CALIFORNIA BOAR

FINALLY FELT WELL ENOUGH AFTER MY BROKEN HIP IN JUNE TO TAKE THE DOGS OUT AND SEE IF THEY STILL KNOW WHAT THEY HUNT FOR....BEEN 5 MONTHS SINCE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THEM OUT....DROPPED THE TAIL GATE ABOUT 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING AND THE DOGS TOOK OUT LIKE OLD TIMES.....ABOUT 10 MINUTES INTO THE HUNT THE TWO YOUNGER DOGS SHOT UP INTO A BRUSH PATCH AND MADE ABOUT A 10 MINUTE SWING....THEY CAME BACK AND THE "OLD YELLA" DOG WENT UP THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRUSH PATCH AND STARTED HAMMER'IN....WENT UP AND OVER THE HILL AND BY THIS TIME ALL THREE DOGS WERE BAYIN A 175 LB BOAR....CUT THE CATAHOULA/PIT(CRUNCH) INTO THE BAY AND HE CAUGHT LIKE THERE WAS NO TOMMORROW....ONE HOG DOWN AND TIED 15 MINUTES INTO A GREAT MORNING......HUNTED THE REST OF THE MORNING WITH NO LUCK....ABOUT 1 IN THE AFTERNOON OLD YELLA CAUGHT THE NORTH WIND AND WENT DOWN A STEEP DRAW WAS GONE ABOUT 15 MINUTES WHEN THE YOUNG CATAHOULA SHOT OUT LIKE HE WAS A ROCKET.......ABOUT 4 OR 5 MINUTESM LATER YELLA AND MAC STARTED BAYING TO THE SOUTH BEHIND US....STARTED TAKING THE CATCH DOG TOWARD THE BAY AND THE BAY STOPPED...THEN I HEARD DOGS BARKING OVER THE HILL TO THE LEFT OF US...THIS TIME YELLA WAS HAMMERIN HARD AND I KNEW WE WERE ON A GOOD ONE...AND THEN THE BAYING STARTED MOVING AGAIN....LONG STORY SHORT ..ABOUT 45 MINUTES LATER I GOT CRUNCH CLOSE ENOUGH TO TURN INTO THE BAY....HE TOOK OFF UNDER THE FENCE AND THEN I HEARD A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE "ROCKY BOXING A SIDE OF BEEF"....GOT TO THE BAY AND MAC AND CRUNCH,YELLA AND PATCHES...HAD A 277LB BOAR CAUGHT....REALLY FELT GOOD TO GET OUT ...BUT FELT EVEN BETTER TO SEE THE DOGS WORK AFTER SITTING IN THE KENNELS FOR SO LONG....HERE ARE A FEW PICS OF THE BIG BOAR AND THE DOGS.....I MIGHT JUST ADD THAT YELLA WILL BE 10 YRS OLD THIS NOVEMBER....MY BEST FRIEND IN THE WORLD....THANX FOR THE TIME AND THE SITE....PIGSTKR(jwshogsndogs.com)