Creek bottom boar

[Hollowpoint]

We made a short afternoon round a couple days ago to the same spot where my dogs bumped that boar out of his bed in that bamboo grass thicket. My buddy has never been there before. He brought some good dogs along and I was glad about that. We get started into the woods and the ground is still covered in snow for the most part and it seems to have the hogs buggered up.

We aren’t seeing any fresh sign and are already planning our next drop, but we proceed further down the line following the creek when his cat gyp Jinks starts barking bayed at about 200. The rest of the dogs don’t seem to hear her, but we head her way regardless. It didn’t take long for the rest of the pack to hear her and speed off in her direction, we are coming in on short final and of course the fight is in the middle of that bamboo grass with a nice blend of briars.

Pistol Pete and Penny have him under control, then his dogo gets there and it’s a lock, he looks to be about 180lb with those dog killer teeth. He’s still able to swing his back end a bit, so I timed my shot to get his back legs. He was rendered out of commission shortly thereafter.

My buddy said he saw a lot of territorial marking on the way in, so I was wondering if that could be the same boar we tangled with the week prior. I don’t know if a boar would return to a bedding area after being bumped out of there, there’s really no way for me to tell. Anywho, that was our day.

[t-dog]

Well you dispatched so there’s no way to question him now,lol. I’d bet it’s a good chance of it being the same hog. Like we talked about the other day, it’s not hog hunting until you’ve gotten wet in freezing temps and the same goes for briars. Is there such a place where you can catch hogs without the possibility of being in briars? Those briars can undress you, have you looking like a bear done got ya! But, you know the old saying, chicks dig scars. Not mine though she just said it looked like I shoulda bobbed instead of weaved, not a drop of sympathy.


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[Hollowpoint]

Yes sir, my wife has been repairing my hoodies and shirt sleeves that keep getting shredded from the briars.  We both had blood dried on our faces, and no, I’m not going to talk about how I fell through the ice crossing a river a couple days prior.

I’ve got plenty of scars, and I can assure you, my wife could care less. Anyways, I’m just gonna keep putting these young dogs in the woods and reporting the results as honestly as I can.

Carry on.

[make-em-squeel]

That sounds like good dog wk to me. Glad your alive after falling in ice water thats a bit scarry. Here in Tx 3 brothers drown in that freeze we had falling through ice like that

[Hollowpoint]

Thanks make em, the water wasn’t very deep but enough to make for an unpleasant experience.

[The Old Man]

  I have a set of mule brand chaps and a mule brand shirt that will absolutely without fail turn the briars, but my poor old face still gets scratched up pretty regularly when riding.  When it's real hot I don't wear them and will find thorns in my legs and arms days later that I didn't even know I had gotten.