RCD or CD?

[hunter_131]

we use a CD that we lead by a horse or when we walk. but i have thought about getting a RCD. is it better? i think if we use a RCD the dogs might get to far off and bay then the dog would catch and by the time we get there the hog would tear up the dogs. it seems that a RCD would be good but you would have to stay with the dogs so they wouldn't get to far off. our strike dog will smell a hog and is 100% silent until bayed so he will just disappear and if he doesn't show up in 5 or less minutes then he is trailing and will bay way off and we have to go find them and sometimes it takes 10 minutes just to get there so i figured a RCD wouldn't be a good idea but only if we could keep close with the dogs. what do  yall think?

[cward]

Well I can't stand for my dogs to chew a hog and if they did get to far away then you take a chance of them getting cut up I like leadin a catch dog so don't no if I helped you much .I have two catch dogs one that weighs about 60lbs he is my fourweeler are lead in catch dog.One that weighs about 30 lbs that rides on the back off my horse that I ride up and turn loose off the horse.

[bayemup87]

im with you ! i got a dog that i guess you can consider a rcd he will get out hunt find a pig but is always catching and like you say sometimes takes you 10 mins to get to bay its like that round here alot cause its so dag gum thick and when he is on ground by time get there either hog is tore up or he is and most time when he catches my other dogs catch then its hard to find them and dogs are getting cut so i would rather use a cd but lost times a rcd comes in handy but i would rather lead one in ! save a pig and possibly save a dog and some cuts just my opinion ! OH YEH my rcd is for sale if anybody is needing one

[hunter_131]

we usually run 2-4 dogs and a catch dog. our strike dog will catch if it is a smaller hog or if another dog catches. the catch dog we will let him go when they are bayed. he will catch and everyone else will to. the only thing is sometimes by the time we let the catch dog loose the hog breaks loose.

[hunter_131]

yes we have had hogs by the time we get there the dogs have ripped their ears off

[craig]

well i have 2 catch dogs one is a  pit 65# the other is a 1/2 pit 1/2 cat. 60#, i use these dogs both ways RCD and Lead in when on wheeler.
i ride a horse or a mule 99% of the time i hunt, both of my catch dogs run loose. they will hang with me till they hear a dog bay then they are gone.  if the bay breaks they will run a ways and if they dont hear dogs barking they come back in. but if they hear dogs baying they keep going.
 i am always right behind them on my horse and have not had a problem getting too them, i have to hustle sometimes ,cross a creek ect. but i always figure out a way to be there asap
 my catch dogs dont tear hogs they lock on a ear and stay , if a hog gets tore its from one of my bay dogs pulling hide.

i had to go thru a few catch dogs to find what i wanted.

i dont want my catch dogs to hunt at all.. i cant use those for my RCD

i dont want a dog that  shakes his head after catching an ear.

i like my catch dogs to catch and shoulder up with that hog and lay flat ,pulling down low..

i dont like a catch dog that wants to stand up out in front of a hog, if he has to be out front i want that dog down low.

 

[ninja]

When I first started hog hunting I hunted with michelle mears in south florida.  Every dog she owned would find its own hog and catch it by itself.  She believed that every hog on her lease was a runner and would not bay up at all.  She had dogo/cat crosses, pit/cat crosses, straight pit, blackmouth curs, all straight find and catch.  We caught no less than 3 hogs a day when I went with her.  A lot of the hogs got chewed up and a lot of the dogs got cut but we were catching hogs.  A friend of mine named wayne has some of her bloodline and hunts the same way.  He always says we're not baying hogs we're catching hogs.    I've had several that were find and catch, a lab/pit and a straight pit, both had good noses and would shut a hog down.  I like the bay and being able to walk in and watch the bay.  I also like not having my dogs get cut.  If I was competition hunting or hunting for a living or had to eat what I caught I would only have dogs that would find their own hog and catch it.  If their is no bay then the dogs have a lot less chance to break or get away.  The australians have known this for a long time, just go on boardogs.com

[Eric]

I wouldn't, if the lead in catch dog is working now... dont change it. Just my opinion from the couple I have had in the past.

[Lyssy]

I run to RCD and last night it took me 45 minutes to get there. They caught a 150 boar hog and they sat him down in a thicket and held him there. No one got cutt and not even a puncture. I like to have RCD because it keeps from chasing hogs from one county to the next. O and the hog still had his ears. I got RCD pups for sale if any one needs one so you can train it the way you want, PM or call 2104142119.