I thought greyhounds didnt have stamina!!!!!

[djhogdogger]

Great video, how are you deciding they are not geyhounds, thought those sulikis have some tuffs of hair and  are smaller, look like greyhounds to me but not sure, anyways both breeds have been run on desert game for about 5000 years including lion cheetah leopards, with those huge lungs and chests i would bet $5000 no hog dog from the states   could run with there pack, figure out how hot is it there, that deep sand, but who knows, maybee some can chalange them to a race where they buy a container of wild hogs and turn them loose in the hot desert until the last dog gives up, bet no cat cur or even a hound can hang with them in there country!!!!!!

There are also slick coated salukis.

[TColt]

" I thought greyhounds didnt have stamina!!!!! " 

Really who said that?



" bring them string beans to east texas and see how much stamina they have. "

Just asking here but what makes you think East Texas is so tuff of a place to hunt? When I went through there I didn't see any thing that looked any tougher than any where else? Not being a smart Ace but I keep hearing how tuff East Texas is to hunt and I'm wondering why, Is the country over run with bigfoots or what?

waylon ..I have never hunted your neck of the woods so I cant compare east Texas to your land. I have hunted a few places out west and that is gods country compared to here... my comment about east Texas was backed up tonight as a matter of fact, we jumped a hog at 6:00 and the race was on until 10:30 we finally called it a night and caught dogs because somebody had to work in the mornin .  this was not a long race by any means... My area of East Texas has some bad runnin hogs and that is the main reason I made the comment....I saw them string beans run for maybe five minutes at mach 5 that to me aint stamina that is a sprint. and as far as the east texas country goes get out of the car and walk through the woods sometime, I bet you would change your mind pretty quik. Palmeto thickets higher than your head, Briars, yaupons oh and a few vines thrown in the mix make it hard on a dog.. Ohh and I forgot to mention Bigfoot if that dont clear it up a little bit load up and I can show ya.... not being an ace just my thoughts on the subject

As far as them string beans go they sure can run FAST for a while.....

Stamina= resilient energy and strength: enduring physical or mental energy and strength that allows somebody to do something for a long time

I agree that west texas has its advantages, but I challenge you to go find you a good salt cedar patch and try catching a good boar in there, you might be begging to get back to them big piney woods  , thick shin oaks (also west texas) aint too east either but they are easier than the salt cedars, get in some bad salt cedars on a good boar and you can plan on getting some dogs messed up and being on your hands and knees the entire time your in there. Hogs don't bed up in the salt cedars too much because they suck up all the water, but if they run thats probably where they are headed. Just pray you catch them before they get there.

I have hunted all over the state, north, south, east, and west. All have their advantages and disadvantages.

[hoghunter71409]

That was awesome...I wonder what happens to the dogs that finish near the end?  I bet they cull hard and dont think twice?

[SwampHunter]

That was awesome...I wonder what happens to the dogs that finish near the end?  I bet they cull hard and dont think twice?

i watch one video about some tribe some where in africa that had salukis they been breeding for ever an they had good wind an could run for ever ,  but they bred the catch out of them they showed them run a hare till it got tired an stoped an the people would run up an catch it , they didnt wanna kill it because the meat would spoil to fast in the heat , i wish i could find the video again

[Melonhead]

There was a book Theodore Roosevelt wrote about some of his hunting experiences and there was a chapter about hunting wolves with dogs. He described how the grey hound of thier day would chase down wolves as they hunted on horse back, once the greyhounds would stop the wolves in a high speed chase they would send in these mastiffs to finish them off.
From what I understand, greyhounds were fearless and game as hell back in the day. Just like every dog it got ruined through the money that got made off of them

[treeingratterrier]

All of the best dog books come from a guy named butch salom out in new mexico i think it is, he still breeds salukis and cold blooded greayhounds for catching game and owns the online bookstore called high lonesome books i think it is, there is a link on the big game hounds man fourm about the listing of books he has in the store, lots of mundane lion hound old books, bear hunting with terriers, greayhounds on grizzlys and 2 guys from texas of course prfessional lion hunters of the 60s periods.