Short range - straight catch - Anyone??

[wadepat2]

I finally got a dog that works for me and was wondering who else hunts like this. Silent short range straight catch strike dogs with a backup RCD. Works for me to hunt small properties and not cross fences or mess up still hunting hog stands.
Does anyone run dogs like this and if so what are you using?

[craig]

 Greatdane i mean Boarhound      

[DangerZone]

Thats what im working for with my young dog's.... short to med. range,,very gritty,,silent... BMC,, and a 1/2 BMC x 1/2 AB,,

[wadepat2]

Man you aint right.. NO DANE.. Defenitly not at night , no spot lights, strike dog "FINDS" hog but also holds it until RCD gets there to anchor it.

[Dogojones]

For me it's my Dogos, short range all catch cat like approach.

[make-em-squeel]

My dogo does that even though its not my typical approach its nice to have the option.

Wha kind of dog breeds are you running that hunt like that? What do you consider short range?

Im worried that if hunted mine with curs she would get longer and longer/ its bad enough now when she catches a hot track or winds one. My gyp will wind/hood about twice a far as she will hunt, 6-800yds. Runs tracks from my feet-400yds

[wadepat2]

Only have one right now. Just bought her and she is exactly what I want just dont see alot of guys hunting like that. Small Mt. Cur. Range from 20-200 yards depending how thick. Mainly just winds them at a couple hundred. Runs through woods like a ghost, and then catches ear on sight. RCD is big long-legged bulldog/rigdeback. He dont hunt just runs around following me and then goes to strike when he hears grunts/squeels. Everything is close so cur dont have to hold long but I want another like her to grab an ear till RCD gets there.

[SwampHunter]

I'm looking for a dog like that too ,

[treeingratterrier]

Sounds like a wreck in progress when you finlly meet a big dog killin boar..  not much dog power for sure, i can see that dog getting launched into oribit first time it catches a big hog on the ear right off and you cant hear it baying, buy a couple of curs or cats to add with the pack and give the dog a chance to survive is my view.  Anybody huning 1 or 2 dogs like this is not giving the dog a chance.  You prob better off with at lease 2 more dogs

[wadepat2]

Im looking for another one like her but not going with a bunch of curs or bay dogs. She has been on to many hogs to count of all sizes and wears a vest. She is so close that it only takes seconds for RCD to get there. Just like sending a couple lead in catchdog with loose baying dogs. Except hog isnt already looking for a fight.

Thanks for the help but Im not looking to change style of hunting. This works great for me and wonder if its working for anyone else and wonder what they are using.

[muleman]

Im raising a set of dogs like that right now. I have 2 pups out of my american bulldog and a good cat x lacy female. My bulldog has found plenty of hogs on his own and catches hard. The female is a rough strike dog. Then I have another pup about the same age that is from a friend of mine that raises catahoula bulldogs. I plan to run them two at a time hunting horseback. Try to stay on top of them with the garmin and not be far when they catch. All 3 pups should be big dogs from 80 to 100 lbs and a pair should be able to hold any size hog. Of course this is all speculation and may be the biggest flop ever but nothing but time and feed lost. I will post some pics up when i start them on shoats soon.

[wadepat2]

Sounds like what Im doing Muleman. I stay with them on Garmin and if they dont move more than 5 yards they are caught but being that close you can hear squeels and grunts.

[levibarcus]

It's not really the style I like but I do have some places that are really small but are covered up in hogs. I posted about one I caught saturday evening with just one dog. This particular place is about 10 to 15 acres of bottom land that is really brushy and backs up to a feed mill that dumps their old and moldy feed out behind the silos. I'm afraid to turn my good dogs loose in there as it is in the edge of town and if they break they will probably cross a busy road. This dog is pit/great dane. He will wind and run a hot track but only hunts less that 200 yd. I usually use him as a lead in cd but have started to run him loose on these small places. Saturday I turned him loose and he rolled out to about 200 yd. and caught a sow in her bed. I think I'm going to keep going back to this place about once a week and catch one. A while back I ran him  on that place and he caught one that raked him off on a tree when I went to leg it. It was a big hog, probably 250 or better and I do wish I had run another dog with him. I may run him and my pit cd together and they shouldn't let much get away. I wouldn't do this without the garmin to see right where they are and it's not my preffered method, but I have several of these kinds of places that I'm afraid to hunt any other way.

[BIG CHRIS]

i also have a blue lacy/cat cross that ranges about 150 to 250 yards or under foot that is all catch will go to bay once one has started. i havent owned him long but has already caught 15 HOGS nothen under 170, like yall say hunts close enough to send in a the anchor to help seal the deal. AND im loven to to like him more and more. short and gritty gets it done to!!!

[Dogojones]

That's the style I'm currenty using but I've got more dog power. My pack is 3 all between 90lbs and 100lbs with two pups (70lbs and 40lbs) in training. My guys started out slow on the catching and needed some help getting going with likes of a pit and AB. 

[BIG CHRIS]

he`s only 14 months old so he may end up learing a new trick but for now he is all catch kinda wish he would let out a couple of yips or something

[Txhogman22]

A buddy had a BMC x pit that was RCD.  She would strike bark once or twice then catch. I have a American bulldog x mountain cur that is the same way. We have bred the gyp with two different Cats and they have produced several good pups.  Super gritty!! We to hunt several small farm plots and need to shut them
Down quick. We add a lab x pit which  strikes & is a help dog.  We still use my American Staff for lead in catch. Can send him from 200 yrds.  My buddy just got a alpha blue blood bull dog that he is going to run this crop season. 

This is the gyp.
 
Off spring from gyp

This is my catch dog.

[wadepat2]

I really like the look of the "offsping".

[Reuben]

I finally got a dog that works for me and was wondering who else hunts like this. Silent short range straight catch strike dogs with a backup RCD. Works for me to hunt small properties and not cross fences or mess up still hunting hog stands.
Does anyone run dogs like this and if so what are you using?

as the population grows and the land tracts get smaller this type of hog hunting style will be the norm, especially with the trespassing laws get stricter...

[geronimo]

i have always said there was nothing wrong with that style but you are gonna need to have a few dogs on hand because if you hunt regular you will be getting dogs hurt, but with that said you will also catch alot of hogs as long as the 1 or 2 you have on the ground can stop and hold the big ones. i also agree with what ruben said, beside a few big texas ranches most will only hunt smaller tracks and this style will produce hog. just my opinion, but i dang sure aint no dog man or expert....