Thanks guys. It was a good hunt. Monkey is getting old (and he isn't the only one) so I try to enjoy these hunts with him. I plan on retiring him this spring when it gets hot. He will be 11 in June.
lettmroll I raised Crash. He is sired by Otis, a male I raised & sold as a pup and is out of my JJ female. They are half brother & sister and I bred them trying to get a female pup to keep that blood. So she had three male pups! One is dead, one is someone elses pet and I have Crash.
Speaking of retiring Monkey, my buddy Dan from south Florida came and hunted with me a week or so ago. He brought three dogs and we just hunted his dogs at my lease so I could see his hunt. We caught a couple hogs, ran another for probably an hour but could never get it stopped. He has hunted with Monkey several times. Well....he knows my dogs are getting old...so he brought me one of his. Its about 3/4 cur and 1/4 bird dog....and BLACK! I have gone to the dark side!!
