From the video it looks like he was walking down a public road. The rifle was legal to be visable but if he had a CC and the handgun was visable they can nail him to the wall. No doubt the officers handled it poorly. After seeing the video he was not being an angel himself IMO... pretty mouthy. To his credit, the officers cleary did not know the law and it shows. I know being a cop is a tough job but that level of ignorance should not be allowed to wear a badge.

Actually, the officer that cuffed him was misguided but pretty professional about it. "He says clearly that I want to secure you until I find out ......" Thats understandable. Its the other officer that is the idiot. He fuels an already touchy situation by running his mouth.

I didn't see where it said he was hiking?

A couple years ago I had an office threaten to pull his gun on me and all kinds of stuff. It was a small town local cop. As soon as I replyed yes to having a weapon it set him off. After a talk with the sheriff... a groomsmen in my parents wedding... he was suspended and had to attend some kind of classes.

I play fetch with them... roll in the flowers... they ride in my lap when we hunt... They either want to hunt hog or not.

Guy here at work was just working on editing a video from his last ski trip. His mounted on a helment. It was very impressive in that setting.

If some one showed me those two pics and asked me to label them I would agree with you.

Speaking of numbers.  When it comes to polishing a young dog I think the # of hogs you put them on as a 1.5- two year old is directly proportional to how well they live up to their full potential.  A goal of mine is to get a young dog on at least 200 successful bays during their first spring and fall.  Just say they were born in December you start them in the fall before deer season they will be ready to go hard in January when deer season closes.  Then you hunt their ass of that whole year and try to get them on at least 200 solid bays.  Don't we all wish we had that much time.

Waylon

Very true. Good post. It was easy to make dogs when we hunted that much.

I had a male dog that easily had 1,000+ hogs under his belt when I sold him. I have a gyp now that probably has 2,000+ hogs under her belt. That is in a life time of course. Its really not that hard. When we hunted steady we killed 300+ hogs per year. The gyp is around 10yrs old now.

Old dogs with those kinds of numbers will spoil you. When they take a trail there are no ifs, ands, or buts...

Any one can get a forum like this. You just change the titles, colors, create the sub forums, ect. They may all be VBulliten on what ever. Not downing the ETX guys hard work but this isn't a custom website you build from scratch.

Model 94 30-30

Maybe it will only reach California if were lucky ........Did i just say that out loud

Wasn't Austin on the list...  Austin, California, and DC (when they're in session) and we might get some thing done around here again.

[I think the majority would catch a cow if given the chance]

Im probly just over analyzing it. I do agree with you, i know they exist, i know of 1 thats 1000000% broke, she is the smartest bulldog ive ever seen, she is a buddy of mines dog that my "iceman" pup came out of and she listens to him as good if not better than a solid bird dog, she is great to hunt with. I think the majority would catch a cow if given the chance, just my .02 and nothin more.

Im with you on that...

Thats not really what Im getting at. I expect the same out of a stike dog as a catch dogs. You get a free pass... maybe two when you are young but after that its time to get right. If they can't tell the difference between a hog and a cow... even if the dogs are baying... they are not staying in my kennels. Too much of a liability.

I gotcha, well I'll throw a "what if" scenario out there...........I know quite a few guys on this site and a few that aren't on this site that use their dogs both ways, on hogs and cattle....a few of I know hog hunt on the exact same property that they work cattle on, just last week one of my good friends caught 9 hogs with his dogs while he was looking for 7 yearlin cattle on 1800 acres.............im not askin for a response lol just throwin out different scenarios and different backgrounds on dogs.......to me or you a dog that wont leave cattle alone may be a cull but to those men, a dog that WONT bay cattle might be a cull.......it's all about the individual needs/wants that we  have for our dogs and I know there are numerous different opinions on what we think are good and bad traits in our dogs ......theres 100's if not 1000's of different things that can happen every time we enter the woods............I believe I would probly crap my pants if I went in to a bay and my dogs had a dang bear bayed up lol!

No doubt. Im not even debating one is better than the other or any thing like that.... just saying they do exist.

Thats not really what Im getting at. I expect the same out of a stike dog as a catch dogs. You get a free pass... maybe two when you are young but after that its time to get right. If they can't tell the difference between a hog and a cow... even if the dogs are baying... they are not staying in my kennels. Too much of a liability.

Its not uncommon for bulldogs to know the difference and not catch on any thing but hogs. Ask the guys hunting horse back who run all the catch dogs on the ground. If they let there catch dogs catch every thing in sight they wouldn't get much hunting done.

My bulldogs are gonna catch what's bayed. They haven't been "trash" broke.

The idea that just because its being bayed it should be caught is a false premise in my book. Catch dogs have to have brains too. In no way would a catch dog get a free pass if they caught some thing they were not suppose to.... bayed or not.

So, I take it that your catchdogs are trash broke prior to ever turning them loose to their first bay in the woods. How many times have you had to educate your catchdog for catching something other than a hog that was bayed?

Zero. I have never had to break one of my catch dogs off. The few catch dogs I raised from pups were trash broke prior to hunting. It has always been tag along people whos dogs trashed. I have purchased dogs along the way that were questionable but using a little common sense when hunting with stike dogs that may trash goes a LONG ways.

Im not turning my nose up at a dog who trashes from time to time. Just let me know a head of time when we hunt so we can adjust and hunt accordingly. Funniest deal I ever saw was a guy who could send his catch dog to dig out armadillos. Some people on here probably know who that is.

I have seen it go either way. There are some catch dogs that will stop right there. There are some that will catch.

The idea that just because its being bayed it should be caught is a false premise in my book. Catch dogs have to have brains too. In no way would a catch dog get a free pass if they caught some thing they were not suppose to.... bayed or not.

Great gun. Simple and dependable. I've had one for 8-10 years. Rides around in my truck. I bay and shoot with it or my model 94 30-30.

Got my Eye Brand at my side right now. Youll get some funny looks when you tear in to a deer or hog with one, but they work.

What size wheel? I like the 305/65-17 BFGs from discount tire.

Very Interesting