The proof is in the evidence and these guys look like they’re stringing the community along. Pooh on them I say and time to relegate them to Cliff Crook and Company.

As for using dogs to hunt BF, “scent dogs” (such as blue-ticked coon hounds, walkers, plott hounds and even beagles) are used to track scents on everything from rabbits to deer to big cats to bear. These hounds usually “bay” or corner the game in a tree or just run the animal past hunters. In hunting wild hogs in some areas, “catch dogs”, usually pit bulls, are used to run in on a ”bayed” hog and hold the animal. I think this is where the reference to “submission” comes from.

I still think these guys are idiots and full of BS.

This makes PT Barnum how old?

What was that saying … something about suckers?

TPL- As large as the Akita is though, a comparison with wolves is not very realistic. Sorry to say that wolves would easily take down an Akita, or a husky/Akita mix, and in fact even very large dogs fall prey to wolves more often than you might think in areas on the outskirts of civilization.

First off, if any dog is as well equipped at taking on such a large creature, as any canine, an Akita is most certainly amongst the elite of such a grouping. Akitas are the size of Alaskan Grey Wolves, and have the tenacity, strength, and skill to compare to such. I’m sorry, but no matter how strong a Sasquatch is, a pack of Wolves can kill one. Packs of Wolves regularly harass even Large Brownies (Coastal Brown Bears), which weigh upwards of 1,000 lbs. or more, and have on more than one occasion fought them away from Den sites.

Now I’m not saying that any single dog can simply make a Sasquatch submit, as I’m plenty sure he/she would be fighting for their life, which is what almost any animal/living creature does when confronted with a deadly situation (typically, submission is only seen within a species, ie, feline on feline, or canine on canine). This occurs because they recognize each other’s language, and thus know how to interpret intentions. When facing a serious threat however, which more often occurs between different species, they react with fright and defense. You will never see a Cougar submitting to a Wolf, or vice versa. For this reason, I do not see a “Bigfoot” submitting to anything, or anyone, other than another “Bigfoot”, or possibly a Dominant Human/Ape.

All of that aside, I would never intentionally use my dog as a weapon, or put them in harms way. I have an Alaskan Husky/Akita Mix, who is in the 45-55 lb. weight range, all Muscle. If it came to protecting me however, I have no doubt she would make any living thing think twice about their actions, including a Sasquatch. It’s the same concept behind why a 200 lb. Mountain Lion Mother (protecting her cubs), can scare and chase off a 1000 lb. + Brown Bear, it’s an all out act of protection and ferociousness, based upon which any wild animal knows better than to test or confront.

I also have a Jack Russell, and she’s tough as nails. I have no doubt she would do the same, as would a cat I used to have (lol my cat was the toughest of all 3, all my friends feared her, she even chased one outta’ my house, for play slap boxing me, and she beat up dogs as well). I would feel completely safe and secure with my JRT in the woods, as with her great senses, she would alert me to anything strange, and scare most things off. For what she doesn’t scare off, I would be prepared to confront myself, due to her having alerted me ahead of time.

Anyways, I also want to address the guy who said you should probably use a .50 Cal, not a .30-06. No offense, but that kind of fear reminds me of people who think you should use nothing short of an M203 Grenade Launcher, or an RPG, on a Grizzly Bear. Without going into crazy details, I’ll just quote a wise Alaskan: “If you can’t handle whatever you’ll encounter with a .30-06, you have no business being in the Wilderness”.