Message #581089

[t-dog]

You got me to thinking now Shotgun. Just on these two hunts there were so many good watching moments. Like on the first hunt, when the sounder busted I could hear and see briars shaking and breaking and could tell whatever it was, dog or hog, that it was going to come out just 10-15’ from me. Turned out it was a sow and right on her behind was Outlaw. She realized as soon as she hit the open that she wasn’t going to make it across to the next thicket and turned towards me down the edge of the thicket she just left. He was hustling so hard to get to her that he went airborne. He looked like a flying alligator with his mouth being wide open and in the air. Just before he got ahold her ham she cut left and back into the thicket. He landed and was most naturally slinging dirt trying to corner and get back up on her. 15 yards in she was bayed and that’s where her ship sank. It was really neat seeing how hard he was getting through the briars after her and how bad he wanted to stop her. This last hunt, hog #5 was a sow about 180 class. Her and some hogs were in a briar thicket that had overtaken a draw that funnels into a big pond (we call them tanks around here lol). When I walked up to see what we needed to do, I could see that the dogs were at my 11 o’clock angle closer to the opposite side. Hope was baying at my 3 o’clock angle solo. She wasn’t but about 20’ from me but I couldn’t see her to be able to tell what she was actually doing. I started climbing up on the briars to walk on top of them and nearly stepped on a good hog. It broke straight towards Hope and stopped. She never checked up baying. About that same time Ranger(Outlaws brother) was trying to circle around behind the hog  the rest of them were baying and saw the sow. She had to have cut right across his face as he was coming around. So he is now baying with Hope. A hog, because I don’t know where the hog was that Hope was originally baying was, broke and came right back in towards me. Ranger hustled up behind it and grabbed and turned it. Instead of getting back when the hog turned I guess his momentum must’ve carried him on through and to the other side of the hog. So the hog turned to face him again and rushed him. He couldn’t side pass to avoid it and had to eat on her nose to keep her off of him. He was baying but she had him cornered and standing about 2’ from him. At this point I can only tell it’s a decent hog so I told Deputy Dawg to send his JJ dog. He came in a went for the hog but was greeted by a wall of briars. She tried to break but got tangled herself and reversed her direction and ran right to the other dogs that were still bayed. JJ and Ranger were already on her hip when she stopped and they all stretched her. Their hog broke and left. I assume it was him we caught about 350 yards later down at the creek as soon as they relayed.  He was about 200. If that sow had been a bad boar, ole Ranger might have been in trouble. It was for sure good watching though. I love to see my dogs do it the way I like it to be done. Makes ya feel like a proud poppa.


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