Why do you hunt with dogs?

[blakebh]

I can't stand to sit in a treestand and hunt.

I like to get out drink a few cold ones and BS with the guys while out in the woods!!
The adrenaline rush when you are waiting to hear a caught hog and it sounds like a tornado coming down in a palmeeter head!!

I took a friend for the first time and we ended up gettin on a big boar that smoked us, anyway but my buddy said it sounded like jurassic park in there! LOL! I was the only one walkin in with a knife and he was at least 20 feet back with his gun drawn. LOL It was hilarious!

[Noah]

I used to say it was for the dogs... but if it was just dogs... why am I not raising coon dogs??..... or rabbit dogs??.... or deer dogs??....

What is it about hogs that brings out the qualities in a dog that I associate with and appreciate....  if I could hunt somethin' meaner I probably would....

If it was about killin' hogs they'd all be gone by now

[DangerZone]

 Thanks  for all the post !!
So hog hunting is a---
Cat cussing
Dog working
Crazy dog hunting
Thrill chasing
All of the above
Dry's run are fun
Satisfation havin
Squeal thrill
Sport for dogs
Monkky for the money
Love till I die
Good dog game
Grandpaw done it
Raw instinct
Can't hit the barn door shooting
No chicken stomping
Throwin back some cold ones
Bambi and bug bunny don't fightback
First time friend freaking
Quality dog appreciation
Can't sleep at nite
Good time!!!!!!!
 

[aussiedogger]

kuz you can chat away, don't have to stalk or wear cammo

[Hog Dog Mike]

I like hunting anything with dogs and if I can't use a dog I really don't care that much about it. Over the years I have raised and trained labs for ducks and geese. Squirrel dogs for squirrel. I have hunted coons and deer with hounds.

One time I started adding up the number of bird dogs I have personally owned and quit after I got to 200. I had some big leases and put in lots of miles hunting, training, and trialing. It is expensive and when my boy started college I had to sell out most of my dogs and equipment.

The quail are just about gone and I just quit them. One time per year I go to South Dakota hunting pheasant, grouse, prairie chicken, and huns.

This good friend of mine kept trying to get me to go hog hunting with him but I had heard all of the stories and was hesitant to go. Anyway, I went and that trip cost me alot of money. It was like crack or herione would be I guess because I was hooked big time.

I had nothing to hunt with but a desire. Within 2 weeks I bought a 4 wheeler and a dog. Hunting with another guys dog is like kissing your sister. That is all I have been doing for the last 14 years.

[TxHogDoggin]

For me the question is why the hell not. I have done alot of things in my life and hogdoggin is the biggest thrill I have ever had. The dogs are the best part. There is nothing like a dog wanting to hunt and please you so bad that he will take on a hog 4 times his size and strength. Then after the hunt is over all he wants is a pat on the head an a "good dog".  You might as well put me in the ground if I can't hunt with my dogs anymore. It makes all the problem in life go away and makes life worth living.

[Reuben]

I like hunting anything with dogs and if I can't use a dog I really don't care that much about it. Over the years I have raised and trained labs for ducks and geese. Squirrel dogs for squirrel. I have hunted coons and deer with hounds.

One time I started adding up the number of bird dogs I have personally owned and quit after I got to 200. I had some big leases and put in lots of miles hunting, training, and trialing. It is expensive and when my boy started college I had to sell out most of my dogs and equipment.

The quail are just about gone and I just quit them. One time per year I go to South Dakota hunting pheasant, grouse, prairie chicken, and huns.

This good friend of mine kept trying to get me to go hog hunting with him but I had heard all of the stories and was hesitant to go. Anyway, I went and that trip cost me alot of money. It was like crack or herione would be I guess because I was hooked big time.

I had nothing to hunt with but a desire. Within 2 weeks I bought a 4 wheeler and a dog. Hunting with another guys dog is like kissing your sister. That is all I have been doing for the last 14 years.

You said it all right there...

[chainrated]

Well it's not for the heat or all the money I spend on dog food and vet bills and care . And it's not for all the ticks and red bugs and snakes and  briars. And it's not for all the drama over huntin spots and dogs and what kind of dog is best . And it's not for all the equipment and maintenance on trucks and atv's and rangers and all the gas I buy for them.. And it's not for all the women I have lost over it.  Why the hell DO I hunt with dogs?

[Jabo]

To me its just the enjoyment of "dog hunting" in general.I like to rabbit hunt behind a good pack of beagles. I like to deer hunt behind a good pack of Walker dogs. I like to coon hunt behind some good blueticks. I like to bear hunt behind a good pack of Plotts. But i LOVE to hog hunt with my cur dogs. To me it just doesnt get any better.

[Mike]

Well it's not for the heat or all the money I spend on dog food and vet bills and care . And it's not for all the ticks and red bugs and snakes and  briars. And it's not for all the drama over huntin spots and dogs and what kind of dog is best . And it's not for all the equipment and maintenance on trucks and atv's and rangers and all the gas I buy for them.. And it's not for all the women I have lost over it.  Why the hell DO I hunt with dogs?

Ha ha... ain't that the truth.

[warrent423]

Because no "real" hog hunter uses a gun