Rojo
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« on: January 10, 2014, 09:36:18 pm » |
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What's the best way to start pupon hogs? And what the ideal age to start a dog?
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Mpbarrs
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« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2014, 10:08:30 pm » |
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there has been a lot of post on training pups on here , type it in up to on your search and it will show you numerous previous forms on that subject. good luck
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justincorbell
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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2014, 10:29:51 pm » |
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there has been a lot of post on training pups on here , type it in up to on your search and it will show you numerous previous forms on that subject. good luck
This! Theres tons of info on here in regards to training pups, shouldn't be hard to find. |
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"stupids in the water these days, they're gonna drink it anyway." - Chris Knight
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southtexasff
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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2014, 11:55:56 am » |
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Well I cant seem to find any, I know there is some because ive read them before but cant find any.. I typed in starting a pup, training a pup and nothing came up.
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hoghunter71409
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« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2014, 03:02:13 pm » |
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My advice is let the pup run free as long as you can. Let them learn to chase cats, squirrel, and everything else on their own. I like to let mine bays cows in open pastures and get them in and around water early. Get them about 8 or 9 months old and let them bay a good sow in a pen a couple times. At about 1 yr, I start running them with older dogs but I am careful as to what hog I put them out on. They don't need to see a rank boar in the woods their first time out.
I think too many people start pups too young in a pen and then at 1 year old they want to know why the dog don't hunt but it will bay in a pen. Anydog can bark at a hog in a pen. Let pups learn the woods early and let them trash a little. There is time to break them off trash later. If pup not doing anything by 1.5 yrs, they don't stay with me.
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KevinN
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« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2014, 03:37:25 pm » |
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Starting a pup in a pen at 12 weeks has never hurt a pup I've owned. You don't want to bay them every week till they are woods age but once a week/every other week till they are ready for a mock hunt (4-6 months) doesn't hurt. Do a few mock hunts and when you think they are physically/mentally mature enough for the woods.....take them out. I use to wait till they were a year old but now I just base it on the individual pup.
I keep them in a box till we get a strike the first couple times out, seems to cut down on trashing. Doing this...the pup will typically walk to the bay with you...which is fine by me. By the third trip most pups are flying out of the box and to the bay.
I agree...you would rather not have a rank boar for the first hog the pup sees in the woods, but how can you tell if the dogs are bayed 400yards away? It's just luck of the draw to me.
Anyway....there are a number of ways to start a pup. Some guys don't even show their pups a hog period. Just start hauling them to the woods when it's time. That works too, lol. Ain't saying mines the right way or only way, just how I do it.
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NChoghunter
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« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2014, 12:52:39 pm » |
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Starting a pup in a pen at 12 weeks has never hurt a pup I've owned. You don't want to bay them every week till they are woods age but once a week/every other week till they are ready for a mock hunt (4-6 months) doesn't hurt. Do a few mock hunts and when you think they are physically/mentally mature enough for the woods.....take them out. I use to wait till they were a year old but now I just base it on the individual pup.
I keep them in a box till we get a strike the first couple times out, seems to cut down on trashing. Doing this...the pup will typically walk to the bay with you...which is fine by me. By the third trip most pups are flying out of the box and to the bay.
I agree...you would rather not have a rank boar for the first hog the pup sees in the woods, but how can you tell if the dogs are bayed 400yards away? It's just luck of the draw to me.
Anyway....there are a number of ways to start a pup. Some guys don't even show their pups a hog period. Just start hauling them to the woods when it's time. That works too, lol. Ain't saying mines the right way or only way, just how I do it.
Thats how i start my bear dogs get them baying hogs first then then when they start putting teeth on the hogs they go straght to bear never see a hog again |
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Black Smith
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« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2014, 06:10:45 pm » |
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Watch where the red fern grows and do what Billy did!!!!
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Kid7
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« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2014, 08:03:41 pm » |
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Watch where the red fern grows and do what Billy did!!!!
This!!! Hahaha |
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Seth Gillespie
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