Last nights hunt, "what do u do".

[hogdog05]

I decided late last night to put some dogs on the ground.  Well it was after 10 so I didn't call anyone.  A few days before while ridein through some cows I noticed this one tank had a bunch of wallers around it, so I figured a boar was around there somewhere.  But there was no other signs of pigs anywhere.  Anyway I went down there and cut em loose.  About an hour into the hunt my wife calls and asks when I am comin home.  I told her the dogs are hunting way to hard for me to just load em up and come home.  Well they opened up while I was talkin to her so I said I'll kill it and be home in less than an hour.  Got to em and they had a nice boar bayed in the tank ,with the wallows.  Sent the catch dog in and ham caught.  The dogs moved about three feet further in the water and I could tell somethin wasn't right.  The bottom just dropped off.  So deep that unless I was swimming I couldn't get to em.  They finally swam to the other side, the cd I was Jain has only caught around 15-20 hogs and none in deep water.  So she let go when they went under.  The pig gets on the other bank and stays the cd makes it back to him and caught again.  I go in for the stick and get stuck in the mud three feet from The pig.  He then just absolutely goes to work on my cd, enough so that he shredded her, was under water with her for about a minute.  So she quits and lays down on the bank, I thought to die.  So I sat on the bank 15 yards from the bay and tried to call out my dogs.  No good.  After bout an hour I go to the truck to get my pistol come back and still bayed but in a nasty thicket. I get a shot off and miss.  Pig runs 500yards and bays.  This time I am five feet from him and can not see him in all the green thicket crap.  He runs again, this time a half a mile or so and bays.  Finally get to em in a dry creek.  Got a good shot on the pig and dropped him.  He had nice teeth and guessing he weighed around 300.  Nice and fat.  Anyway it took 5 1/2 hours from start to finish sewing.
 

[Mike]

That's a tough one Brandon. I dont even like to turn the bulldogs loose anymore if they're bayed near deep water. Had some bad experiences in the water... I'd rather shoot the hog or try to but the bay and get it on dry land.

[make-em-squeel]

Wow... what a beating! That makes the regular hunts appreciated. Sorry about your cd

[uglydog]

Thats tough one and it dose happen!

This is not for everybody and I do catch alot of crap, but in tank that I can get around, I try to wait the hog out, let them swim awhile, when its ready to come out let the catch dog catch when its coming to meet you. Sometimes you gotta run around the outside the tank a few times, but I rather that then to have to swim.
People that turn there catch dogs loose 100 or more yards out don't have that option, anothr reason I like to be close, not often that you get the oppertunity to choose when and where to catch though.

[levibarcus]

I've been there buddy, not with a hog that big, but it is why I don't go much by myself anymore.

[Scott]

A few years back it seemed every hog we caught was in water for about a 6 month stretch. I'll wait it out until the hog is in an advantageous position to turn the bulldog loose. I learned the hard way, when you do find out how deep a tank is, you'll wish that you didn't.

[BIG BEN]

 Sounds like ya had a rough one Brandon, We got one in some deep water sunday and was talking with Kelly and Bob afterwards about carrying a 30ft check cord just in case and do a lil bulldog fishin for hogs in tanks. Hope the CD heals up quick for ya. Hollar at us sometime.

[dub]

Never tell your wife you will be home. My wife always asks and say I hope to be home by daylight but maybe after.

[Easttex]

That was a rough one. Nice pig, I hope your CD comes out okay.

[jsh]

2 CD's and I don't let them go in water unless they're on shore. 

[bailey508]

sounds like that hunt turned into work...hope you CD is alright

[chainrated]

Best way to get on a big bad hog is to go huntin by yourself. From the pic it looks like the hog is  standing in shallow water so I would have done the same thing, Sent the bulldog. After that you can't control what happens much..But when you're by yourself it's always easier to look back on it and say what all you should have done.
Nice Hog...

[t.wilbanks]

We ended up in the creek twice last night...luckily they were both small hogs...on the second hog, the CD would grab and they both would sink..he would let go and the hog would start swimming...we ended up about chest deep and snactched the hog up without a dog on her...Of course once we got the hog to shore they locked on...but it was easy to break them off...we just held the hog under water ( after we stuck it ) and they popped off pretty quick...

If it would have been a big hog... we would have been in trouble... 

[bayed hard hog dogs]

sounds like that hunt turned into work...hope you CD is alright

  good hogs water is never good.

[txhogsanddogs]

Good boar man, hope your catch dog is alright.  Ive been there buddy!  The next one will seem easy.  I go alone allot and that's a part of it.  At least your CD is alive and you still got the hog, it could have been worse.   

[BarrNinja]

Good hog!

Hunting by yourself can get tricky. Trying to catch a big boar solo can be down right interesting.

[matt_aggie04]

That pistol that was in the truck should have been on your hip.  If you don't need it great deal, but when you need it you really really need it.

[matthewrbarnard]

Nice hog.  Hate your catch dog got cut!  I've been in some situations by myself before like that.  Its always better having a partner with ya.

[hogdog05]

Well it is nice to have a partner, but not everyone has a gravytrain fireman job and can just go hunting when they want.  But the yellers did good, those pups are comin on pretty stought.  Not bad everything under 2 years old and can consistently catch hogs.  But that could change tomorrow.  Anyway gotta go try for another one or two or six.

[firemedic]

It can go South in a hurry, and for dang sure when you're by yourself. Glad you got him and saved the dog.....another reason to never go on a hunt without a firearm right there with you always.