humidity, air pressure, sun or no sun, wind, thermals, topography, all play a part. I can't explain how each or combinations there of effect trailing but I see it in dht dogs. One time I had a pair of dogs take what i knew was a 9-10 hour old track "hardly ever do I know how old a track is" a few days later the same dogs could not take a track that I saw the hog make 45 minutes earlier, same dogs same area had to be conditions that were the difference.
Lots of people believe dogs only rig warmer tracks and others won't even put down on a rig strike that doesn't "sound" good. You mentioned not waiting on the dogs to work a track would condition them to run only hotter tracks. I hunt alone lots of the time and will often put down on a real cold or weak rig strike just to see if they can make it go and I'm not wasting anyones time but my own so I've piddled with the scenario quite a bit.