EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Did everyone quit hunting and get rid of their dogs or is my app not working?


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Between the hellacious heat and our deer season just opened today. It’s over with for me til winter!

Facts I remember when post you to have pages worth reading now you basically just see 5 or 6 people comment on post..

BA-IV, good to see you’re still here bud. Deer season is fixing to bite us too. The heats been pretty bad but we’ve still made some hunts. We tried to start early and quit early. I made a hunt with my friend Amber Friday. We caught 4 but they were just smaller hogs, 100ish pounds. The last two were shoats that her Robber dog and Freckles gyp were bayed on for about 3 hours in the heat of the day. They got across the creek and out of pocket when they relayed. I was impressed with them. They didn’t sound like they were in any danger of quitting and looked good heat wise when we caught them. Amber shares the same family of dogs that I have so there was an element of pride in it for me as well.

Maverick, I fear it’s the same culprit killing this site as with most other similar forums, FACEBOOK. I’m gonna ride this out and then y’all will probably not hear of me anymore. I’m not doing FB or any of that other stuff. I mind my own business and don’t care about anyone else’s. If they want me to know their business then they can address me directly. All the keyboard warriors and saints get my goat and I’m not the kind that just puts up with stupid bs. I’m very straightforward, whatcha see is whatcha get. The social media world is fantasy and people get lost in it, unable to separate fact from fiction.


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Still here been working to much to get to hunt any plus heat hasn't helped any either now deer season fixing to be here can't win for loosing

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We still around man,,, been playing with puppies and trapping and cutting all the boar hogs since the weather aint too enjoyable ....  We will be back full swing come first of January if the Lord says the same....  Im like you when it comes to the Facebook lifesyle...  it aint for me ...lol....

I dont do much with facebook or other social media. I like the forums better....but it seems this format is not what it used to me.

Been cathing some decent ones and paying the tax with it. Been sending the pics to friends. I am no photographer  and they usually come out terrible! lol

I know I don't comment a whole lot, but I check this site almost on a daily basis. I have been on this site for 10 years and have learn a lot from those that have come and gone and those that are still active. It's not about numbers to me, it's about quality....I like to hear from the ones that have heart and grit after the newness, hype, and adrenalin wears off and the feed bill and vet bills become a reality. Those are the ones that have a true passion for hunting dogs. I like to listen to those who know how to educate, edify, and encourage fellow dog hunters and don't mind being educated, edified, and encouraged by another dog hunter.  My hunting partner is on this site as well and we have talked about many subjects and questions posted on this site. I have tried FB but was quickly turn off by the drama it produces.

So, I'd like to say Thank you to all that comment and share the wisdom and knowledge you have in the dog world, and I hope it turns into more understanding in my head.

I still hunt most weeks. Don’t catch many any more there just ain’t many hogs around where I hunt thanks to the heli hunter and thermal guys. But we still try lol. Anyone with lot of hogs could invite me lol


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Been spending my time getting my young gyp lined out on the preferred target species around here, I just about got her broke of of everything else.  :laugh:

Lol she’s a pretty little thing!


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Teaspoon I agree, lots of knowledge has been and still is on here. I enjoy the heck out of this forum.

The rest of y’all that aren’t getting to hunt, go ahead and write some stories. I’m not very smart, I won’t know that it’s all made up.


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Thanks t dog, I hope she hunts as well as she looks.

I got my start with free pups/dogs off this forum, and all the reading I could want to do. I had never even been around a working dog let alone a hog dog. Sucks to see it slow down around here.


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I think the lower numbers may reflect the dropping off of all the wannabes after American hogger. There are mostly all good dogmen on here any more. There never was a ton of drama here but yet there is a good exchange of knowledge. It's hard for me to not find anything to read on here because all my hunting is in one month in the winter. I would love to spend the whole winter but my wife is real resistant to that. She says it takes several months to get the Texas out of me after a month

I dunno, some here, came in before American hogger, I’m supposing that’s that cheesy tv show in seen a couple of times somewhere or heard about here and there but ain’t had a tv in 13yrs so never watched.

Maybe some folks life changed or git more complicated, maybe their reasons or desires for hunting just dryed up. Maybe conflicts got in the way or maybe they just aged out.

I dunno, but that doesn’t make em less of a dog man than the next.

I still check in every day in the morning, when I get home from work and before bed. I still read every post.
 
I still enjoy it and live vicariously thru y’all doing it. I know the fun and appreciate those still having the fun.

Y’all keep posting….just wish I could contribute, but alas, I have nothing to contribute. Bit i will follow, and it’s appreciated

My profile says I registered in 2015. I did the Parker cur board before that and that was after the truegrit bulldog board, bandog banter and various other boards since 2004

Pretty sure Mitch Allison had a board and underdog that used to post here had one and can’t remember all that have come and gone….miss them all. Last I checked bandog banter is still around

+++ just rambling, but I don’t do, nor ever will, Facebook instagram twitter or any of that. I like the board format where there is just the enthusiasts that really do and live the stuff the stuff they do with the dogs.

X2 Semmes


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I can post some fishing stories hahaha! It’s hard to believe that we started this board in 2007… never in my wildest dreams did I think it would last this long. We were getting 2 million page views a month back in its heyday… but then facebook, Instantgram and all that came along. But even the hog hunting pages on those are dying off and slowing down from what I’ve seen. I really believe there are a lot less hog hunters now than back then. I can’t even remember how many people that have come and gone over the years. But as long as everyone is using and enjoying the board, I’ll keep it up and running.


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Mike it’s good to hear from you bud. I really miss seeing your posts. I appreciate this site. There are a lot of people on here with a lot of knowledge and experience. I truly believe most everyone on here is in it for the right reasons, not many fad people here. I’m ok with fewer hog hunters too. The dog men and women are going to stay in it unless life doesn’t allow it. They aren’t in it to be cool or macho. They are the ones that take care of their animals and have ethics when hunting (USUALLY). So thank ya for what you do. I know you don’t have dogs anymore but you’re still welcome to come up here and make round with us anytime.


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Just warning though, our dead dogs phenoms and getting better everyday. We may tell some tall tales too. Some if you do come, believe EVERYTHING YOU HERE!


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Hahahaha T-dog, let’s make it happen after deer season. I’d love to come up and make a round with y’all.


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Sounds great!


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There’s still a few here but I believe all the other platforms definitely put a hurting on the forums. Everyone wants to be the next influencer. We have been trying to close on the in-laws and if another hurricane pushes it back I may just have to open a can on the next storm. 38 years and they don’t bother me but this year damn I’m tired of trying to keep dogs and hogs from flooding or pens from taking flight. We going to hunt public land this year until I can round up some private pieces so we should be getting to it in the next month or 2.

I can see where it would be trying. The good Lord will take care of us, we just have to do our part and nobody said our part was going to be easy, lol.


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We’re still here hanging by a thread. I’ve always enjoyed this forum I hope it’s around awhile. Reminds me of the conversations I’d have with the old heads I used to hunt with. Between training deer dog pups, keeping a squirrel dog in shape, and running hogs the world keeps spinning faster