Open Dogs Cant Catch Hogs!

[TShelly]

Boogie is a 3.5 year old red cur dog that Big E owns. For the last few months our good buddy JJ has been hunting him up in Gods Country north of us.

About 3 weeks ago JJ came home from work and saw that hogs had hot the feeders behind his house. So at 730 am he turned Boogie and 2 of his dogs, slim and tonto loose. He caught 3 hogs right off the bat and then the dogs split with Tonto and Slim baying a good boar hog and boogie falling bayed 1/2 mile out. JJ could tell it was a young fat boar so he decided to leave his two dogs working that boar and went to Boogie.. 

Hog after hog, boogie kept baying and rolling off. After 2 hours and still not being able to catch Boogie he went back to his 2 which were still hammering on that fat boar and got him caught. Finally at 3:30 that afternoon JJ got his hands on Boogie at the last hog

He caught 11 total that day and 7 in front of Boogie by hisself!!

Boogie is some kind of open cur dog though. When he's hunting he'll usually give one bark when he's getting close to finding the hog and then will straight sing to one while running! You hear people talk about open dogs not being able to catch hogs and so on.. Too me it doesn't matter a dog is either a hog dog or not, regardless of open or tight mouthed. The good ones get it done no matter what... Enjoy! More of a story, than pictures. JJ's phone died so he only got the first one



boogie

[blakebh]

Hell of a hunt and great looking dog!

[pltx ken]

nice dog man. good hog.

[TShelly]

Thanks; he's a good one for sure. Got real high hopes for my pup out him...

[Cutter Bay Kennels]

Dog sounds fine to me.

[Randy_P]

Good story Tony.  You should send that pup out of Boogie to me since you are so busy with school!!  I would hate for a puppy to get in the way of your studies. 

[TShelly]

@ Randy: Hahaha she's actually one of my "bitches" I don't have to worry about, those college girls can keep you busy.. Umm I mean Books

[muddogger98]

nice looking bmc there... sounds like he can findem and holdem.   open mouth dogs is not all that bad. i know bunch of people that have them and run them

[JDJP]

Real good looking dog, I used to hunt with a friend who ran a open cat. And he could get it done, I think an open dog just needs more skill to make up for its big mouth. Hope the pup turns out for you.

[Reuben]

Nice dog and pup...I love the red cur dogs...I also like good open dogs and that can produce pork on a regular basis...

[bigo]

A good, fast dog that runs to catch will catch hogs even if he had blue lights and a siren.

[Reuben]

A good, fast dog that runs to catch will catch hogs even if he had blue lights and a siren.

x2000000....

but I sure like that red pup. Is there a touch of redbone in there?

[jsh]

Good job.  All I've ever run is open dogs.  Get tired of all the BS people talk about them.  Open or closed it don't matter.

[TShelly]

@ Rueben.. No redbone. Probably 1/64 plott and some B&T blood from woodruffs ranch way back when but mostly cur dog

[Reuben]

TShelly...a few good hound qualities in a good cur dog can be a real good thing.

[RyanTBH]

Boogie is a 3.5 year old red cur dog that Big E owns. For the last few months our good buddy JJ has been hunting him up in Gods Country north of us.

About 3 weeks ago JJ came home from work and saw that hogs had hot the feeders behind his house. So at 730 am he turned Boogie and 2 of his dogs, slim and tonto loose. He caught 3 hogs right off the bat and then the dogs split with Tonto and Slim baying a good boar hog and boogie falling bayed 1/2 mile out. JJ could tell it was a young fat boar so he decided to leave his two dogs working that boar and went to Boogie.. 

Hog after hog, boogie kept baying and rolling off. After 2 hours and still not being able to catch Boogie he went back to his 2 which were still hammering on that fat boar and got him caught. Finally at 3:30 that afternoon JJ got his hands on Boogie at the last hog

He caught 11 total that day and 7 in front of Boogie by hisself!!

Boogie is some kind of open cur dog though. When he's hunting he'll usually give one bark when he's getting close to finding the hog and then will straight sing to one while running! You hear people talk about open dogs not being able to catch hogs and so on.. Too me it doesn't matter a dog is either a hog dog or not, regardless of open or tight mouthed. The good ones get it done no matter what... Enjoy! More of a story, than pictures. JJ's phone died so he only got the first one



boogie

Sounds like a great hunt! 11 HOGS!!!? wow! I like the look of that red dog... Would love to put him with our dogs on a trail. Is he gritty?

[bird]

Good hunt. I wish I had the problem of catching 11 per day   

[rdjustham]

Good hunt. I wish I had the problem of catching 11 per day   

Amen to that!

[Caughtandhobbled]

Thanks for sharing Tony. Back in the day we always had at least one open dog, heck that was a poor man's tracking system. An open dog on a hot track is not a bad thing contrary to popular belief, lol. I can't tolerate a dog bawling in small circles in any type of hunting, a few coon dogs that I owned in the past come to mind. That's a nice looking pup!

[Reuben]

Thanks for sharing Tony. Back in the day we always had at least one open dog, heck that was a poor man's tracking system. An open dog on a hot track is not a bad thing contrary to popular belief, lol. I can't tolerate a dog bawling in small circles in any type of hunting, a few coon dogs that I owned in the past come to mind. That's a nice looking pup!

I agree...and I know what you mean about a coon dog that takes 3 hrs. and 6 miles of cold trailing just to jump the hog 1/4 of a mile from where he started a track...and the other dogs don't pay him any mind cause they think he is lying... I've done that one too...