Boring Summer

[Cajun]

  I didnt want to Hi jack Hollowpoints thread so I'll start this one, About 3 months ago I was in the gym do healthy stuff. lol  I normally stay on the Stairmaster for cardio. That's the closest thing I can get for walking the marsh. Anyway I added leg presses . Was doing a set and felt a little give in my hip. Next day I could hardly walk. We were headed for Alsaka the next week for vacation. I was due for a injection in my knee and while there the dr. X rayed my hip. he made no bones about it, saying I needed a hip replacement that both Hips were worn out. I have never had a hip issue in my life and just asked him to inject it. He couldn't do it but he fixed me up with another Dr. for the next day. He said the same thing as far as a hip replacement. Anyway got it injected and had a back Ablation the next day, so I had a Knee injection, Hip injection and a Back ablation all in one week and we left for Alaska on Friday.
  Got back in 10 days and went to the dr. about getting this hip replaced and he said we couldnt do intil 6 weeks have passed because of the injection. Well hell my knee was hurting worse then the hip and wanted to do it first but he said we had to do the hip first. Hopefully we will get on the knee in 4 weeks. Anyway, I feel like Humpty Dumpty. I am falling to pieces but the Drs keep putting me together again.
  T  dog, might not be a bad thing mixing those dogs together. I have seen countless times where a cur x hound cross sure make a hog dog.
  So y'all keep the stories coming cause I am sure glad someone is getting out there and I sure like to read about them.

[NLAhunter]

Dang cajun I hope they get you all put back together and healed up soon as possible

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[WayOutWest]

Dang Cajun, it sounds like it all caught up with you . Good luck on those surgeries. I've dealt with scoliosis my whole adult life and keep thinking a hip replacement may be in my future but so far I am still plugging.

[t-dog]

Man I hate to hear that Cajun. Not for you so much but for the hogs. If you become bionic those hogs won’t have a chance. You’ll be 20 again, running to the bays through the swamps. I can hear ya telling Mike the Knife to let you out and bring the boat around. Yeah you sure enough won’t have any hogs to hunt. On a high note, momma probably won’t let you go back to the gym. I hope it gets better soon and ready as soon as deer season is over.


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[Cajun]

  Thanks guys. To say I am bored is a understatement. Tdog My running days have been over. That was the original plan tho to get my knee fixed during deer season but my hip through a monkey wrench in the plans. When you are closing in on 70 your better days are behind you but you hate to miss any time you have left and this is taking about 6 months out of the equation.
  I do not remember a time I have not had a dog to chase game with. Been a way of life all my life and hope to continue as long as possible. The problem is all my cardio, heart, lungs are good, it's the body that is giving out.  Just remember it is not the years but the miles.

[t-dog]

Cajun I completely understand. I’m almost 53. I look 23 but feel 83. I have a LOT of hard miles on me. If sports, totaling 3 trucks, and  couple hunting injuries wasn’t enough, I had a horse fall on me and dislocate my right hip and another one planted me like a yard dart. He broke my arm, my neck, had to have my right shoulder all sewn back together, and a few other things. On top of all that I have this intestinal disease that’s supposed to be my demise providing a band of wild super models don’t take me out while fighting over me. I try real hard to stay positive and just be thankful for God and his love for me. As bad as it gets sometimes, we have to be thankful for what we do have and remember that it can always be worse. You’re loosing a little time but you sure might be gaining it back in the end. It might be a real blessing that it happened when it did. You have some good young help, like a particular person and his son on this board (wink wink) and ole Mike the Knife, that could go along and let you just drive the boat or buggy while they do the leg work. I’m like you, my dogs are sure that happy place for me or at least one of a couple. They are a lot of work if you’re doing right by them by it’s rewarding too. I haven’t had the success you have but these collie dogs have really given me a lot joy over the years.  This Outlaw dog of mine isn’t a world champion, but I enjoy him so much because I see so much of the old dog that I based this family off in him. It’s almost like a trip down memory lane every time I interact with him. You’ll be back up and kicking higher than ever before you know it. Just remember, the longer you sit the longer mommas honey do list gets.


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[cajunl]

Hate to hear it Mike. I know it is hard to feed dogs and not be able to get after them in the woods. But I know you will good as new after it all! We just passed the bear hunt....so maybe I can get you to do a road trip! 

[Cajun]

Hi Cajun. I have been keeping up with the Fla. bear hunt progression and the Antis have already sued the state. Dont think it will go anywhere but you never know. I have never sued anyone in my life and have been bit by clients dogs, been rear ended a couple of times  but I would happily counter sue the Antis. In fact I would think the Fla. bear Coalition and the Fla, dog association should put a counter suit on the Antis. The first year there will be no dogs. 2026 they will have a dog training season and in 2027 they should be able to harvest bear with dogs.
  T dog, Horses have ruined the whole left side of my body. Had a 2 year old Thoroughbred rear up and came down on top of me. That gave me 2 herniated disks in L 4 and L5 and gave me a drop foot. Had another horse throw me down and landed on my back an elbow and had a trapped ulner nerve. By the time they figured it out I had a lot of atrophy in my left hand and arm. Got thrown from a horse one time and got 5 fractured ribs on the left side. That's not counting 2 major shoulder surgeries and now the hip and knee. lol  If you are around horses long enough there are sure to be a accident waiting to happen. I have had them as long as I have had the dogs. Its just been the last 13 years we haven't had horses.

[cajunl]

Mike, I could care less about ever killing a bear. I am just glad to have the opportunity of chasing them with some trashy old hog dogs!lol With such a small harvest number it is going to make it incredibly difficult to draw a tag. And the Anti are already pushing to buy the tags up and not use them. But I am glad it is a start. I can get this old Plott hound doing what he was bred to do. By next year we will be firing on all cylinders!

[t-dog]

Dang Cajun, that sounds miserable. I’m sure this won’t have you down long. They have come so far with the replacement surgeries. I think anymore it’s almost like a day surgery. They hurry up and get you in and out so they can put the next one on the table. Just make sure you do what is asked of you in rehab.

Cajunl, what is the bear population like there?


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[Cajun]

I can answer for Cajun?  All of Fla. has a very strong and healthy bear population. In 1984 Gov, Lawton Chiles caved into the animal rights people and shut the season down. They did get back a season about 10 years ago but for only one year and this year they have reopened it.
  Just remember when you lose something, you very seldom get it back.

[t-dog]

I figured there was a strong enough presence of dog hunters out there to fight the anti’s. I guess it’s about like Cali in the sense that the city folk are complete idiots and bulk of the population.


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[cajunl]

Tdog a lot of places the bears outnumger hogs.  I have a spot with 3 different sow bears. 2 have triplets and the other has 4 cubs. In my area I probably see 2-3 a week. There is no shortage.

We passed a law on the ballot basically putting all wildlife decisions under the game and fish dept. It opened up the opportunity to pass this hunt. It has been a long time coming. It helps to have a pro hunting/fish governor

[WayOutWest]

Up here they took the decisions out of Game and Fish hands and gave it to a commission and the last governor loaded it with anti's. The Sportsman's Alliance sued them and I think they are going to change things but I don't think bear or cats will be hunted with dogs anytime soon.

[t-dog]

I knew y’all had bear but I didn’t realize you had that many.

Anyone can be corrupted but I would figure it would be a little harder to corrupt the Fish and Game Dept. than  it would a committee like WOW said they have. Sounds like they sure enough need a new Governor as well. It’s crazy to me how many ideologies run hand and hand. If you know how they feel about one particular thing then you don’t have to ask anymore questions because they more than likely will fit the new mold. We as a society have become extremists in the sense of we can’t share the same opinion of the other side about anything. Right or wrong, our opinions have to be polar opposite. We don’t have the stones as an individual to be our own person and have our own opinion.

Cajunl, you may have to get started building a 4x4 Hoveround chair with a lift on it for Cajun. Maybe put him a dog platform on front so he can see his dogs when they go to winding and he can reach them to unsnap’em.


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[cajunl]

I got him covered!

[Cajun]

Cajun!  That's what I'm talking about. lol
  T dog I would have never thought in a million years that Fla. would have shut down bear season. Fla. is a huge dog running state and I mean they run everything year round back in the day. Deer and Coyote dogs, coon, Rabbit, Hogs, bear and birds. You can pass through any little town in Fla. and about 1 in three trucks will have a dog box.
  We are starting to call our crew the geriatric crew. With me being almost 70, Charlie about 60, Mike the knife is 63 and Larry is 56. Trust me when I say we welcome any young help. lol

[t-dog]

There ya go Cajunl!

Cajun that was always the impression I was under of Florida. I could be on that geriatric crew myself. I’ll 53 in a few weeks. I’m blessed in the way of young help. My youngest boy (15) and his buddy Kingston (16) are really good hands and they always have  a buddy or three that want to go and some of them are pretty handy. When my oldest boy (25) goes, he’s a top hand. Of course Deputy Dawg (my nephew) and I don’t make many trips without both of us being there. Then there’s Barbie (Kyle), Kohl and Hunter, they are all in their mid 20’s. You couldn’t ask for better help. Amber is old too but she’s still a hell of a hand. Keldon isn’t young but he doesn’t qualify as old yet. He’s as good as you could hope to hunt with as well. Our little buddy Kendal is like hunting with a little jack rabbit. Jay, well he’s fun to bs with and he’s always got a “cold beverage”. He’s semi retired from
hunting. Still sounds like a good idea to him but getting up and going is a challenge. My old buddy Lamont hung it up. The last time he hunted with us he fell out tired and hot. The only thing that got him up going was me getting down next to him to start mouth to mouth resuscitation. He went from dying to revived with just the thought of it. What a miracle! I hate it because he was a heck of a hand. Those guys are our regular hunting circle. Them and a few more all hunt these collie dog crosses. None of us live very far apart so we usually get to go with each other and see different spots. It helps me because I get to see our dogs work that other people have and not have to take anyone’s word about a dog. Then I can see what needs to be tweaked for my liking. I feel very blessed to have the circle I have.


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[Hollowpoint]

Cajun, I hate hearing you have to have a hip replacement. I’m confident your dicors will have you up and walking about in a timely manner. I watched a buddy of mine who’s in his 70’s go through it, it was painful in the early part of recovery, but it he’s getting around plenty of good now.

cajun, that’s a sweet wheel chair for the woods, I’m a little envious. Most of the swamp buggy’s I’ve seen were a lot bigger, I like yours it looks like a mid size.

[cajunl]

I built mine off a samurai frame. Old flat fender jeeps and samurai are/were a populat buggy platform for years. The huge palm beach style are popular now with the sxs. I like mine cause i built it with dog hunting solely in mind. It is slow and ride like an angry mule, but the dogs wind like crazy from it and it goes anywhere! lol