Google Monteria hunting and you will see where my user name was derived.
After almost 30 years breeding and running hog dogs, I can tell you three things.
1) lots of people with no first hand experience repeat what they hear.
2) there are many methods, many special requirements and many different traits required for individual terrains, population densities and climates. There are lots of different ways to skin the hog dog cat and one size does not fit all.
3) and most important to your question, every dog is an individual and must be judged upon it's own merit. Breed, breeder, lineage, litter and parents don't mean ****. A cull is a cull and a stud is a stud no matter how they came to be.
As a result, one man's trash is another man's treasure.
And yes, pits have a great nose and tons of drive, and they can work great alone IF the circumstance is correct. I have run just a single catch dog in many situations where nothing else worked as well.
Steve
After almost 30 years breeding and running hog dogs, I can tell you three things.
1) lots of people with no first hand experience repeat what they hear.
2) there are many methods, many special requirements and many different traits required for individual terrains, population densities and climates. There are lots of different ways to skin the hog dog cat and one size does not fit all.
3) and most important to your question, every dog is an individual and must be judged upon it's own merit. Breed, breeder, lineage, litter and parents don't mean ****. A cull is a cull and a stud is a stud no matter how they came to be.
As a result, one man's trash is another man's treasure.
And yes, pits have a great nose and tons of drive, and they can work great alone IF the circumstance is correct. I have run just a single catch dog in many situations where nothing else worked as well.
Steve