I don't hunt normally during the week, but since I was gonna be home I called Eric and made a run. We have been on some runners lately, and this lil sow sure gave us a run for our money. Trying to get some pups some woods time when my older dog Rose struck and bayed across the ranch. We haul over to her and send some support. As we head to bay with catchdogs it breaks. They trail it for a half mile off the property then start back to us when they pick up another track and bay. ( my dogs suck and don't realy have much bottom)
Well that bay breaks as fast as it started and the race was on ! They run it down one side of property then across then down the other side cross the road. I start knocking on doors and try to find some access to get to them now .69 miles from road. No one at home because it is a week day. The bay broke again and head east paralleling the road. They run another 1.2 miles and head back south towards road. We race to get in front of them on county road but we couldn't get there before Brenda crossed but managed to pick up the others. She is still trailing and we try calling her out but she keeps getting further. She is angling west towards a road so we run around to cut her off. We get 250yrds from her and she is bates again ! We are standing on the road trying to make a decision when a rancher rolls up as we are talking trying to get access the hog breaks and heads strait to us... It crosses the road back towards our place. We catch Brenda up as she crosses behind hog...
I wasnt giving up yet, I knew the hog was going back to our place so I cut some fresh dogs on the track and they follow. The hog had a good 5 min ahead of them so I watch the garmin as they make another loop around the place (over 3 miles). Then back across the road.
They are bayed solid for a good yen minutes before we get back to county road and start knocking on doors. Finally get an answer and she was a b!tch... "Said don't want you or your dogs around here." I was very polite and told her the circumstances... She was rude so I walked past her place and went in for my dogs. At this point I had enough... Left cards on all the doors in the area. I don't like doing it but had to get dogs they had been bayed for almost an hour by then.
Finally get to them and release catchdogs... Urine in only to find Debeaux caught on back of the neck ! I start cursing him and stick the hog ! As I'm talking yeah to him I realize she has NO EARS... must be why she ran so damn hard. We catch everyone and get gone. Called it a day !
If those dogs didn't track that sow 8 miles they didn't go a step... And my dogs suck... I was very proud of my ol dirtydogs !
