Discussion - Good Hunt - Your Version

[cajunl]

They trying to put us all out of business

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My aunt ran the ag station at LSU for a long time before she retired. They been working on this for 15+ years.

[Shotgun66]

Good stuff guys. Ark96 - cool weather has been in short supply lately. It sure makes hunting alot funner when you don’t have to worry about the dogs gettin hot.

Cajun - I also appreciate listening to a hound work out a cold track & get one located. I got started in dogs as a Coonhunter back in the 80’s. A nice bawl mouth on track with a long quivering locate that changes over to a steady chop when trees/bayed is fine music! Races are exciting & fun listening too. Unfortunately, it’s getting more populated and our places here in North Texas are getting smaller all the time. A real deal cast dog with true bottom will get you in a bind around here. BTW- I’m sure the Louisiana hogs were glad y’all went up north and focused on bears for a while!

Shotgun, Not only the heat like you guys are having but we are in a major drought around here with burn ban in place. Ther is just no water on the ground. Our branches have dried up and you will kill a hound quick or any dog with bottom. I like hunting in the summer as long as there is water on the ground. We have had very little rain and it is a dust bowl riding the atv around here. We are supposed to get some rain today but it has been hit or miss. Too bad too cause the dogs are really fit now.

We feel ya over here in North Texas Cajun!


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[Arkansashunter96]

Shotgun how far north are you? I’m practically in n e Texas


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[t-dog]

It’s super dry here too. I was proud of Ava and Outlaw Sunday when we hunted. I saw them leave a set of woods with their heads down and on a mission. I told Deputy Dawg, ughhh weee look at those suckers smoke that track. Then I realized they weren’t really moving at record speeds. That wasn’t smoke billowing out from behind them it was a cloud of dust. I don’t know how they smelled that track but they finished and produced pork at .75 from us. I’m literally scared to drive the buggy through the pastures for fear of starting a fire.


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[cajunl]

Them dogs yall got burning up the woods tdog, deputy dog is going to have to change his professions and go work for the fire dept.!! 

[t-dog]

I think they’re just burning up lol. I worry every trip about getting one too hot. We for sure try not to push the envelope so to speak. Just catch one or two depending on how fast they get bayed again. There have been several times that we toned them back in when they’ve already relayed.  Heat stroke, gators, and getting ran over are the three worst ways to lose a good dog in my opinion. It happens and it’s part of the game sometimes but dang it seems like those three always make you second guess what you as the handler coulda, woulda, shoulda done.


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[Shotgun66]

Ark96 - I’m located about 12 miles southwest of Denton. About 45 minutes south of the Red River.
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TDog - very impressive for your dogs to be producing in these conditions. I was catching solo hogs into early July to train my pups with. It got so dry & hot that I put the old dogs up & just started hunting the pups for 45 minutes to an hour at daylight. Been a blessing in disguise I guess. The pups have started doin it on their own with some mistakes & trial & error along the way. I think they’ll be better for it when it cools off.


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[t-dog]

Shotgun that’s a pretty smart approach. As soon as goat season is over, your pups are probably gonna take off like wildfire being that they already have a good idea about what’s going on. When they learn the old dogs tricks it’ll be game on.


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[lettmroll]

My idea of a good hunt is about the same as your shotgun, I'm with
NLA on the number of dogs 1 for certain hogs, a pair or a pair and a young dog. I was raised to have and hunt 3 dogs and have a pup at home. But those 3 done everything but wouldn't put a mouth on one unless you told them to, I only remember maybe one or two that grandpa ever let live that he had to muzzle. But the couple he did as soon as you said there name they would come straight to you because they knew the muzzle was coming off. Ok back on subject my favorite hog to catch (if I don't need anymore meat) is a 80 to 100 pound boar cut him bob his tail a little over hand width, spray a little pb blast on any dog bites and cuts then send him in his way, throw the nuts to the dogs. My only thing is that if I'm ready to go and I don't hoop, holler and beep collars I want get out of the woods until God know when. Now I'm not complaining about that but sometimes they do make me wish I had some of them 30 min dogs.

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