HUNTIN THE FLINTROCK HILLS NORTH OF TAHLEQUAH

[The Old Man]

 Went about an hour north of here last night to hunt with some guys up there. Had a good time but struggled to strike a hog for awhile, finally struck a single hog and had a good fast race. They bayed and we started around to go in to them, two pickups of us and did get the trucks in a bind going up an old road up a holler, finally got in to them after a long but easy walk and captured the hog, 140-150ish boar. These fellows were hunting mainly Cur dogs that they cast, on this drop I didn't have a dog out (largely because my dogs don't cast well) and one of their dogs came bayed about 3-4 hundred from us, on a previous drop 2 of the dogs had bayed and the guys sent 2 bulldogs from about a hundred yards up on a timbered hill. The baydogs weren't making much racket and I think the hog heard them coming and broke, a mile and a half chase ensued and we caught them off at a road, so this time I told them I'd send some more noise, my dogs hit the ground and instead of going our way went left handed of us as we faced the bay and went to trailing. We started on to the bayed dogs but noticed my dogs had started to circle towards the bay still trailing. While they were still 3 hundred from the bay the hog broke the Cur dogs left with him, my sorry dogs trailed right on through where the hog had been bayed. When they were 9 hundred or so my dogs caught up and at about .78 they all bayed. Took us an hour and a half or more to get to them, after that we had one truck hung up but finally got out of there in good shape. Not an outstanding hunt but good fun and fellowship, if you're gonna like it I suppose you have to like the difficulties as well.

[t-dog]

Old man it doesn’t sound too bad. I personally think hunts like that can teach the man and the dog some things, maybe get them to think outside the box a little. Pretty cool that y’all can hunt together even though you obviously have different styles.


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[NLAhunter]

Sounds like pretty good hunt

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[Cajun]

Anytime you get the dogs out, some hunts are going to be better then others. All part of it. I do like the fact that your dogs hit the track of the already bayed hog and trailed to the bay.

[shadygrovehawgdawg]

I’m with Cajun, just getting to cut the dogs loose is a good thing. Back towards your old stomping grounds in the rocks too , glad you are getting to hunt. I’ve got to go a couple times lately. I’ll try and post some of the hunts u

[make-em-squeel]

I think we have all been there! When I tell my wife or friends similar stories there like why do you do this for fun... hard to explain but we all love it. I usually say bc the easy hunts make it worth it similar to most ppl's golf game.