Cat. vs PLott vs bmc??

[pig picker]

Ok I have a pure bred cat. that is sometimes open on hot track. She sniffs the ground not the wind. I have a plott and bmc that are silent till bay but they never track they always wind.  I have 2 cat. x plott , one bays the other doenst do much but catch. Both are very young and need more time.

The thing is the plott can catch the same pig that the cat is tracking before the cat even gets there. I like the wind thing better than the track. It seems to make for shorter hunts and more catches.

How do your dogs hunt? What dogs wind and what dogs track if there is such a difference?

[Mike]

Winding dogs are great when the hogs are close.

I love to see one put it's nose on the ground, head out and have a hog at the end of it.

[pig picker]

She runs off and leaves all the other dogs on a long run and she will bay all day long. She just has no grit when it comes to MAKING one stop they have to stop on their own.

It think thats bad. Is it?

[younghogdogger.]

being gritty can be a good thing or a bad thing. a dog thats not gritty usally dont get cut as often as one that is. we run 3 bay dogs. #1 that will not touch a hog unless its tied or died. #2 that is kinda of gritty and #3 thats real gritty.  our pack does pretty good and catches a good bit of hogs. just my $0.02

[ninja]

it all depends on the dog, not the breed

[younghogdogger.]

it all depends on the dog, not the breed

ya it does cuz we go a female cat. that real gritty, where you said yours is not

[Mike]

Do the hogs bay for her and then break when the others get there? If so, have you ever ran her by herself to see what happens? We've done that before on some bad running hogs and they bayed up all night long... the trick is getting the catch dog close enough not to bust the bay.

I've seen it a million times... the hog is bayed good and when another dog gets there it breaks.

I've believe most hogs will bay good for one loose baying dog. Not all, there some places where you get one or two barks and the race is on.

[pig picker]

Well we seem to have hogs that have rabbt mixed in, they run all the time no matter where we go.
We have left her home and the dogs like I say catch fine.
For instance sat morn I kept her on the leash until the dogs winded a hog. They all left out 100 yds hog caught. She is not at the caught hog but after the rest of the group. They go a mile + and get in thick pines she is still on the trails we catch up to her and catch another but still she is on the group or runner. Never slows down. Still goin.  I dont know what the deal is.   I do know that she is quiet till she bays the first time then if they break she is open.   That I think has alot to do with it.

[TexasHogDogs]

Sounds like to me she is finding the hogs till the other dogs are getting there then rolling out to go after the others.  We have had dogs like that if you dont catch them at the bay they are gone gone to the next hog are hogs.  Also it sounds like your other dogs cant keep up with her instead of her keeping up with them .  Just a thought.  Have had dogs like that and still got dogs like that if you dont catch them as soon as you get to the bay if they are still there if not  they are gone to look for another and leave the other dogs to do the catching and stopping.  Rolling out over and over.

TexasHogDogs
Jim

[whitson315]

I have a plott hound male that is by far my best strike dog. He is pretty cold nosed and is silent on track. His only down fall is he is rough as hell!! he will try to catch any size hog!! but we run him and 2 catahoulas(one thats rough and one that isnt) and they can usually stop a runner!

Its sounds to like to me (if i read ur post right) that your other dogs may be putting some pressure on the hog when they get there, u may need to throw an rcd in the mix.