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Title: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 25, 2013, 10:36:04 am Just dropped pups Jasper, Bella, and J.P.
No time constraints today. I smell pig! Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 25, 2013, 11:15:06 am Strike!!!!!
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: yelladog0300 on January 25, 2013, 11:40:58 am Strike!!!!! good stuff! wish i was in the woods!!Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 25, 2013, 01:09:32 pm Trouble!!! Jasper struck.....no Garmin....sounded 200-250.....other side of creek...J.P. and Bella were with me but they went to him after we crossed creek....bay broke right when they got there....I waited an estimated 50-100 yards from where strike was.....few minutes and J.P. shows up....walked a ways further, found ton of sign....LARGE tracks. Off to left, bad bush...real nasty thick....not 40 yards heard scuffling in brush, deep gutteral growl...only the kind a BIG Hog makes. Thought they might have caught...would surprise me with Jasper but not Bella. Let Zeuse go....Mistake!!!!!
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: fonzie on January 25, 2013, 01:09:57 pm x2
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 25, 2013, 01:28:02 pm Hog is not caught...never saw the hog...the way J.P. was acting and the way the situation unfolds...makes me think VERY large sow. J.P. was nosing around a brush pile not far from the nasty thicket...I think there were piglets there.
Anyway...no dogs but J.P. around...bulldog gone....big trouble. I wait....nothing...I walk...wait...nothing. I walk...listen...a bark...WAY OFF...easy 600-700 yards...I walk 100 yards...listen...is that squealing? Doesn't last long...I pick up the pace...cover 200 yards...yes squealing and I hear Jasper barking/whining. Another 150 yards....creek...deep and wide...hear sporadic squealing and jasper barking...clear...maybe 150 the other side but moving away. BIG PIG!!! Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 25, 2013, 01:41:56 pm Cross creek.....J.P. won't cross (still real young)....don't have time to wait....I get to other side and hear nothing...walk 50....nothing.....walk 50....nothing! What now.....I don't have a clue on direction. Maddening! I won't hunt again without Garmin!! Maybe the sow is dead and their just mouthing her. If I call...Jasper may whine/bark. I decide to call...WHOOOOP! ........WHOOP! Bella shows up quick, maybe 2 minutes....blood all over mouth....not cut up....now Jasper's back, no cuts...no blood. J.P. never crossed creek I guess...no Zeuse.
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 25, 2013, 01:51:50 pm I call.......I call.......I call.......nothing. Jasper and Bella are back out now....should have leashed them up. I wait....call.....wait.....call.....nothing, no dogs at all. I walk around a bit...Bella shows up....back at creek...Jasper's on other side. Did the hog/Zeuse cross back over? Where's my CD, my Zeuse! Jasper seems intent on staying on that side of creek and I see no J.P. Could they be over there somewhere? I'm never hunting without a Garmin again. I cross back over creek...cold...and walk 100. Call...wait....call...wait.
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: Lacy man on January 25, 2013, 01:54:31 pm Man this is one intense live hunt hope ya find your dogs
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 25, 2013, 01:59:20 pm Nothing.........sigh. Zeuse isn't the best swimmer...but he apparently swam the creek once. Did he drown? Did he stroke out? Not hot...but no quit in that dog, and where's J.P.? Maddening!!! Got Jasper and Bella on lead now. I won't lose THESE TWO. Why doesn't J.P. come? Still calling....nothing. Will walk towards truck...maybe they went that direction. Calling...walking...calling...walking.
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 25, 2013, 02:08:11 pm Called all the way to truck...nothing. My guess is...Zeuse have out...hopefully not dead...just recouping. J.P.? No clue. Have Bella up in box...she is wore out. Caught for 30 minutes probably. Zeuse is tied out...I walk away...he goes crazy barking...that's what I hoped for. Now I wait.
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 25, 2013, 02:16:53 pm Nearly 15 minutes solid barking...nothing yet. Phones losing power....no more posts till I get home.
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: Whistler on January 25, 2013, 02:52:43 pm Wish i was there man. Ill be home by 4. Let me know if you want me to come help look for jp and zues.
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: Peachcreek on January 25, 2013, 04:38:26 pm Great story but noah has you beat!
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 25, 2013, 04:59:02 pm Jasper barked for an hour straight....no J.P. no Zeuse. I left a shirt and left at 3 had to be back by 4. Whistler lives 20 minutes away, he's gonna check as soon as he gets off work. If no luck he's gonna check again in morning. Good buddy. If no luck...ill be out there tomorrow. I'm depressed...young pups did extraordinary but lost my Zeuse. He's been a pal for nearly three years. Started off as basically a house dog.
Learned some things today: 1. I'm a Puss! I'm gonna be devistated every time I lose a good dog. 2. Because I'm a Puss, A Garmin is essential to me...won't hunt again until I get one. 3. On the bright side.....My pups at 12 and 13 months hung with a monster for a long ways...crossing multiple creeks and when I say hung...Bella was an earring for a few hundred yards and at least 20 minutes. Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: waggandtag on January 25, 2013, 06:56:35 pm Have u been back to look. Today
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 25, 2013, 06:59:29 pm Whistler went by...I'm going back tonite and first thing in morning.
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: waggandtag on January 25, 2013, 07:01:33 pm I'm. So sorry
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 25, 2013, 07:16:47 pm Thank You
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: waggandtag on January 25, 2013, 07:24:26 pm Where. Do u hunt
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 25, 2013, 07:43:32 pm It was Navarro Mills. He's collared and vested...name and number on both. Reward.
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: Whistler on January 25, 2013, 08:17:54 pm What time you going back in the morning? What time do you want me to go?
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: bigdics_offroad77 on January 25, 2013, 08:37:53 pm Dang man hope they turn up bud
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: HawgStriker972 on January 25, 2013, 08:53:49 pm Hope you find them Kevin.
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 25, 2013, 08:59:34 pm Theresa and I are going at first light. You don't have to go Drew...sleep in. I'm gonna go back to the creek intersection and check it out. Getting the Garmin tomorrow evening...we'll set it up Sunday morning before we hunt.
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: cantexduck on January 25, 2013, 09:15:07 pm For lack of a better word sounds like a cluster ........ hope your bulldog shows back up.
Do you think the dogs might of busted up a bunch of shoats ? Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 25, 2013, 09:22:48 pm For lack of a better word sounds like a cluster ........ hope your bulldog shows back up. Do you think the dogs might of busted up a bunch of shoats ? Would have been fine if I wouldn't have released when I did. Patience. Lesson learned. Just hope it's not a hard one. I think it could have been a sounder but they stayed on the big hog I released on. When they were caught they were moving caught...with only sporadic squealing. It was a BIG hog...I'd bet money. Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: SwampHunter on January 25, 2013, 09:41:13 pm Moving caught u mean catching lettin go an re catching ? Shouldn't move to much if they all caught
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: hillbilly on January 25, 2013, 09:47:21 pm They will show up
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 26, 2013, 06:05:49 am Moving caught u mean catching lettin go an re catching ? Shouldn't move to much if they all caught Ok.... Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: SwampHunter on January 26, 2013, 10:05:07 am Moving caught u mean catching lettin go an re catching ? Shouldn't move to much if they all caught Ok.... Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: t.wilbanks on January 26, 2013, 10:41:39 am Intense scene by scene action!!! Almost needed some popcorn!!!
Did you ever find the other dog that you lost awhile back?? Maybe the squealing was from a shoat and they killed it and decided to have a snack... Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 26, 2013, 11:55:14 am Yeah...I found him twill...and, he's one missing again.
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 26, 2013, 02:10:35 pm Went out this morning, walked 5 miles or so, covered a lot of ground calling, just got home. No luck. Talked to a bunch of folk on Roads and a couple houses. Just have to wait now.
Getting Garmin this evening. Have it up and running for tomorrow. Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 27, 2013, 08:26:11 pm Ok....I prayed about my dogs before I even dropped them Friday. I prayed when I left with two less dogs then what I started with.
I just got a call from a Chase Mallard. He had an acquaintance that found my dogs. Chase picked them up...I'll be picking then up tomorrow evening. Words can't express!! Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: Shotgun wg on January 27, 2013, 08:38:03 pm Good deal I have been waiting for an end to this story. So happy it ended well.
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: Whistler on January 27, 2013, 08:42:18 pm Awesome man. I am so glad you found them. I bet you were so relived.
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: HawgStriker972 on January 27, 2013, 08:56:49 pm That's awesome you found them Kevin! Sounds like the man upstairs has his eyes on your pack!
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: waggandtag on January 27, 2013, 09:49:21 pm I am so glad keep that head up. Did u get the Garmin
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 27, 2013, 10:17:34 pm Yes...had one collar already...now two...tracking from now on.
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: RyanTBH on January 28, 2013, 09:42:34 am Good to hear!
Title: Re: Solo Hunt Post by: KevinN on January 29, 2013, 09:36:36 am Well...got Zeus and J.P. back last nite. I was either wrong about it being a big sow or there were just multiple pigs involved. Or maybe got on a different pig on Saturday...no way of knowing for sure...but...I do know Zeus has a big cut....yes vested...but not enough. He'll live but it's deep muscle. Gonna take a WHILE to heal.
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