EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Hunts like this remind a person of the real danger that is sometimes much, much closer than you might realize...

Hit the woods this mornin' and kicked Shine and Spinner out to make the first round, they trailed off perty quick and got hung up for about 20min trying to work something out... about that time they started rolling out on the garmin hard to the north... the same route we've been burned on more than a few times... we have always avoided hunting this direction as there's a 4000 acre saw grass flat there that is plumb rough to say the least... well, a mile later, that's exactly where they came bayed at.... rolleyes  ... so in we went..

No roads in, no roads out... only way to get to this area is to pack in through some BAD rough stuff, alot of which, you spend hunched over or crawling through... I was in the lead, carrying Bucho, Lee, then Blake... Took a good 30 minutes to get to the edge of the saw grass where it sounded like they were baying about a hundred yds in...

No trees, bad thick, nowhere to go... just a dangerous spot to try an catch a bad one... We eased in real slow, not wanting to spook the hog... I was concerned they might have had him backed up in a blowdown and didn't want to send Bucho till I could see what was... The closer we got, the slower we went... not a good feeling sneaking up on a big hog with nothing but grass inbetween you and him... 

As a side note, this Bucho dog is a trip... not only is he a catching machine... but here we are, literally a few yards from a loud bay and this dog isn't pulling, isn't whining... HELL, he was so calm,  "I" was actually a bit concerned he might not actually go when it was time!!!  :o ;D

Anyways... Back to the stalk... Thinking we were probably about 10-15 yds from the hog by then.. we could see no possible blow downs, so he had to be in the grass... as Blake went to peak around a big patch of grass I heard Shine try him and sent Bucho...

....Bucho had no more than gone 5' in front  of Blake and the boar hit him head on... Had I not turned Bucho loose we would have been in bad, trouble...  Thankfully, Bucho got a good grip and Shine got aholt as well... got him handled and then saw the blood all over the bushes... not good...

Shine got a bad one to the jaw, poor Spin got it bad, bad in the rear end... almost hamstrung. :-\  Bucho, as usual, came away with nothing more than a couple minor pokes....

Me and Blake and another good Shine hog
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Mother daughter hunt... maybe Spinner's last for a good while...
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So, now the fun began.... carrying a dog out miles through stuff that was tough enough to begin with... made for a long, hot haul out...

OH but WAIT... the excitement isn't over yet!!!  ;D

Half way out, as we're pushing through this jungle of overhead dry grass and tinder... we walk into a wall of smoke...  :o  ... and with the light wind, have NO idea where it's coming from... but realize it's time to pick up the pace before getting trapped in a raging brush fire...  :o :o  Was a tense walk out, and a huge relief to finally see the edge of the pasture coming up with the rancher waiting on us in his truck!

After all that excitement, we were all about fried.. and headed to the house to doctor dogs... gonna need another bottle of pen I do believe...

It would be to easy if you didn't have to catch em in the ruff stuff  ;D
Good one

Real good hog there Noah!

damn good hog!

congrats Noah

good teeth on that nasty booger         hard hunt    hope yer dogs heal up good they are very impressive specimens        always enjoy yer posts

good hog man ;D hope your dogs heal up well

Good boar hog!

Yep... saw grass sucks!!!

I hate that terrain. Nice hog, sure hope ur dogs heal up quick and well.

Sounds like an exciting hunt. Good hog too

keep us up dated on your spinner dog, hate it for her...looks like shines back no worrys about the over heating episode.. also the catch dogs got to get their dues man when they can go out and catch hogs reg like the ones your posting and not get cut down that speaks volumes about the way you are hunting your dog and how he is handling hogs.. you need to get him breed son...

good hog.....i hate the tall grasses like that.  We lost a dog to heat recently in that stuff.

Nice hunt and excellent dog work... Hope your dog heals right...

Sweet hunt noah hope they heal fast for ya.  U need to talk to some of your florida ranchers and get a couple Texas boys to show yall how to run a dozer lol I can't admagine 4000 acres of saw grass and I don't know if I have ever seen the stuff

if you texans come put a dozer in a saw grass patch please let me know so i can come watch you go under ha haa guess you never been in that stuff... fire is the only way to deal with it.. but i agree if it was me i would figure something out that stuff looks like heck on dogs and man...last time i tangled with it in s. ga it was waist deep mud under the patches of grass not to mention the gators and moccisons

That is a nice Florida midget boar Noah!  ;)

What is it a swamp under it well if that is the case never mind lol

Congrats to the meatheads.  And Awesome boar! 

Hope the dogs heal quickly. 

That saw grass might not be so bad if y'all wore sleeves lol pretty boys! Jk ;) badass boar hog, the first good ones are always rough on a young dog

What'd u breed ole shine to Noah? What is that cross?

That is a goodin !! Hope your dog has a speedy recovery. 

He's a hogdog of unknown origin from south Florida... a poaching dog that wandered up on a rancher's place with a trackin' collar and no phone #....

So he used him on cows until he got to the point he couldn't call the dog off a cow and sent him to my boy to catch hogs with...

A sure-e-nuff hog dog... one of the fastest dogs any of us have ever seen... VERY rough on a hog's rear end, but NO head catch to him...

Hunted BY HIMSELF, when he bays a hog, you can literally walk right up and clip the CD right on the hog's ear... he's well known for his ability to keep any hog sat down... no matter what.

Big, good lookin' black and tan, obviously Florida cur/cow bred...  just a fine dog

Nice hog Noah, hope all your dogs heal up ok......

Great boar hog. 

good hog man!!

Nice boar Noah!  Sounds like a rough one. 

Saw grass + no sleeves = no thanks  ;D

thats a good one noah

since your getting all these pups trained up you should come off the black dog .lol

That sawgrass is bad, but some is worse than others... not sure if it's different strains, soil content, or what... but man, some of it is real rigid and you can't even walk through it without gloves and a jacket with a hood pulled tight around your face... it will flat out grab any skin exposed and slice you to the bone...  :o   ... nasty chit....

Gil, you don't want that gyp... she too ruff for you...  ;D

... not to mention, I gotta see how many(if any) of these pups make it out of their first yr...

Shiner and Chub are the only ones alive from their litter, Snapper is the only one left out of hers...   

i dont think shes to ruff for me , ;Dthats what i like

The rougher the better  ;)

not bad for a greenhorn.  real men tie there hogs alive!    im giving lessons if u want to come along ;)

Good Hog, and hope Spinner heals quickly, thats how close you are supposed to be when you turn the catch dog loose!  ;D gives them a fighting chance and your friends a bit of adrenaline!

Boy ole Noah sure can tell them huntin adventures make you feel like you are right there with him. Good hog and i hope them dogs heal up real good and fast for you.

HahA!   Thanks Donnie, you taught me well.... and like I said, I'll tie them up for you to come get when you there to carry them out cuz I damn sure aint anymore!!!  ;D

 O0 O0good stuff O0 O0

love the hog he had some cutters on em  :o :o

Thanks CHYCHY!   ;D


... wasn't his teeth that made him bad... he just was one of those hogs that wanted to hurt a dog... Glad he's gone!

your welcome my dad is lillwill he hasent bean on here because his computer is broken. :)

Well tell him I said HI!  Hope you two have still been huntin'!!!!