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How many hogs are you catching on these hunts? From zero to 10. I would say the norm is 1-3.
Are you gunning them down, or are you catching them? Catch only
Do you tie or stab? Stick only...never tied a hog.
Is this for recreation or land management? Both...primarily recreation but all the land owners want them killed
Do these properties get hunted by other dog hunters? No...I should have exclusive rights on all my properties. Every property I hunt are private owned ranches. Also...I rotate my places pretty often...may only hunt one ranch or one area of the ranch once or twice a month.
Is it hunted year-round? Most places no. During deer season I only have two local places to hog hunt. My primary dogging season if from February -October.
My part of Texas is much different than many of the people on this board.....hill country with scattered brush. Real easy to drive and lots of pockets of brush. Depending where I am...the hogs travel a lot. It varies from ranch to ranch. During the cooler months I would estimate the average was 20-25 miles on a 3-4 hour hunt. During these hot months 8-10 miles on a 2 hour hunt.
I also hunt different than most people. I have medium range dogs but they work and hunt hard. I drive to a place, cast the dogs, let them hunt. Either catch a hog or they come back. They come back...I load them up drive a short distance to next feeder, stock tank, thicket, etc and kick them out again. Some of the races are short and some are long. I try to guess the distance I have driven the dogs and subtract off the garmin distance. Im not 100% accurate but fairly close.
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