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« Reply #20 on: January 02, 2010, 02:08:08 am » |
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Hey Noah, I used to hunt in Hillsborough and the surrounding counties. When you say SW, do you mean USF country, or the glades... I've heard some real horror stories about world class dog wreckers down there.
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« Reply #21 on: January 02, 2010, 07:57:16 am » |
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The one spot is just north of the glades, rarely do you get on anything under 200#'s, and they all got teeth. How long ago was it you were over here Waarheid? Who were you hunting with?
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« Reply #22 on: January 02, 2010, 09:31:32 am » |
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You are 100% correct about the hog hunting circles down here Noah. But once you are in you are good to go.
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« Reply #23 on: January 02, 2010, 09:36:13 am » |
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Noah you are crazy, I wasnt sure if you were B.S.ing to some degree but I can tell you are not... just reading it makes me want to stay home and have dogs to hunt next wkend, take a shower and enjoy a tall glass of water and watch the cowboys...Good luck it sounds like no matter how good your dogs are you need it. ( rope on a cd--INSANE) Let us know how you do!
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« Reply #24 on: January 02, 2010, 10:02:29 am » |
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Noah good luck to you and yours. Know just the kind of place you are talking about. We have some like that here on the coast of TX. One place The only way to get to it is by boat.More than one team has gone in with dogs and came back with out not one dog. It is growed up so thick with bay bushes,Salt grass,and vine thickets. If the hogs dont get you the rattle snakes,alligators,Will.It is not a place to go for the weak of heart. If your not willing to sacerfice Dogs and man .
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« Reply #25 on: January 02, 2010, 10:28:35 am » |
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You can catch thousands of hogs with a particular dog and still not have a true hog dog.
 Seriously!!!! If you catch thousands of hogs with a dog....then he IS by definition a hog dog..... I will go further than that and say if you personally catch thousands of hogs, do you not consider yourself a hog hunter? Or because you only hunt in a portion of Florida you are not a true hog hunter? I have caught hogs since I was 9yrs old (caught my first hog at River Ranch in Central Florida where I am from) (and I am 35 now) in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Oklahoma....and I don't consider myself anymore of a hog hunter than you or anyone else on here. So to say a dog isn't a "true" hog dog especially after it has found "thousands" of hogs, beacuse it has only hunted on an easy or familiar place is crazy....... |
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« Reply #26 on: January 02, 2010, 12:39:53 pm » |
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You know what I'm saying Pecos, if your dog has hunted feed lots his entire life... how much of a hog dog is he? I'm talking about a dog you can take anywhere and catch hogs, not just a grass patch dog.... not that there aren't some real nice grass patch dogs, but still not the definition of a well rounded hog dog.
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« Reply #27 on: January 02, 2010, 01:14:16 pm » |
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Noah, i'm a sw fl boy.....grew up huntin all these ranches....which one ya'll headed to? how long you gonna be in town?
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« Reply #28 on: January 02, 2010, 01:14:56 pm » |
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You know what I'm saying Pecos, if your dog has hunted feed lots his entire life... how much of a hog dog is he? I'm talking about a dog you can take anywhere and catch hogs, not just a grass patch dog.... not that there aren't some real nice grass patch dogs, but still not the definition of a well rounded hog dog.
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« Reply #29 on: January 02, 2010, 01:26:00 pm » |
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Noah, i'm a sw fl boy.....grew up huntin all these ranches....which one ya'll headed to? how long you gonna be in town?
Good to meet you Dan, give me a call(my #'s by my signature). I'll be down next wnd, Sat and Sun... only hunting one of those days, spearfishing the other... Maybe we can make a hunt one of these days. What kind of dogs you runnin'? |
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« Reply #30 on: January 02, 2010, 01:47:35 pm » |
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Noah, are you mark chessner's buddy? He's spoke of a gentleman named noah with a wolf dog and bird dog crosses......... I hunt south florida dogs.....ranch stock crossed over birddogs mostly.....I've bred 4 generations of them....they are what it takes to get it done down here....... you better wear a wet suit.....if yer goin spear fishin......i believe i would wait until about april  |
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« Reply #31 on: January 02, 2010, 02:01:03 pm » |
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Mark may have used the "gentleman" term loosely.... but everything else sounds about right We definitely need to get together, sounds like we have a lot in common... |
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« Reply #32 on: January 02, 2010, 03:29:18 pm » |
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All these florida guys, which one of you is gunna start the FDHA? Or do we all gotta chip in and pay one of these smart texas fellers to do do it for us?
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« Reply #33 on: January 02, 2010, 06:33:37 pm » |
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Noah, you should get with Dan and I for a hunt soon. Dan was up here at the house two weeks ago and we went hunting, caught two with his dogs. After deer season I will have some private places to go, maybe the three of us can get together one Sat and run the dogs. Dan is a good guy....just doesn't like to walk much..... That new Polaris Ranger already has him spoiled I think!! Course, it was his swamp buggy before that! You two already have something in common, you both hunt cur/bird dog crosses. Good luck on your upcoming "challenge" hunt. Let me know how it goes. |
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« Reply #34 on: January 03, 2010, 04:34:37 am » |
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The one spot is just north of the glades, rarely do you get on anything under 200#'s, and they all got teeth. How long ago was it you were over here Waarheid? Who were you hunting with?
I moved to the mid-west about a year and a half ago (just waiting for the pig numbers to build up here now ) I didn't hunt with anyone famous in FL... some straight lacers and some outlaws, mostly just local Plant City / Lakeland boys. |
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« Reply #35 on: January 03, 2010, 02:25:14 pm » |
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The one spot is just north of the glades, rarely do you get on anything under 200#'s, and they all got teeth. How long ago was it you were over here Waarheid? Who were you hunting with?
I moved to the mid-west about a year and a half ago (just waiting for the pig numbers to build up here now ) I didn't hunt with anyone famous in FL... some straight lacers and some outlaws, mostly just local Plant City / Lakeland boys. That is my country... I am a Polk County boy...I grew up in Davenport/ Haines City area....hunted River Ranch and Avon Park Bombing Range...Used to hunt Reedy Creek behind Mickey Mouse's house til we got run out...... LOL!! |
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« Reply #36 on: January 03, 2010, 07:42:30 pm » |
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pecos21, me and a buddy took Noah to hunt on a private place by Reedy Creek Swamp. Caught one small sow with Monkey and Spur, they left on another hog and we lost Spur in Reedy Creek Swamp (with all the gators) for 26 hours. He got over into the state land with "Posted- Trespassers will be SEVERLY Prosecuted" signs on every fence post....... It took until the next day for us to get permission to go get him, but we did and he was okay, just worn out. He was 1.7 miles, by GPS in from their gate........and probably 2.5 miles from where he left us on another hog. Most of the time you are tripping over him in the woods, but now and then he will get on a running hog and pull out. Not sure if Noah will come back after that.... |
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« Reply #37 on: January 03, 2010, 08:29:13 pm » |
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pecos21, me and a buddy took Noah to hunt on a private place by Reedy Creek Swamp. Caught one small sow with Monkey and Spur, they left on another hog and we lost Spur in Reedy Creek Swamp (with all the gators) for 26 hours. He got over into the state land with "Posted- Trespassers will be SEVERLY Prosecuted" signs on every fence post....... It took until the next day for us to get permission to go get him, but we did and he was okay, just worn out. He was 1.7 miles, by GPS in from their gate........and probably 2.5 miles from where he left us on another hog. Most of the time you are tripping over him in the woods, but now and then he will get on a running hog and pull out. Not sure if Noah will come back after that.... Funny how those dogs can't read No Trespassing signs...... We used to have that happen at River Ranch....they would get on that WMA there on the Kissimmee River (where we used to be able to hunt by that old one room school house) and we would have to go get them.... |
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« Reply #38 on: January 03, 2010, 08:44:11 pm » |
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Its times like that when I question if I REALLY want more range!!
I have never hunted River Ranch or around it. I have hunted 3 Lakes WMA off of hwy 60 years ago, back when I bowhunted some. This was like in the 1980's............saw some BIG rattlesnakes down there then too!
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« Reply #39 on: January 03, 2010, 09:17:35 pm » |
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Its times like that when I question if I REALLY want more range!!
I have never hunted River Ranch or around it. I have hunted 3 Lakes WMA off of hwy 60 years ago, back when I bowhunted some. This was like in the 1980's............saw some BIG rattlesnakes down there then too!
I have gone into two palmetto heads and been met by a rattlesnake there.....we killed one that went across an F-150 (with 33's) tailgate and nearly touched the ground on both sides....I wish I could find that pic....I would scan it...... |
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