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« on: February 20, 2008, 07:29:48 pm » |
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I would really like to hear about and see pictures of people that hunt horse back. I guess the "real" cowboys that hunt this way don't have time for computers but I sure would appreciate any good detailed information about hunting this way and any pictures of your horses and how they work. I know that most of the time people put alot of emphasis on the dogs but a good horse is equally important. So post away Craig and Silverton and anyone else that hunts this way, I look forward to reading about it and seeing some of the pics............
Matt
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« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2008, 08:00:06 pm » |
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Matt im going horseback hunting saturday will take some pics then !!!
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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2008, 08:15:02 pm » |
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Don't have any pictures hunting off horses but hunt this way some
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« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2008, 09:06:44 pm » |
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Matt,
Our friend in madisonville hunts horseback with no bulldog. He has three curs and one huge toothless catahoula catch dog (just retired a couple weeks ago) and he usually hunts alone. He takes everything out alive. We think he's a little too daring, but he manages to tie some real trophies. We have hunted with him (us on wheelers and him horseback) and he really has the upper hand getting to the bay horseback.
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« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2008, 09:53:26 pm » |
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The horses are usually just good ranch horses you can do anything off of, work or hunt. If don't work cattle or ride the horses ALL THE TIME it can be hard to keep them only to hunt off of. Horse can't have no spook in them or it will put you in a bind.  |
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« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2008, 10:16:37 pm » |
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This is disturbing but.... I cut Delta (my hog) loose in my horse pasture because Chris got sick of his horse having to live outside in bad weather. My pig had been living in his horse's stall. I figured our hunting horses would benefit from being around a hog on a daily basis, so out goes Delta.
Here is the sick part - Cooper, my mentally challenged Quarter Horse gelding immediately was attracted to her. Cooper started nuzzling her with his lips, gently nibbling her back, and licking her. Those two are just about inseparable. Delta makes some funny noises, and the whole display really leaves you wondering. I guess when I'm on Cooper in the woods I may have to watch him around the caught hogs. I'd hate for one to be molested.
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« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2008, 10:30:01 pm » |
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hahaha yeah that picture you sent was funny....
Matt
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« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2008, 10:31:24 pm » |
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Matt,
That wasn't the half of it. :O( They are in love.
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« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2008, 10:41:32 pm » |
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that's VERY disturbing mandi! can't help you with the hunting from horses thing matt, never done it. like you i would be very interested trying it one day though... |
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« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2008, 11:06:22 pm » |
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been ther and ther aint nothin as much fun cept the first leg,horseback is the only way to go in rough terain with no fences provided.
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« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2008, 07:53:56 am » |
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When hunting alot of country being horse back is fun....you can get to the bay fast.....see alot more over the tall grass....drag hogs out easier.... and if you know what your doing you can make a horse. Not to mention having one bayed up and easing in there to rope it is a blast! My two down falls to being horse back is ONE....you cannot carry your catch dogs as easy as being on a scooter...and TWO....when the day is over if your a good ways from the truck you cannot just snap the dogs up on the scooter and get back to ther truck in a hurry.
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« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2008, 03:00:07 pm » |
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Matt thats the only way i can hunt alot of the places i hunt because we have to go so far to find a hog , i always carry my lunch and a small hatchet,extra knives to clean a hog, trash bags and some game bags to pack meat in,i use a cantle pack instead of saddle bag cause you will tear a set of saddle bags off going thru the brush .i use my horse to drag hogs on , pull them up in a tree to clean,i hang a bag of meat on each side of my saddle horn to carry back to the truck and put in ice chest, i take a ice chest every time i go but sometimes i carry it home empty. you could get a mule or a horse i have both, but some horses will be tuffer than others just like mules. i break alot of horses and all of my horses have to go hog hunting. before i bought a horse i would make shure he could stand being rode up to a bay or stand hogs running thru the woods around him. i can tell you from experence that not all of them can take it, but then i have some i can rope a hog off of and i have drug a few out of ponds and creeks to keep from getting wet. the only benefit to a mule is some of them can jump fences, but you will have to go thru about 10 mules to find a really good one. as far as hunting horse back with catch dogs thats probably the hardest thing . i have been lucky enough to raise a catch dog that will stay with me until she hears a dog bay. alot of catch dogs want to start hunting on their own if left loose but this dog dosent want to ,she has really worked out good. i can carry her on my horse if we need to ride thru a set of cattle, after we pass the cows i drop her back on the ground. she has never messed with cows but i dont take any chances cuz a good place to hunt is hard to come by up here. i would say i hunt horse back 95% of the time but i have a 4 wheeler with a rack on back and im not against a nice walk in the woods. what ever it takes! craig  waitin on the dogs.  this is a cave i crawled in to stick a hog. there are 2 baydogs a catch dog and a 200# sow back in there.  thats a mule i rode last winter some.  it took 3 hrs following the dogs with my quick track to catch up to this sow |
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« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2008, 03:32:46 pm » |
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Matt, If you want to go horseback let me know, we can hunt in Centerville. I will arrange to have a horse ready for you, Sean, and Mike. Best way to get hooked is by doing it. What I need is some more hunting buddies that want to hunt that way. Take Bay City for example. Forget the wheelers, ride along the river. Get to a gully, you just cross through it. Forget dragging a hog by hand, just dally off and pull. Sean, I made a mistake, being the camera man, we will have to arrange for a smoother ride, and low to the ground. Here is your ride   |
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« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2008, 03:47:29 pm » |
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Chris,
I would love to hunt that way but it is just not feasable for me. I have to burn the rubber of a set of truck tires just to go hunting and the fuel cost is bad enough without haveing to have to buy and pull a horse trailer.
I would like to make a horse back hunt one of these days. I used to ride and help pasture break horses for a guy that trained barrel and cutting horses but I havent stepped foot in a stirrup since my car wreck in 2001. I would imagine I am a bit rusty.....LOL
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« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2008, 03:58:24 pm » |
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James,
Any time you make it to this part of the country, let me know and we will setup a hunt. I don't hunt horseback all that often, but when I do it is a real pleasure.
You aren't joking about the fuel money. We get decent mileage in our trucks, but hook a stock trailer to it, and it drops to 10mpg.
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« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2008, 04:29:30 pm » |
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Sean, I made a mistake, being the camera man, we will have to arrange for a smoother ride, and low to the ground. Here is your ride shoooot, i'll ride in that. looks pretty comfotable. that head-dress on there would have to go though  |
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« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2008, 06:32:05 pm » |
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When we go horseback we hunt 6 or 7 rough cur dogs.No need for a catchdog.You can catch lots of hogs off of a horse.The hogs that get away from the dogs alot of times we rope.I started out hunting off of a horse,no dogs just a rope.The dogs followed us off one day and that was that.From then on we took dogs also.Stared out with Kelpies,collies and heelers.Didnt see my first cur dog until I was around 12 or 13.A guy came up here from South Texas to help us gather cattle.He had some of the best curs I have seen to this day.Good looking dogs that could preform.I was hooked on cur dogs from then on.
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« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2008, 10:45:22 pm » |
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I was gonna say to that my horse would go to dogs barking,just like a catch dog.He had been rode so much hog hunting.If you were'nt paying attention and he heard a bay he would leave you reaching for leather.lol
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« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2008, 10:58:41 pm » |
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My horses can hear a bay from 2 miles...I didn't really need a tracking system untill I started hunting out of the truck more than horseback. We hunted horseback all the time on the New Mexico border. No fences in that country just miles of sand hills, wheat, and peanuts. That was a sweet deal. I do believe that it is the best way to hunt hogs unless you got a bunch of fences to deal with.
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