Im in the Texas Hill country, and i take my hog dogs to NM. and run bear with them every Fall. They do great and will put a bear up a tree. Then they quit when the fight is over, luckily I have ! dog out of my pack that will tree. the rest just kindof look up and whine.

JJ

She didnt make it,

Started the night like any other night, hunted a road that I always hunt. Came up empty. Loaded the dogs and headed back out. My rig dog blew up and here is what we ended up with a 290 lb boar and one less dog. http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo192/jjburson/rbsis021.jpg http://i375.photobucket ...

Budd, Walter is still alive. I hunt the YO. 4-5 nights a week, and see him quite often. As for Capt. Bob Snow my dad hunted with him in the early 70s

JJ

Here is pics from a boar that I caught in a cave last night. on the walk out one of my #2 dogs started another boarand his pics are on here too. http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo192/jjburson/2-6hh001.jpg http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo192/jjburson/2-6hh020.jpg http://i375.photobucket.com ...

I use 2 layers, with collars on each side.

JJ

I have tried leather cut collers, in years past. The problem that I had with them was getting them wet or sweaty. They got damn stiff, and eventually broke. Try ratchet straps, the wide ones like are used on big rigs. That is what all my cut collars are made out of.

JJ
just my .02

Brinkdog, I run Blueticks, plott crosses, and very open catahoula's. All my dogs are fairly gritty and will pull hair. They have put 4 bears up trees that I know of and probably ran another

JJ

Im new to bear hunting, I have been hog hunting for 15 years. I am from central west Texas. For the last 3 years I have taken my hog dogs to NM. to run bears. I dont have any trouble getting my dogs to run a bear they just wont tree, I can hear them fighting on the ground, but when the bear trees ...