Bay dogs

Have bayed groups several times. The largest group was covering a county road, on both sides as far as could see in the dark (moon was good) and could not even begin to tell you how many hogs were in this group. Hilscher and Renee drove up to them on the mule, they were running into the Mule on purpose. I had one caught in the brush, Thomas had catch dog on one until the herd turned on the catchdog and attacked the dogs, several dogs were getting a whooping, luckily more sows and hardly any cuts. Mike was shooting them a little .22 pistol and killed 3 point blank range, all this was going on at the same time.
These hogs were the most aggressive I have ever encountered and the chattering had the hair on everybodies neck standing up. The hogs had put Thomas up balancing on top a fence post.
This was not al that far from where we live. Have seen large groups. Have bayed some good ones with Mr.Masona nd took pictures. Can't tell the dogs what to find and bay, We do not carry a gun so you can hold the catch dog back and wait and see if the hogs start breaking out, or go ahead and send in the Cacthdog and see what happens. Sometimes you get the smallest one in the bunch. Sometimes you can use two catch dogs and spread out and get one from each direction. Hopefully your bay dogs are experienced enough to roll out and stop another from the group when the break. Have had catch dogs caught in small groups and the other hogs go to helping fight the catchdogs.