EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Somewhere in Texas ;D, A group of us, Aladatrot, Matt_Aggie, Mike, Clay, JML, and our coon ass friend Wesley, got together last night for a "puppy" hunt.  With the exception of one seasoned dog, we had all young started dogs on the ground. 
     We turned out at one property(between Beaumont and El Paso), and hunted a couple hours without any action. On the way back to the truck Mike said we needed to hit his honey hole. Good thinking on his part, bayed up a small one, then the dogs bayed up another one pretty quickly.  After that we all headed out of the woods, and we were camped out waiting on Matt's "Token" ;D pup. This pup has been on several bays, but has never struck his own. Well it was his night. All the other dogs were camped out, and the pup went to hammering away a couple hundred yards in the brush. Ended up with about an 80# boar. 

      We decided to load up, get some grub , and head for a new property ( Between Brownsville and Dallas). At the new place we rode the fourwheelers about 2.5 miles into the property and the dogs bayed up near a pond. Got a nice spotted sow, might go 180#, we got her tied and loaded, then the dogs opened up again. Another nice sow, maybe 160#, then again, and again, and again. We ended up with 8 for the night, 2 nice sows, and 6 smaller pigs, including a little spotted shoat. At the new place, all the hogs were bayed and caught within about 200 yards of each other. 

  It was a great night for some young dogs, plenty of action, no long races, and nobody hurt.We were real pleased with our Tyson dog, we have only had him on a few catches prior to last night, and last night he was on 5 of them.

Here are some pictures of the pigs from the second location.

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Tyson and Clay's catch dog
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Mike's Sadie dog
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Tamale, Sausage, and Smoky the pig
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Nice haul. Come on u can tell me wher those where caught along with the combo number to the gate i promise i wont go without telling u what i caught ;D. Good job and that is the best kinda hunts for them pups.

Richard,

     I did tell you where they were caught...Texas.. ;
Sorry, but I cannot be much more specific than that.

Gate combo?  Heck, I thought everybody just used bolt cutters. ;)
 

Sounds like a great hunt.  There's nothing better to bring those pups around than hunts like that.  Fast and quick with lots of action. 

I must say that it is great fun taking nice seasoned dogs into the woods and catching hogs. However, the rush we got when Matt's pup struck and bayed his own for the first time was awesome. Watching three young, green catch dogs hustle to a bay and then latch and hold without the lead of an older dog was equally exciting. Good dogs, good friends, good hogs.

M

good job,that sounds like the perfect hunt to get them pups going good  ;) ;)

"Good dogs, good friends, good hogs."  I'll second that  ;D

I have to admit my chest did swell with pride a little when I herd him open up and stay bayed for a while till we got there.  It is really neat to see a pup that you watched come into this world make it full circle and now striking hogs, I have high hopes/expectations for him.  Mike got a picture of him that I bet he'll put up this afternoon.  Thanks again guys, had a great time.

Matt

sounds like a fun hunt and good hunt for the younguns

Looks like a good time fellas

Nice Job Yall! Looks like another good hunt I missed! :)

I had a blast. No matter if we catch a hog or not, this group always has a great time.

Here's a few other pics.

Matt and Crow's first hog to strike.
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Chris and Wesley
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Sadie
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Clay and the "big boar"! ;D
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nice hunt clay you been doing any  rolls and head buts lately lol

 Mike that pic of sadie was worth all the effort!

No sir mister buddy trying to keep the rubber down here lately.  ;D

Great job ya'll!! Sounds like ya'll had a great time and got them young dogs some good experience.  ;D