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« on: February 20, 2018, 07:08:53 pm » |
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Went to one of my honey holes Saturday morning, got there and got unloaded and kicked some dogs out in an area with a bunch of sign both old and fresh, after a little trailing they get jumped and we get to hear a coal hot race, they start getting outa pocket so we get closer, now I've hunted this place along time and have just about figured out the patterns of the hogs and which way they run, this hog was running like I've never had one run before, crossing several black top roads back and forth, running down the middle of the roads, through several back yards and groups of cows, and parallel with a busy hwy, I've never had one get in this area being as it's pretty populated with minimal cover, as fast and hard and as sporadic as they were moving I will admit I was beginning to think they were running a red fox or coyote, me and my little boy stay put to keep signal and a copy on the dogs while my buddy's drove around to us, they were bayed .30-.45 minutes before we could get to them, we pull up and they are hammered 300 yards behind someone's house, we get permission from a lady who lived there and slip in and seal the deal on a big fat and juicy sow....  My little boy and my gyp Butter bean, I've got some prospects off of her and Cajuns late Jack dog...    These hogs are so acorn fat that it's crazy, I got to witness first hand a real life scenario of the "fat dripping off" as we were cleaning her.... Went back and swapped dogs out and went and found some more sign and kicked out some cur dogs, and they cut a track and jump a good hog in its bed, he ran for about 45 minutes and they shut him down and we slip in there and snag him, this place is my Barr hole being as we cut just about every boar we catch and stuck this one thinking he was a Barr but when we got to getting him we found he had little testicles that hadn't dropped yet, he put up one heck of fight and I wish I would have gotten it on video, he was giving two Bulldogs free helicopter rides and the woods were wide open...   We go back Sunday morning and the dogs had to really work to get a track lined out and finally get a wad bayed up and they kept breaking, we catch one dog as it comes by us and my Ben dogs gets one singled off, we send the bulldog to him and snag a little boar, after that for the next few hours it's was one after the other, none of the hogs were big but for some reason or another 5 out of the 7 we caught the dogs were baying them, no bigger than what they were any other time they would've snagged them up, I guess the older and more experience they get that stock mentality starts to surface....   My son and a young man that hunts with me that's been bumping my butt going to bays since he was a little bigger than mine is now... |
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NLAhunter
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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2018, 07:36:40 pm » |
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Looks like heck of a time good looking dogs
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BA-IV
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« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2018, 07:37:03 pm » |
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Them young un's is what it's all about. We had heck moving a track Sunday morning with the wind outta the east blowing hard. I wouldn't have gave you a 22 bullet for any dog on the ground, next day they looked damn good. You ever notice any trouble with dogs moving tracks and finding hogs on them east wind days? Ol timers say it's the toughest days  |
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« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2018, 09:18:56 pm » |
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Sounds like you and the little man had a good weekend. Boy that sow was fat wasn't she? Our hogs are starting to get a little poor right now. We're getting some rain now but it's been terribly dry here. Great job, love seeing them little ones get started right.
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Goose87
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« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2018, 10:20:43 pm » |
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Them young un's is what it's all about. We had heck moving a track Sunday morning with the wind outta the east blowing hard. I wouldn't have gave you a 22 bullet for any dog on the ground, next day they looked damn good. You ever notice any trouble with dogs moving tracks and finding hogs on them east wind days? Ol timers say it's the toughest days I've always heard that myself, if we're looking at averages it does seem to hold water in my experiences at least, atmospheric conditions have become my latest head scratcher, I've noticed, again on averages in my experience, the higher the BP gets (30.30) range the less favorable scenting, trailing, and running conditions, I've read that the lower the BP the less favorable conditions are as well, but have noticed for myself to go with the higher theory, some will say that has nothing to do with anything that a good dog is a good dog, yes that is true but even the goods one look bad from time to time, and the answer to that is the atmospheric conditions.... |
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Goose87
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« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2018, 10:22:23 pm » |
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Sounds like you and the little man had a good weekend. Boy that sow was fat wasn't she? Our hogs are starting to get a little poor right now. We're getting some rain now but it's been terribly dry here. Great job, love seeing them little ones get started right.
We sure did, the last few years we've had a good bumper crop of acorns, this particular place has way to many of those smaller hogs, as soon as turkey season is over I'm going to dog and trap it pretty hard.... |
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BA-IV
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« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2018, 10:23:44 pm » |
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Them young un's is what it's all about. We had heck moving a track Sunday morning with the wind outta the east blowing hard. I wouldn't have gave you a 22 bullet for any dog on the ground, next day they looked damn good. You ever notice any trouble with dogs moving tracks and finding hogs on them east wind days? Ol timers say it's the toughest days I've always heard that myself, if we're looking at averages it does seem to hold water in my experiences at least, atmospheric conditions have become my latest head scratcher, I've noticed, again on averages in my experience, the higher the BP gets (30.30) range the less favorable scenting, trailing, and running conditions, I've read that the lower the BP the less favorable conditions are as well, but have noticed for myself to go with the higher theory, some will say that has nothing to do with anything that a good dog is a good dog, yes that is true but even the goods one look bad from time to time, and the answer to that is the atmospheric conditions.... Makes sense. Thanks for your thoughts on it. Most people just hunt, I try and study the dogs and learn alil about em when I'm not cussing em for looking sorry. I know the BP affects a lot of things, I'll be sure to pay attention to that. |
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Mike
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« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2018, 07:46:39 am » |
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Dang good huntin' Goose!
Ben, now that you mention it, mine sucked pretty bad on Sunday too.
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« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2018, 01:01:51 pm » |
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next time mine looks bad i'm gonna load em up and drive east perty fast and say it was the east wind myself ....hahahahaha
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Cajun
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« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2018, 01:13:12 pm » |
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That is some good hunts there goose.
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Bayou Cajun Plotts
Happiness is a empty dogbox
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« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2018, 09:08:27 am » |
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Nice hunt bud, looks like you all got after it. Great job getting and keeping the youngen's out there, that is where it is truly at.
Good looking dogs as well.
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Cajun
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« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2018, 01:46:59 pm » |
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That's a good looking bulldog. That one belong to Jace.
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Bayou Cajun Plotts
Happiness is a empty dogbox
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Goose87
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« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2018, 01:51:43 pm » |
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That's a good looking bulldog. That one belong to Jace.
Jace claims him as his but he actually belongs to Jace’s step dad billy, he’s a really nice catch dog, the best I’ve had the privilege to hunt with in a long time.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2018, 06:40:36 am » |
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Nice haul of pigs there. Good job
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« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2018, 06:24:27 am » |
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Good hunt. If I have a chance to hunt, I hunt. I don't let the wind stop me. But when I see an east wind, no matter what I'm doing, I just don't feel as confident. I've hunted hounds and curs, and my experience is, it's harder for a dog to move a track with higher BP and dry conditions. Seems like that's when we may bay real early and bay real late.
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« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2018, 07:50:17 am » |
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That'll do goose
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Goose87
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« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2018, 02:02:41 pm » |
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Good hunt. If I have a chance to hunt, I hunt. I don't let the wind stop me. But when I see an east wind, no matter what I'm doing, I just don't feel as confident. I've hunted hounds and curs, and my experience is, it's harder for a dog to move a track with higher BP and dry conditions. Seems like that's when we may bay real early and bay real late.
I'm the same way, I don't let it dictate my hunting but it's something I do look into on every hunt, the lower that BP is it seems that the scent holds better and doesn't evaporate as quick, the dogs can push a track alot better and there seems to be a bigger scent funnel for them to drift the track in, when the humidity is higher than normal scent molecules linger in the air longer as well... |
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