single dog

[wadepat2]

Thanks for he offer Beejay Im in Erath. Just south of Lafayette.
Im glad to hear a dog that can find and bay on his own isnt that uncommon. Now I just need to find one within a couple hours for sale.

[makenbeans]

I hunt only one dog.
My BMC  has to do it all.
i couldnt hunt him if he didnt have a garmin on.
Hog has to be huge or a multiple of hogs in order for him to bay.
I have no option but to shoot over him sometimes.
On our lease agreement strictly says no hog dogs (hogs dogs are not a specific breed), so to weed out all the calf catchn, cow biten, deer chasen dogs this is put on the contract.
They know I only run 1 yellow cow dog and considering the place is taken over by the hogs they really dont stress it.
I keep him out of sight and try to hunt the middle of the property as much as possible to avoid crossing onto other leases (we hunt 5800 acres).
I couldnt see myself puttin more than 1 dog on the floor it would be insanity dogs going in all directions, this place is swarming with pork.
Im workin on gettin a female out of wrights breeding and addin her to my yard.
Keeping it yellow!

[crackerc]

I hunt one dog by himself (or herself) probably 75% of the time. My Monkey dog will catch a hog up to about 100 lbs by himself, bigger than that he will usually bay it......by himself. But if I put 2-3 of my grown dogs out they get a LOT rougher and get cut more often.

I think a lot of guys that hunt 4-6 dogs at one time and "think" all their dogs can find, stop, bay and keep a hog bayed by themselves, and do it consistently, with no other dogs out, would be in for a BIG surprise if they left the house with one dog and hunted only the one dog.........there are lots of dogs that can do it with help, a lot less that can do it over and over on different properties, alone with no help. Trust me on this......

I hunted my Dixie female by herself all her life and caught hundreds of hogs with her and one catchdog. It can be done, just takes a little better dog than most.

I have full confidence in taking one dog and driving two hours to a hunting spot and hunting that one dog...and catching hogs. Most guys won't do that.

I hunt Fla curs exclusively.

[wadepat2]

So everyody running single dogs what breed or you running?

[hogaholicswife]

We have 3 finnished Fl Currs that you can take one at the time and catch a hog by themselves, as a team the two males get a little too gritty and the female is strictly bay unless it is smaller than her.

In the cane we hunt them as a team (2 or 3) since it is so thick and most of the time they split up and find/bay their own.  When we hunt the woods/groves it is typically by invitation so we take one finnished dog and one catch dog as our policy is we do not rely on others CD's when our dog(s) are hunting...we have had a few close calls on "wanna be" catch dogs not going to a baying dog.

When we train puppies we typically take them with one finnished dog.

[Bryant]

wadepat2,

The dog I had was a 1/2 plott, 1/2 lacy.  He died a short time ago at almost fourteen years old.  I killed lots of hogs behind the old dog, but he definately wouldn't fit the style of my pack today.

I would disagree to say what your looking for takes a "better" dog.  Granted each dog has things about him that might compliment other dogs in a pack situation but any true lead dog should be able to start AND finish a hog.  Today I hunt with a pack for two reasons...first, to cover more ground and do so faster, and second I always have young dogs along in training.

[3-Bdogs]

i love that way of hunting but instead of shooting the hog i would have a walk in catch dog basically same principle i hunted that way cause i had a strike dog that was just one bad dude i miss him to this day not only could you catch a hog and not have him torn to shreads but also eaiser maintaing kennels and feed bill alot lower  plus you learn how to respect your dog more and know what he is doing without a trackin collar or seeing him love that way of hunting but have yet to breed a dog that even compares to him and what bryant said earlier i rarely had a hog break then or get away

RIP ROY