Here ya go TDog……friends don’t leave friends hangin!
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I’ve been slowly but surely bringing along two bay dog pups and a catch dog pup. Percy & Yancy are 10 months old now. Half brothers out of my Rousty dog who is a Red BMC with mostly Thoms blood. Percy has some leopard dog on his mommas side. Yancy has some running walker on his mommas side. Lynda is a 14 month old registered AB with Hines Texas Ranger blood.
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I bred for short to medium range, stock style bay dogs. Both pups are short range, 300 to 500 yards in no sign. Been hunting the pups together & solo. Both have found their own hogs. Both have been beat a fair share too. Both struggled with tracks in the drought. They have seen it all at this point. Rank boars, large sounders, rallies, small Sounders with shoats, etc. we have educated hogs, had deer races, learned to leave skunks & dillers alone, etc.
Percy is more confident and more of a hard going dog. He wants to bay tight and is more than likely going to be a rough dog. If he can learn to ease up on his initial approach, he will be exactly what I like. He doesn’t bust Sounders or catch out on shoats BUT he wants to get too tight on solo hogs. He’s paid the price already and seems to be more cautious on the last couple boars. He’s a top shelf bay dog that has a nice, loud chop mouth. He makes a catch dogs job easier. Time will tell BUT he’s definitely rougher than expected.
Yancy is more cautious and a loose baying dog. He circles & gives hogs plenty of space. He’s showing to be a little better track dog with a little more bottom than Percy right now. He stays clean & gets better every hunt. He doesn’t have a very good mouth yet & he barks on a jumped hog. I really enjoy watching him develop. He wasn’t blessed with the tools his brother has but he’s on a steady upward trajectory because he stays in the game & always tries.
Lynda has seen it all at this point. She’s been turned into bays with a really solid finished dog so far. She handles good & carries her vest well. She’s got good short area quickness & a really hard, breadstick tyke mouth. She’s not as big as I expected ( 52lbs) and needs to get 100% ear focused. She catches behind the ear & on the jaw sometimes. She’s what I call a straight line scratcher to a bay so I’ve learned to give her a clear path or she’ll go straight through the brush. She’s beating the old dog to bays now. She’s gotten hooked, she’s missed, she’s had hogs leave before she got there. She’s caught in water, etc. Her mind gets blown a little on Sounders so I’ve had to slow down and make sure we have a solid bay with a clear target for her. Again, time will tell. She’s got a great temperament and is a joy to be around. Handles the heat “ok” but will bear watching as she ages. Just gotta get her solid on the ear. Can’t be gettin my bay dogs wrecked.
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