An old cold nosed hound dog provides hrs of entertainment. They have a way of finding them when others can't. In fact,I like to have one or two that will run a deer or a hog,and one that will strictly run hogs. You can add the pack dogs after you find the hog,or if they jump a buck,no problem.
That's a good idea Skunk. There use to be more dogs around here that would run/trail both. There's an old guy I use to hunt with and he would tell me in the 60s-early 80s they would only have 3-4 deer tracks to put on normally and run out of tracks around lunch. Back then there were many more hogs than deer in the area, so they took those same dogs and put them on hog tracks and ran them with hounds. He called them "meat dogs" because they would put meat on the table.
... He called them "meat dogs" because they would put meat on the table.
In Korea, "meat dog" has a whole different meaning! :bbq
I like a dog that barks on the trail but a lot of my buddies don't. It helps me keep track of where they are and a good dog changes its bark on how hot the track is or if the hog is in sight and then again when it baying.
The guys that got me started 25 years ago always ran deer and hogs with the same dogs. Pretty much been open mouth dogs. The boys dad said back in the 50's and 60's it was tough finding deer tracks and hunting back then was for meat and there were plenty of hogs around My buddy said his dad would go to the pound and fill the truck up with whatever looked like it would hunt,usually didn't come back with to many but they'd get a good'un every once in awhile. His best dog they always talked about was a redbone/greyhound cross. I guess she was kind of a cur or something,I reckon she barked on track.
