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I have a ton of mule tape and it's time to out it to good use... Anyone care to share the secret on how to tie a hog using it?? Maybe a video?? Thanks!

Tie a knot around a back ankle. Lay the front opposite ankle on top of the first ankle. Tie a knot attaching the first ankle to the second. Next would be the other back ankle, knot, then other front ankle. Your using one piece of rope about 3 feet long. Can't leave them tied up too long or their feet go to sleep and they'll never walk again.

Anyone video it ???


Sonny

Some people like that stuff a lot the last few I tied up with it got up and was walking around fixen to leave out I use haystring doubled over into two pieces works pretty good and a big roll don't cost a lot

That hay string is pretty good I always save it off the bales we cut and I use that if I don't feel like may any tie ropes out of some old ropes we have around. Mule tape works but is not the best option in my opinion

Get two pieces bout as long as one had to the other streched out. Take it and double it take the loop part over any leg then take the other two ends over and under pull tight go back around and tie a square knot do the same to other and do it in a criss cross and tie where they meet I have used this method for a long time

Never had a problem with mule tape coming un done tie 2 knots to each leg,hay string works good,have used hay string for alot of yrs .all my daddy will use is hay string,he been catching hogs for many moons.my 2 cents.

Where do yall get it? Do yall use the 1/2 inch?

I have crap loads if anyone needs any...

Exactly how I tie. Now if I am by myself, I use a pieces about 6" long & I have it over my wrist. When I leg the hog, I slip the noose end over the back leg, & half hitch the other back leg & tie him off to a tree. Then I get the dogs off & tie up the front end.

  A really big hog can break hay string, even doubled.

Search hog wrangler on YouTube.  He's got a video tiein one up.

On big boars I use handcuffs just because their quick and you can leave the hog standing up with a bulldog on him to get two legs cuffed together if your by your self and trust your bulldog to not let go. But when it's two people it don't take but a second to get a big one rolled over and get him cuffed off just kris Kross the handcuffs and the legs and you can get up off him. The only downfall to hand cuffs is taking them off a live hog with all the kicking it will tear your hands up. I know this is not about muletape but just thought I would share that

ok i got bored and decided to tie myself up for you. Hope you can tell.
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i cut my string about 2 1/2 - 3 feet long. double it up and pull it back through itself and suck it tight behind the knot on the back leg. Then take the two loose ends go over the front leg on the same side. Split the two ends around the doubled up string suck the legs up tight together and tie a double knot..sometimes i wrap one of the loose end around the front leg twice then tie the double knot

On the hay string breaking,if tied right i do not think hay string will break,not how we tie,ive seen a few hogs in my life tied with it,never had it break,my dad and gran dad been tieing hogs over a hundred years,no breaks.thats with 300 pd barrs.just woodshogs.never tied blooded hogs.i like mule tape better.hay string is always doubled and straight off a new roll,two half hitches on ever lwg pulled tight with pig tail on each side of the half hitch were u started and finished,pulled tight ,and tied with double knot.we just dont have problems using hay string.

Some one should put a good video of how they tie hog on youtube, step by step I have not found one.

Ive done it just like weller.  If you want to keep the legs pulled tight and keep them together, you can take both of the free ends and loop them through the middle.  Pulls the two loose ends back towards the back leg (this brings both legs together.  Then tie your square not by taking one of the free ends and wrapping it around the doubled up portion.

yes that works well too....me and several hunting buddies all tie this way and have yet to have one slip that was tied correctly!

Anybody tie the loose ends of the mule tape to make a loop and use it just like hobbles?

Ok i am at home watching Home Alone with the wife so i talked her into letting me tie her up lol This could get fun ;D ;D


this video should help a little more!
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I have seen and tried lots of different ways but this has been by far the easiest/quickest i have found

Weller- that is exaclty what I was talking about.  I think that is the best way.  Great video.

Great video  now do you use 2 ropes one for each set of legs?

Yes sir..2 rope = 1 set of tie strings

You can tie this way with almost any kind of rope...i prefer the mule tape because it is easiest to un-tie, and doesn't cut off the circulation  as bad. you can buy it in bulk of ebay/amazon for like $24

I tied all of these boars were tied that same way with different ropes

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The other thing I like about tying the way weller showed is you can make one small cut with a pocket knife and the mule tape will lossen and the hog can walk away when you are releasing.  I dont like having a knot on every let when it comes to releasing.

If you are using mule tape and tie it the way i showed you shouldn't need to make any cuts

I do the same a weeler but go around both feet twicefor good measure never had one come out.  One thing about mule tape it is good to cut lengths then burn each end then run through washer a time or 2 to get the wax or oil what ever they put on there to make it slick running through the pipe.

If there is anyone around stephenville central tx area with some I would buy some

Purebreed im not far from you here in Albany..Ive got plenty to spare if you want some

Ive used it for years.  All i do is put a bow line in one end run the line through the loop so its a slip knot.  Put that around the back ankle the pull the front foot to the rear and put a clove hitch around the front, pull the the other rear leg and do the samet hen the other front etc.

I tied a big male in the sabine river bottoms by just one hind leg while I rushed around trying to find a mud hole to cool my bulldog off, when I got back to the hog, he had wrapped his leg around the sapling that his leg was tied to.  I mean literally wrapped his leg around it.  The bones in his leg were mush by the time I got back to him.  Wasn't any need to tie him after that, I just cut him loose and let him go.  I always tie both back legs now and tie them high enough that the hog can't get any traction, while I tie the dogs back.  I can still feel how mushy that ole boy's leg was.

Well tied the first hog that didn't  come untied on me thanks for the video it is fast and easy way thanks again

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vOHLIW48SD0