Hard truth to new hunters.

[Jmesonp1]

If your new to this sport please listen.
1. There is no such thing as a help dog. Either your dog can find and bay pigs or he can't. There is rarely a time that it is helpful to send dogs to a bayed hog unless its a catch dog.
2. There is very little you can teach a dog about pig hunting in a 30 x 30 pen. Most of the time the hog is getting beat up, in which case you are involved in animal fighting, not hunting or training, and can be arrested.
3. Hunting with dogs is more of a lifestyle choice than a hobby. Don't get started if your gonna get back out in 6 months.

[make-em-squeel]

Ha, well said... and may I add line bred dogs increases your % of success in reproducing breeding's, keep it tight boys!

[make-em-squeel]

And dont take it personal if your dog sucks, just cull and move on. Dogs bring out blinders and bitc$ like attitudes in grown men. We all have culls at times its how you deal with it that makes you a pos or a good man

[Cajun]

Also if I can add this, If you are new to the sport, you are more then likely going to be hunting with somebody who has been doing it awhile. His hunt, his rules, his spots. Unless you are a landowner with your own spot with hogs please abide by your hosts rules. Do not invite anybody & ask if it is ok to bring your dogs. Do not go back to his spots without him.

[Mike]

And have some patience... don't hunt a dog or start a puppy 2 or 3 times and expect it to be a super star. It's takes a lot of time and swine to make a dog.

[Judge peel]

All that's fine and dandy but if your married you best tell your wife that you going to stay out all night and day not answer phone calls. Be back late every time you go get dogs hurt from time to time. Spend a lot of money on feed gear and other stuff that will never have a return. Let her know that you will be engulfed into this day and night. If she is fine with all of that then you might be ready. If your single you will probly stay that way till u stop running em lol


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[Bowtech99]

Judge totally hit the nail on the head. Better have an understanding ole lady, or you won't have an ole lady

[Mike]

Yep... there's been lots of divorces over running dogs.

[Judge peel]

Getting a decent dog is the easy part. All the other stuff will determine if u can do the sport or not. The biggest two things are fitting your life style and having the places to hunt.

[spazhogdog]

If you do go with someone, bring a good attitude, respect their ruled,  and bring your own stuff. Make sure to bring extra drinks and snacks. My husband and I enjoy taking people and if we get an invite to go to a new spot, these are our rules. Anyone who had hunted with us knows we hunt hard and eat good.

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[Judge peel]

Spaz ain't that the truth I have hunted with so many experienced hunters that aren't prepared no drinks for people and dogs no medical kit for dogs or people. No leads no light no rope or knife. Kinda funny tho. Had a big chubby kid go with us one time I warned him that we might walk all night. He left every thing he started out with in the woods. Never heard from him again lol


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[spazhogdog]

Too funny. I love walking and  I tell anyone better keep up or I am gone. Our granddaughter who is 12 now runs the Garmin and radio very well. Has learned the art of tree climbing, hooping, and hurry up with the hobbles. And my favorite is crawling thru rabbit holes in the thick nasty stuff. I am only 5 foot tall, so I have an advantage .

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[jstankus]

The hard truth I learned, was not to take everything so seriously. I started hunting with a guy that was hardcore, had his own line and thought no dog was better than his, even though he would never admit it. At first, I learned a lot and got some good dogs from him which I use today. But since going out on my own, I learned: good dogs are gonna take time (years) to produce, not everything is gonna go your way, and hunt hard and be prepared, but also have fun. I learned more to enjoy my time in the woods with my buddies (human and dog) versus always catching a hog. At first I wanted to share on facebook my catches and show them off. As I evolved, I learned to enjoy the experience more than the reward (trophy), and rarely post catches these days. I learned not to kill every hog in your spot or you'll have no hogs to hunt and bar hogs versus killing them. I learned there's not set style or way to hog hunt and you can find what works for you and evolve your own style.

[TheRednose]

An oldtimer who is a very close friend of mine has told me on more than one occasion it costs the same to feed a good dog as it does a cull.

[Goose87]

And by all means have you some places to hunt before you even consider getting dogs, just because someone invites you doesn't mean that it's an every weekend thing, if you get invited back don't get comfortable and show up with a box full of dogs, folks get mad at me when they call and say they want to go hunting and I take them and then the next week they've rounded up 20 head of culls and are wanting to get started and want your dogs to train them and when I tell them no or to leave their dogs they get upset, I don't mine helping anyone out but be courteous to the ones helping you out and hunt by their rules until they ask or tell you to bring dogs...


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[Fixitlouie]

Get with guys that been there done that and shut up and listen

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