Thread: Will pig dogs push deer out of an area?

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Have a few pigs getting about. They're in one big gully in particular, theres a decent boar tailing them around and there's also a half decent fallow buck (along with various does and young ones etc) that share the same watershed. Young fella that works for us has dogs and I tried to keep it to myself but he's cottoned on to the pigs being there and been pretty persistently asking if he can run his dogs through there, he reckons he just wants one crack at it and if he doesn't get a pig he'll leave it alone. Would running his dogs through there one time be likely to push the deer out for a substantial amount of time? They're a pretty resident population and no doubt if they did take off they'd be back at some stage I'm just a bit hesitant as it's my honeyhole and being so close to the rut I don't really want that buck taking off or the does as they'll possibly pull some more fellas into the area soon too. I'm not sure that the pigs will hang around very long also so kind of a "give it a crack now or may not get another chance" kind of a situation.

I see on here some say no way -some say wont matter - after 50 years of hunting I say no way - pig dogs upset deer - they fuck off after dogs been thru and dont reappear for some time - I guess it will depend on how much was covered by the dogs and how much scent was left and did the two come into any contact - but in my experience they dont mix - and it takes some time for a block to settle down again after dogs been thru - I would say no dogs