Hellscape #7

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You have to kill 100 250lb boars using a Bull Arab x Ridgeback x Coonhound (40/20/40) in 1 month. You get a 4'' knife. You get no food unless you can make a fire and cook the boars you kill. Dog gets no vest. You're in the wilderness with nothing but water until you meet the deadline, if you do not you run out of water and die.
What do you do and what happens to you?
@ajay @hardcastle lincoln

[lincoln]

Dec 27, 2022 2:38:27 GMT Bolushi said:

You have to kill 100 250lb boars using a Bull Arab x Ridgeback x Coonhound (40/20/40) in 1 month. You get a 4'' knife. You get no food unless you can make a fire and cook the boars you kill. Dog gets no vest. You're in the wilderness with nothing but water until you meet the deadline, if you do not you run out of water and die.
What do you do and what happens to you?
@ajay @hardcastle lincoln

We may be able to kill a few, I’m not sure we could kill 100 in 1 month

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3 - 4 boars a day sounds very doable with a truck, the boars, and a good boardog.

But I'm guessing you've included 40% coonhound as I have no truck to find the boars. You want us on foot with the dog able to sniff out the boars.

In that case it doesn't sound easy, not just for the person, but the dog. It wouldn't want to be hot too much or both me and the dog would need to rest too much to achieve that many boars each day.

Well assuming it's not summer weather it still sounds like a hard task. I guess possible, but both dog and human would be really spent after 1 month of it, like a 30-day ultra-marathon for both man and dog.

I think the BA/Ridgeback aspects of the dog makes sense as you need a dog that's got the speed to run down boars without too much issue, while I assume the Ridgeback aspect just gives it tiny bit more size to handle 250 lb boars, while retaining running ability?

I'm gonna say it MIGHT be close to possible to keep that pace up for a few days, but the dog would end up dying if trying to push that pace over one month.

I'd be more comfortable with 2 boars per day as a max putting the dog through a very hard trial while not killing it.

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Dec 27, 2022 8:42:54 GMT @ajay said:

3 - 4 boars a day sounds very doable with a truck, the boars, and a good boardog.

But I'm guessing you've included 40% coonhound as I have no truck to find the boars. You want us on foot with the dog able to sniff out the boars.

In that case it doesn't sound easy, not just for the person, but the dog. It wouldn't want to be hot too much or both me and the dog would need to rest too much to achieve that many boars each day.

Well assuming it's not summer weather it still sounds like a hard task. I guess possible, but both dog and human would be really spent after 1 month of it, like a 30-day ultra-marathon for both man and dog.

I think the BA/Ridgeback aspects of the dog makes sense as you need a dog that's got the speed to run down boars without too much issue, while I assume the Ridgeback aspect just gives it tiny bit more size to handle 250 lb boars, while retaining running ability?

I'm gonna say it MIGHT be close to possible to keep that pace up for a few days, but the dog would end up dying if trying to push that pace over one month.

I'd be more comfortable with 2 boars per day as a max putting the dog through a very hard trial while not killing it.

You do know what the 40% coonhound means, right?

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Dec 27, 2022 18:12:38 GMT Bolushi said:

Dec 27, 2022 8:42:54 GMT @ajay said:

3 - 4 boars a day sounds very doable with a truck, the boars, and a good boardog.

But I'm guessing you've included 40% coonhound as I have no truck to find the boars. You want us on foot with the dog able to sniff out the boars.

In that case it doesn't sound easy, not just for the person, but the dog. It wouldn't want to be hot too much or both me and the dog would need to rest too much to achieve that many boars each day.

Well assuming it's not summer weather it still sounds like a hard task. I guess possible, but both dog and human would be really spent after 1 month of it, like a 30-day ultra-marathon for both man and dog.

I think the BA/Ridgeback aspects of the dog makes sense as you need a dog that's got the speed to run down boars without too much issue, while I assume the Ridgeback aspect just gives it tiny bit more size to handle 250 lb boars, while retaining running ability?

I'm gonna say it MIGHT be close to possible to keep that pace up for a few days, but the dog would end up dying if trying to push that pace over one month.

I'd be more comfortable with 2 boars per day as a max putting the dog through a very hard trial while not killing it.

You do know what the 40% coonhound means, right?

"I'm guessing you've included 40% coonhound as I have no truck to find the boars. You want us on foot with the dog able to sniff out the boars."

If that's ^^ off the mark you already know the answer to your question.

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Dec 27, 2022 22:23:35 GMT @ajay said:

Dec 27, 2022 18:12:38 GMT Bolushi said:

You do know what the 40% coonhound means, right?

"I'm guessing you've included 40% coonhound as I have no truck to find the boars. You want us on foot with the dog able to sniff out the boars."

If that's ^^ off the mark you already know the answer to your question.

I thought you'd be concerned about the hardiness of the dog you're working with. But yes, the above is true.

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Dec 27, 2022 22:27:08 GMT Bolushi said:

Dec 27, 2022 22:23:35 GMT @ajay said:

"I'm guessing you've included 40% coonhound as I have no truck to find the boars. You want us on foot with the dog able to sniff out the boars."

If that's ^^ off the mark you already know the answer to your question.

I thought you'd be concerned about the hardiness of the dog you're working with. But yes, the above is true.

My first thought was how much 40% coonhound would compromise catching ability. But I chose to assume for the question it could catch.

How does the 40% coonhound affect the dog in terms of speed and legwork?

[Hardcastle]

Coonhounds can be pretty fast and nicely evasive, but yes their blood at that kind of percentage can badly soften up a dog, especially when you add the 20% ridgeback which also runs a risk (albeit lesser) of softening up dogs. That's 60% possible softening, and possibly more when you factor in pointer and greyhound. The bull arab is perfectly balanced to be as racey and findy and high-stamina as possible while still being fully hard catch. You're gonna knock that balance off kilter with this breeding and have a bailer almost assuredly.

You'd possibly need a gun to catch even one 250 lbs boars with that dog.