Next generation

Finally got the whole crew together for a hunt at a one of ours(Tim’s) good spots today. Feed bunk country with about 300 acres of sorghum planted in the middle. Most folks have probably never been in hog country like this, there’s some jumbos, but it’s the sheer numbers. This is old hog farm country that a when the hog market tanked, folks turned out what ever they had. They couldn’t afford to feed them.

We spent most the afternoon on north end of HQ. Caught 8 hogs over 150 in maybe a 100 acre block of woods. Caught 2 with just bulldogs. I caught a 150lb sow that the dogs had bayed, freehanded. Oh and I flat bald faced missed a chip shot on a hog breaking right at my feet. He put a hell of a juke on me and I put a round straight in the dirt. Tim got it all on video.

Rhett and a buddy Lane left and me and Tim went south of the sorghum. Usually this is where the jumbos are. We bayed a group 100 yards into the neighbors. When we walked into the first rally it sounded like we were at Sturgis for Bike week. We bayed close to 200 head together. Now 100+ were under 20 lbs. but there was a pile of grown/big hogs. We broke the bay about 4 times and every time we’d watch 10-20 hogs leave and when we finally turned back to go to the buggy from the last bay. They still had I’d say 20-30 grown hogs bayed. Cooler than it was impressive. But it was pretty cool. Called dogs out at dark and Went had a burger and couple beers with the land owner, 500 yards away from where they were bayed at this country store there in that little community.

Maverick come down Monday afternoon. Nathan Was supposed to come up and get 2 yearlings he sent me and time months ago that were sending him back now that he’s in a bind for some dogs after a hog crippled 2 of his young nice gyps.
Nate had to back out so me and Mav took spoon rusty and mavs Goose and Amber across from my house.

Bayed a good group off the back and let em go for a while. Killed one of that. Amber and sooon carried one 150 south and bayed. Rusty come back to them. Killed it. They rolled back to goose bayed 600 to the north. Killed another good hog. Then they rolled north, got in some shoats and we caught them off of that and called it an evening. Mav took Rusty home with the option to buy him if he likes him enough and thinks he will help him, or to just use him as he wants unless I need him. Maverick is at the point where hes ready for a 3rd dog. Hes got a pup from Nathan that’s just not mentally ready yet.
I’ve got 6 head need hunted myself and not near enough country to do it,so rusty and him will both benefit from being together I think, hopefully it will end up a good deal.

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