What make of pocket knife is that?

Thats a real good hog and good dog work.

T dog, I dont think it takes them long at all. They run there routes and if something stops the dogs, they learn from it.

Leone, that is a good group of hogs. Those young dogs will make you pull your hair out sometimes. Thanks for the motivational text this morning. We did go last weekend. Bayed a good boar after a hour race in a hellhole.  all Muscadines and briars. Bulldogs missed or the hog heard them coming. Anyway ran him another 2 hours and they ran him off the club and we had to catch off of him.

  Thanks everyone. I am getting around pretty good now and hope to do some hunting in Sept. Probably do my knee in Oct.

Cajun!  That's what I'm talking about. lol
  T dog I would have never thought in a million years that Fla. would have shut down bear season. Fla. is a huge dog running state and I mean they run everything year round back in the day. Deer and Coyote dogs, coon, Rabbit, Hogs, bear and birds. You can pass through any little town in Fla. and about 1 in three trucks will have a dog box.
  We are starting to call our crew the geriatric crew. With me being almost 70, Charlie about 60, Mike the knife is 63 and Larry is 56. Trust me when I say we welcome any young help. lol

I can answer for Cajun?  All of Fla. has a very strong and healthy bear population. In 1984 Gov, Lawton Chiles caved into the animal rights people and shut the season down. They did get back a season about 10 years ago but for only one year and this year they have reopened it.
  Just remember when you lose something, you very seldom get it back.

Hi Cajun. I have been keeping up with the Fla. bear hunt progression and the Antis have already sued the state. Dont think it will go anywhere but you never know. I have never sued anyone in my life and have been bit by clients dogs, been rear ended a couple of times  but I would happily counter sue the Antis. In fact I would think the Fla. bear Coalition and the Fla, dog association should put a counter suit on the Antis. The first year there will be no dogs. 2026 they will have a dog training season and in 2027 they should be able to harvest bear with dogs.
  T dog, Horses have ruined the whole left side of my body. Had a 2 year old Thoroughbred rear up and came down on top of me. That gave me 2 herniated disks in L 4 and L5 and gave me a drop foot. Had another horse throw me down and landed on my back an elbow and had a trapped ulner nerve. By the time they figured it out I had a lot of atrophy in my left hand and arm. Got thrown from a horse one time and got 5 fractured ribs on the left side. That's not counting 2 major shoulder surgeries and now the hip and knee. lol  If you are around horses long enough there are sure to be a accident waiting to happen. I have had them as long as I have had the dogs. Its just been the last 13 years we haven't had horses.

  Thanks guys. To say I am bored is a understatement. Tdog My running days have been over. That was the original plan tho to get my knee fixed during deer season but my hip through a monkey wrench in the plans. When you are closing in on 70 your better days are behind you but you hate to miss any time you have left and this is taking about 6 months out of the equation.
  I do not remember a time I have not had a dog to chase game with. Been a way of life all my life and hope to continue as long as possible. The problem is all my cardio, heart, lungs are good, it's the body that is giving out.  Just remember it is not the years but the miles.

  I didnt want to Hi jack Hollowpoints thread so I'll start this one, About 3 months ago I was in the gym do healthy stuff. lol  I normally stay on the Stairmaster for cardio. That's the closest thing I can get for walking the marsh. Anyway I added leg presses . Was doing a set and felt a little give in my hip. Next day I could hardly walk. We were headed for Alsaka the next week for vacation. I was due for a injection in my knee and while there the dr. X rayed my hip. he made no bones about it, saying I needed a hip replacement that both Hips were worn out. I have never had a hip issue in my life and just asked him to inject it. He couldn't do it but he fixed me up with another Dr. for the next day. He said the same thing as far as a hip replacement. Anyway got it injected and had a back Ablation the next day, so I had a Knee injection, Hip injection and a Back ablation all in one week and we left for Alaska on Friday.
  Got back in 10 days and went to the dr. about getting this hip replaced and he said we couldnt do intil 6 weeks have passed because of the injection. Well hell my knee was hurting worse then the hip and wanted to do it first but he said we had to do the hip first. Hopefully we will get on the knee in 4 weeks. Anyway, I feel like Humpty Dumpty. I am falling to pieces but the Drs keep putting me together again.
  T  dog, might not be a bad thing mixing those dogs together. I have seen countless times where a cur x hound cross sure make a hog dog.
  So y'all keep the stories coming cause I am sure glad someone is getting out there and I sure like to read about them.

It always sucks to lose a good one no matter how long they live.

Good hunt for the young dogs n like said they are maturing and making good looking dogs. I was sure glad to see someone post on here as it was getting pretty boring. I am laid up right now so I appreciate any thing to read.

  Been kind of slow on here so I thought I would post on LSU. They played great all the way up to finals and were lucky enough to win the series. Arkansas and the Costal Carolina played great as you would expect just to get there. Carolina did make a comeback and had me worried but the Tigers prevailed.

Sounds like a great trip with plenty to see. How long were the flights over there? We just got back from Alaska and the layovers in the airports are not fun.

Good looking pup. Pretty loud color to him.

Once again you are piling them up. Those young dogs will be sure enough hog dogs before long.

  You better get you a few more Plott dogs down there and start hunting those Man killing bears.

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That is a sharp looking dog with a hell of a nice paint job.

  I think those hammered in finger guards are the coolest thing on the hand forged knives.

I like them to Clue. They add a little extra although it is time consuming.

What have you been feeding those hogs. They are fat. Sounds like non stop action.T dog, Now I know where all the hogs you run out of Tx. and I run out of La. go. They go all the way to Fla.. and there is no place left for them to run to so Cajun! just brings his trailers out there and backs them to the woods and those dogs run them into the trailer. Maybe he does have some Border Collie in the mix.