Coon/Hog Hunting with Same Dog

[OkieHoundsman91]

I'm fairly new to hunting with dogs. I am thinking of getting two new pups and plan to casual hunt them.

My question is do any of you guys hunt coon/squirrel and ALSO bay hogs with the same dog? I know there are plenty of multi game hunters using the same dogs, but training a young dog to hunt both treeing and non treeing game is where I need some advice! Would it be better to start a pup on coon/squirrel or pigs first? I don't plan on free casting these dogs onto pigs or hunting them from the truck. I'll be putting them on tracks. So would it be a good idea to start them as a squirrel dog and then start setting them on pigs later?

I'm just looking to get these dogs to hunt close and silent and to check in every 20 minutes or so. My goal is for these dogs to know when they get turned loose in the woods early in the morning that we're hunting squirrels and when its evening and the cut collars are put on, its time to bay a pig.

Is this impossible or not worth the headaches? Thanks for the help!

[treetalkingjp]

I bear hunt my coon dog, but I coon hunt in ga and live and bear hunt in nc so he is exposed to no bear in ga while coon hunting . So if you coon and hog hunt your dog I'd just do it in different places where there is no hog while coon hunting. But some dogs are smart enough to hunt coon at night and other game in the day . But hogs are bad news so you might not have a dog long. I'd just get a pack of dogs just for hogs.

:Justin