? hood hunt or ground hunt

[M Bennet]

im just trying to get idea on sum of my own thoughts. i thank if you road or grdhunt yur dogs along ways you waste energy, if you hoodhunt the dogs ride and save energy. and dont tell me they cant smell far cause iv seen dogs wind 400 to 800 yrds off the hood . i was just wondering what you hunters thought. the reasen im wondering is i dont no any one around me that hoodhunts and i do, they all grndhunt and thought maybe i was doing it wrong,  thank you for yur time and thoughts.

[TJR89]

i think the reason alot of people dont hood hunt is because they dont have spots that are really big enough to hood. the only time i ever get to hood is when i hunt with my buddies in oklahoma. i agree with you though it has to save there energy, i know it dang sure saves mine lol

[Mike]

It depends on the property your hunting. Most places I hunt are big blocks of woods, dogs need to be on the ground and going through them.

[River H]

Well down here in west texas we just ground hunt because we don't just have huge places for them to go we catch them quick!!!

[raider54]

if you hoodhunt the dogs ride and save energy. and dont tell me they cant smell far cause iv seen dogs wind 400 to 800 yrds off the hood .

Are you saying the dogs are striking a hog that is 800 yards away at the time of the strike? or they are 800 yards once they get it bayed?

[M Bennet]

im saying iv seen my dogs come off hood and be that far before they bark, im the only person around here that hood hunts and ever body else grndhunts i was thanking maybe i should grhd hunt like every body else, we all catch hogs im just trying to be a good hog hunter . any ideas may help me.

[BigAinaBuilt]

M Bennet- If your dogs are winding hogs from your hood at that distance, Don't stop! I would keep it in your arsenal and just try your dogs on a ground hunt every now and again. If you're bringing home the bacon  and are just trying to tighten up the squad that is my advice and .3 cents! Good luck! I'm currently using very non traditional hogdog techniques to train my dogs right now and I know a few of the old timers are chuckling like little girls behind my back but I can tell you my dog can wind a hog ALOT further then they're dog ever will and differentiate between a boar and sow at that distance! Use what works for you, Let the rest talk!

[pltx ken]

I hood hunt and save my dogs a lot of energy. Also keeps them in very good shape. By that i mean as in less feed. My dogs don have to work as hard until they strike. I think even when Hunting a small area i prefer hood hunting. Why does it matter how fast you hunt the land? As long as you hunt it all and find there is no hogs there.

[slick]

we do it oz a fair bit to cover more ground but we call it ute finding. we do it from the tray of a ute. a dog that can ute find can usually do the job on the ground too so they are more sort after.

[cantexduck]

Have seen a jadg wind a hog then bay it in its bed. I really doubt the hog moved at all. 400 yards. I dont doubt a dog can wind a hog at 800, just very few that can.
 If you are catching hogs then who cares how you do it. I wish I had a dog that could ride the hood.

[TxHogDoggin]

We normally just ground hunt because we dont have a hood dog. We have had one wind a couple times from the bed of the truck but that may have just been luck. If anyone wants to give me a good hood dog I will start hunting that way. lol.

[Florida Curdog]

I let mine wind from the truck or ranger. Like you said cover a lot of ground and don't wear the dogs out. My son use to put his on the ground and walk. He told me I was just lazy for riding around  I took him one morning and put my dogs on the box and caught three hogs in about 45 minutes     No point in changing a good thing.

[M Bennet]

thanks guys for all input , good luck to every one.

[coyote hunter]

thats the main way i hunt, hood,  have seen my dog come an go a mile an bay up   but i like it better cuz if my dog goes off the hood hes on a pig 9 out of 10 times plus i dont wrk near as hard nor do the dogs

[ROCKIN-B-HOG DOGS]

i got one dog i hood hunt and the rest i run on ground it works out good ... i like hood hunting better u can watch them dogs wind.

[lakecountycurs]

we like to do alot of hood huntin were we hunt and about 95 percent time the dogs wine there is pig around

[bghogdogtx]

I have never really tried to hood hunt.  I guess the main reason why is because i enjoy getting out and walking around the woods with the dogs. to me it gets boring driving around.