guns or no guns? and why?

[cward]

purses and guns stay at the house

HAHA!!

I have been hunting all my life and have never bayed a hog bad enough that I needed a gun!
If I had a gun with me when I hunt there would be alot of good dogs left in the woods!
I also might shoot someone for not backing my dogs!!
If a dog is getting cut up give him some help!
I hunted with guys that never used a catch dog they just stood in there saddles and jumped on the hog!They never had a gun!
But I do understand that people like to shoot over there dogs and that is great I just like catching the hog!

[raider54]

Nah

[slick]

i dont use a catch dog unless i go out with my mates who use rcd's. In oz most people use either a finder bailer/bay dog or a finding running catch dog, rarely do people use both. after watching good bay dogs work (and i only ever use 2 at a time) i honestly find catch dogs boring, honestly whats to do when you get there? tip it and tie it (yawn).  Go into a sorghum crop with a big stinker getting bailed with nothing but a single shot .22 and if this doesn't get your heart racing then my guess is you are probably allergic to krytonite also.  

[Noah]

No guns for me... takes the fun right out of it !!!;)  A good catch dog will find somethin' to hold on to, ears or no ears.

[Jared H.]

We hardly ever shoot a hog when we bring a catchdog, but if I'm ever in a situation where I see my dogs getting cut down and I have a chance to end it with a bullet then I feel its the least I could do for them.  Plus its gonna eat the same whether it dies with a knife or by a bullet.

[dub]

I do not hunt anything with a gun. No guns for hogs. If I do have a gun it is a 44 magazine. If you here a shot come running! You don't need a gun for a hog. I don't always even have a knife. You need strong intestines not a gun. I do not want guns around my dogs at all!

[craig]

i never carry a gun, my cur dogs will quit after the first shot.  i have been on a few it would have been nice to have shot instead of catch.   

[jesse]

X 2 5150 i got me some battle scars 15in cut up back of leg 9in cut  right a bove knee 4in cut in the arm. He was a bad hog took 168 stiches and staples to fix me up hog was about 175 maybay 190 bout 2 1\4in cuters thay belong to me now case xx and mule tape all i had he was killen my pup could not let that happen not gonnen just stand thair no cd with me just took pup for walk be hind house and wham pup and hog met head on pup did not have a prayer so i did what i thought i had to i still do not will not carry a gun just a cd walking hunting all ways take one just what i thaink but my mom says u dumb boy maybe thats y thay burnt the school down to git me out the 3 grade     

[jwdeltx]

All you guys that don't want to pack a gun , just keep hunting you will wish you had one some day!!

[djhogdogger]

 Yea, we carry a rifle for emergencies. We dont use it for hog hunting. Actually we have never had to use it but its there if we do need it.

We catch and tie or stick. We have never shot over a dog and dont plan on it but we hunt at night alot and I like having a gun just in case BIG FOOT steps out!!!!!!!!!!!

[dan]

I NEVER take a gun in the woods.  I won't allow guns around my family, friends or dogs while hog hunting.  One of my friends insists on bringing one and leaves it in the truck, or the boat.  I have and will go home before having a gun in the woods around a bayed hog. 

I have never used a gun while hog hunting.  I carry a break stick, 2- sets of hobbles, duct tape, parachute cord, clean burlap sack, compass, Garmin, Quiktrack, spare batteries, flash light, walking stick, 4-leashes, Case XX trapper, and a fixed blade knife.  That fit's in a large fanny pack and has allways been enough. 

It's not always my intention, but I do jump fences to get to my dogs.  Trespassing with a firearm is a felony in Florida.   

If you're contracting and the goal is to bring dead hogs out of the woods, then a gun makes sense.  It's rare to catch more than one hog at a bay.  I can see where a gun would save time.  Most every dog I have had would go to the squealing or grunting rather than catch another hog in a group.   

[Bryant]

I always carry a pistol if I'm hunting my places, but no one else will carry or shoot around my dogs.  If I'm invited and hunting as a guest, I leave it back.  In my years of using catchdogs I've probably used it a half dozen times, but on those few times I was glad I had it.

It sounds like I may be missing something here.  Is it not "cool" to have a gun on a hog hunt?  I suppose for me it's all part of what I call being prepared....same reason I use two catchdogs when 99% of the time one will work.  Maybe next time I'll leave it behind and see if my ego will swell a little.

[matt_aggie04]

It sounds like I may be missing something here.  Is it not "cool" to have a gun on a hog hunt?  I suppose for me it's all part of what I call being prepared....same reason I use two catchdogs when 99% of the time one will work.  Maybe next time I'll leave it behind and see if my ego will swell a little.

X2 I burried a good dog because we did not have a gun one night.  Now that is one night out of many but I would still rather have it close by for that one in a 1000 hunts when you really really need it. 

[cantexduck]

Bryant, no need to sugar coat it.  I like to carry one. Nothing like shooting a few running in the open. I have let one person shoot over my dogs. He shoots matches and builds guns for sti . He can shoot and calm his nerves. Other then him no one. I only bring a gun when I hunt my spots. I shoot over my dogs 50 percent of the time when I hunt alone.
  I have used a gun two times to save my dogs.

[tobyb2007]

No guns for my crew.

[BarrNinja]

If Im hunting solo and shooting hogs I have a gun. A big one. A 44 magnum or a 45-70 lever gun usually. Its a great way to hunt hogs and I have always enjoyed it!
If Im hunting solo and catching hogs, I may have a side arm with me but its because I have coyotes in mind. I never thought I needed one for protection for me or my dogs though.
When Im hunting with friends we only catch and tie or stick the hogs depending on where we are hunting and there wont be a gun in the field with us usually.

I prefer to catch and tie hogs when I can but there aint a dang thing wrong with having a gun handy on a hog hunt as long as the MIC and everone else is ok with it and clear on why its there. Thank God we still have that choice!

[chainrated]

We don't carry guns. And I wouldn't trust anybody shooting beside my dogs except me ...
I also think it makes a lot of the landowners around here feel better about letting you hunt their land knowing there are no guns involved...

[bailey508]

No guns....cant get a dog shot if there aint a gun thier....ive herd a ton of people say.." im just carrying it in case a hog comes at me"....if he DOES come at you, you cant pull it and shoot fast enough to do yourself anygood....thats my opinion

[Jabo]

If I'm usin my hounds I carry a gun. When I'm usin my cur dogs we just catch & tie or stick em. But I have used a gun around my cur dogs plenty of times. It's just personal preference. To each their own. I just dont understand how someone could "accidentally" shoot a dog on a hunt?? I"ve shot around my buddies dogs for years and they have shot around mine. I believe its all about trustin who u hunt with. I think if I didnt trust somone to shoot around my dogs,I wouldnt be huntin with them in the first place.

[bailey508]

it can and has happened.......not saying that it hapens very often...i only know of it hapening once, had friends dog get shot in the hind leg by a rookie....thing abut it is...once you pull that trigger, there aint no take backs. If a hog kills my dogs, then so be it...be damned if a "unintentional" bullet is going to do it.