EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Hey guys we have set the date for our 2nd annual hunt, the hunt will be at the same location as last year, but the hunt will be in Jan 22,23,24 with a 5 hog limit $50 per hunter with a 4 man team for the dog hunters. If you have any more question feel free to send me a message on here or you can email me at jondelcore31@yahoo.com    We hope to hear from you and your ideas on how to make our hunt even better than last years.

John, I will have a team ready. Look forward to it.   Paul

The hunt will be in Lone Oak Tx on highway 69 15 miles east of Greenville Tx next to the big white water tower you will see the two big shops on the south side of the road.

do we have to hunt at yalls place?

Would like to get a team up from Ark Could you give more information on roundup

Hey what question would you like me to answer send me a personal message and we can answer it, and for where you have to hunt you hunt your spots and show up at the weigh in time at the shop you have to be signed in before the cut off date the day of the hunt and you have to be here 10 am on the 24, this mean 10 am not 10.01. We want the hunt to be fun and fare. Hey guys who hunted our hunt last year tell everyone that it was a great hunt.

Tks John. You answered it, have to hunt your own land.

There will be a 80% pay out this is to cover our cost of the drinks and food, and flyer to promote the hunt after. 1st place will pay out 50% 2nd will pay out 30% and 3rd will  pay 20% minis the 20 % for the food and drinks, if there is any money left it will be paid back in a raffle. We will make no money on the hunt. We are trying to get some sponcers for our hunt so far Razorback outfitters will be donating to our hunt.

Pm me all the rules and stuff I need to know!!!

Do the hogs have to be killed?

had a good time last year will be coming back.

it would be better for doggers if the date could be pushed back a couple weeks to get past deer season.

Had some Great food last year. Fun hunt.

Hey guys hoping to have a bigger pot and more prizes this year hunt our hunt good friends and good food.

that would be good. first week of feb aint no hotter than end of jan.  it's sometimes hard for doggers to get access during deer season.

elliscounty's right. food was awesome last year.

whats the scoop on this round up

Im in if we can get any dogs to start producing. Having to almost totally start over this year. It was a bad summer for dogs in our pack.

AFTER DEER SEASON YOU COULD COUNT US IN.

When is the cut off date?

Cut off date will be the day of the hunt you can sign in that day last year it was around 5pm the rule are being printed up this week or next week.

OK I assume you can just send in your money?

Deer season should be over by that time, it usually is over the second weekend of january. Well except for mld which i do have one place that is and they will be hunting till the end of febuary, next year shoot for the first of march it is usually still perty cold and all the deer hunting is completly over and everyone has had time to get there dogs back in tune and going strong. But hey cant please everyone, THANKS for putting it on, look foward to it.

The counties in our area deer season will be over Jan. 17

you're right richard i looked it up and in my counties it's over jan. 3.  i got confused i guess because i remember waiting so late to go with you to gladewater. 

like he said, thanks jon for all ya'lls hard work.

HEY PLEASE READ AND LET ME KNOW FOR THE GUYS THAT ARE GETTING IN OUR HUNT WHAT DO YOU THINK GUTTED HOGS ARE NOT GUTTED.  PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN SET THIS UP. WE WANT TO TRY TO MAKE ALL OF OUR HUNTERS HAPPY.

unless there's a way to salvage the meat there's no point in gutting them.

What kind pf set up would you need to weigh the hogs alive? Sure would make more sense to me.

Being that it i will be in january and it should be cold, if we gut them they will be much easier to salvage the meat as long as u keep on ice, i sure hate to see all that meat go to waste, i am sure we can find a processor or someone to have the meat or have some locall families meat us the day of weigh in to give to that may really need the meat. And may be a little easier to get sponsers on board knowing that we are doing something good with all that meat. And not to mention we wont have to deal with the flies and stinch ;) I vote gutted. Come on jeff you can make shawn gut them he told me he likes to do that ;D

haha doubt ill even be there this year, my dogs suck!!, lol someone else will have to gut em

do you have the rules printed up? or a website or flyer?

yeah it would be cool if the meat could go to the needy.  someone like hunters for the hungry, but they want it skinned and quartered.  not too big a deal if each team skinned and quartered their own.  i've wanted to donate extra pork to them for a long time, but the closest office to 45 minutes from my house.  maybe they'd pick up the meat if they know it's several thousand pounds.

even thought it's cool, if you gut a hog friday night it will be rurnt by weigh in.  that'll only effect gun hunters i guess.  doggers can keep em alive til last minute.

will there be facilitiles to gut,wash, dispose waste on site?

Flyers are being printed up as we speak just wanted to know more on that gutted or not thing there will not be any where here to gut them was thinking to do that in the feild.  Well no matter how it ends up I just hope that we make all the hunters happy to where they want to hunt our hunt next year. We do this hunt for you guys.  Hope to see everyone.

Jon, I dont care one way or the other but when you say gutted you will have to define what that means. It is not uncommon for someone to (field dress) an animal and leave the diaphram, heart, lungs, and wind pipe. That could add up to quite a bit of weight on five good hogs. just a thought

Wont be that close this year  ;D Good Point though. How does tdha contest do it?

TDHA had meat inspectors that checked and tagged every hog before being weighed in. The hogs had to be gutted, washed out and in edible condition... the system worked very well in this years contest.

What are y'all planning on doing with the hogs? Contact Hunter's Harvest and see about donating the meat.

 Leave the heart and lungs? Not in my neck of the woods......

  I would do gutted. No reason to bring in bloated hogs to a contest. It isnt hard to keep hogs in decent shap with ice over a weekend. Tarp on trailer,ice down hogs,roll tarp up. As long as it isnt 90 pkus the hogs will stay in decent shape. Just plan to spend 100 on ice as a team.

not in my neck of the woods either but I could see someone doing that!

You plan on runnin away with it? I still have time to back out....lol

IF WE DO THE GUTTED HOGS THERE WILL BE SOMEONE THERE TO CHECK EVERY HOG THAT COMES IN THERE SHOULDNT BE ANY HEART LUNGS OR ANYTHING IN THEM.  YES I WOULD LOVE TO DO THE HUNTERS HARVEST LIKE TDHA BUT THE HOGS HAVE TO BE SKINNED AND QUARTERED, I DONT HAVE ENOUGH HANDS TO DO THAT TO ALL OF THE HOGS, ONE REASON FOR THE GUTTING OF THE HOGS IS THE SMELL AND THE WEIGHT OF THEM EVEN IF THE WEATHER IS COLD THE HOGS WILL STINK AFTER TWO DAYS AND THAT IS THE REASON, I DONT THINK YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SKIN AND QUARTER YOU HOGS WOULD YOU.  IT WOULD BE EASIER TO GET THE HOGS OUT OF THE WOODS GUTTED ALSO.

Either way I would rather keep them alive long as possible. Just kill them at the last minute.

Yep better get out why you can i have a little secret honey hole up my sleeve that i am baiting and already have a pics of two 500lb+ big boys... ;D. It will be fun again this year. I really like the gutted idea and for me and our team i have people that need the meat to give too or would donate. Any local meat lockers that might want it?

Hey guys been in Kansas hunting Whitetail for the last two weeks so havent been on so should be sending out the flyers for our hunt when I get things lined out at the house from being gone if yall know what I mean.

Should have hog flyer today and gonna try to put it up on here that way you can print it off. Thanks

got the flyers yet?