Horse back hunting....

[Sean]

hey, once the expo is over saddle me up, i'm ready! (ummm....i don't really have to ride that little donkey do i??)

[craig]

  keep me up to date , im  always ready for a road trip.

   i dont carry a riffle ,just a knife.
 if you will notice the yellow mule to the left, he carrys a rifflle standing straight up and down on the right side of his saddle horn, its a soft padded scalbert with a zipper on top to keep the trash out.

[Circle C]

Craig,

    I have been looking at the picture of the sorrel. Is that a rope halter on him too, or is it some type of cavason?

Chris

[craig]

 thats just a rope halter , im riden him with a ring snaffle bit,  i always ride with a halter when im hunting so i can tie up quick and get in on a bay, i like those rope halters or cowboy halters is what everybody here calls them, cause you dont have a big snap hanging under their chin.

[Txhoghunter]

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I beg you pardon! Were you just trying to be funny, or trying to prove that you are have no idea what you are talking about. My dad always said, never say stupid things in front of people.

Paul T. 
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This is just my opinion Boar Dogs, keep that in mind before you start throwin words like "stupid" out there. I work full-time on a ranch. Between the three of us that work here we run over 1000 head of cows, calves, and bulls. I don't consider myself a cowboy though. There may be some cowboys from the old days left, but just because you can ride a horse and rope a cow don't make you one. To me a cowboy was someone who made a living off of a horse because they had to, there wasnt any other way to work cows. Don't get me wrong, theres nothing wrong with getting cows up on horses, but I know a sack of cake and a 4-wheeler sure is easier....

[Circle C]

Sean,

   You will have to take your pick.   

You don't have to ride the little donkey, you can ride behind it. Or you can ride CrackerJack, we picked him up this past weekend, he is 350# of piss and vinegar.

 Here are some pics of your other options.


Your legs might drag a little.


This one likes to lay down on the job


This is Jake, I picked him up 8 years ago, He is not much to look at, but he is pretty solid, and anybody can ride him. Point and click.   Heck, you can even put Clifford up there.



Another of Jake,

[Circle C]

Craig,

   Gotcha. I was looking for a lead in the picture, but did not see one. Hence the question about a cavason, though it looks pretty high up for a cavason anyhow.

  In our barn we have everything from dainty little heads to jug heads, so the rope halters are nice to have around.

[Circle C]

Scott,

   I think you might be on to something about ranchhand vs. day hand.

Sean, that is the last I will say about it.  I promise

[craig]

Circle C 

 here is a better picture of my whole rig.

[mike p]

it sounds like everyone that has commented on this subject is partial to the ranch hands , day workers ,and cowmen of there area and i am not trying to knock anyone because they have done something to earn your respect but my comment is dont knock someone because they are not from your area there are plenty who have the skills to be a top hand on any big ranch but financially they cant do that whether they be from kalamazoo or kickapoo

[Circle C]

Mike P,

    I don't think I have a  "my cowboys are better than your cowboys" attitude. Well, I guess I do pick on the Okie's, but come on, they're Okie's they were bred to be picked on.

Ever heard the story about why it is so windy in Texas?   

There are great horsemen, an dog men all over the US. What is really unique is when you have a person that is great with dogs AND horses.

There is an old saying that goes "Jack of all trades, master of none" I fall into that category. I can sit a saddle, and sort of handle a dog, but that's about it

[HIPOCKETS]

MR. JUDE HART WAS A GREAT FRIEND OF MINE.We spent a lot of time together and he was one of the best horseman/dogman of all time. His bloodline still exist in my yard and many others too.The only way he hunted was horses but he most allways had a wagon pulled by 2 big mules on the hunt with him. There just is not enough room for the things you need when you have only horses,, in my oppion. And its hard enough to find good help if you hunt a lot, probably harder to find good help that just happens to have horses and trailors and a truck with some gas in it .I think that hunting with horses is a lot of fun and horses has some advantages over atv's but horses along with atv's is the way to go.AND AIRBOATS....

[Sean]

i have a video of a hog dog hunter in south texas named James Land. he hunts off horseback and shoots a rifle over the dogs, or he calls them back and shoots. you only have to watch this dvd once to know he's the real deal. great with horses and dogs, and just deadly with a gun. on one part, he shoots 3 hogs in different locations in succession through thick brush after he tells the dogs to back off. you have to actually see it to truely appreciate it. just thought i would mention him since seeing his video is what first got me thinkin about hunting from a horse.

[Circle C]

Sean,

  Good dogs, fence jumping mules, and a boy can he shoot.  Watching that video of his impressed the heck out of me.  Not really action packed, but a great video nonetheless.

http://www.hogsanddogs.com/default.html

[elliscountyhog]

MOMMA'S DONT LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOY'S,    Sorry just came to mind. I have hunted off horseback once and i am not going to lie it was the most fun i had hog hunting, BUT it was down on a 25K ranch in beumont,tx and everything was on the ranch we didnt have to load and unlaod nothing just open the gates and kennels and off we went and it was mostly open marsh. We caught 10 or so hog each day. Really fun

Hey Circle we hunted down near oakwood saterday should have came and brought the horses for a hunt.

[Circle C]

Ellis,
   I have a small place in Pleasant Springs, between Centerville and Crockett, right off Hwy 7.  Here is the website to my "neighbors", I am across the hwy and down the dirt road from them, but it should give you a reference.
http://www.centerranch.com/

About the largest continuous tract we hunt over there is 1,000 acres, with some others in the 700 acre range. Not large places, but large by Centerville standards.  Have a friend that hunts the river bottoms in Oakwood.

[c.miller]

This post was created asking some info about hunting horse back and what its like….ect. The issue here is you have some people on here who do go horse back and are trying to give some detail of their experiences then you have some folks here that know someone who does. There is a big difference in the two! I’m not going to get into the whole real cowboy/ranch hand/day worker argument cause I could care less. But I will say that sometimes it’s better to sit back and listen than to speak of something you know nothing about. I too have seen that James Land video and its pretty neat except for the part where he is walking to the bay barking like a dog……that was a first for me……but it seems to work for that man and maybe one day I should try it. If a person is given the opportunity to go horse back they should but I personally would recomend thinking twice about it if you don't ride well just for the saftey of you and your horses. Hunting horse back is a bit different than riding someones horse around the arena. Just my opinion.

[Circle C]

c Miller,

    I have witnessed  on one occasion of a person baying the hog. It was Thomas w/ Ugly Dog Ranch.  We had a couple of bays going, and catch dogs loose. He spotted a hog "hiding" and barked/bayed at it. One of his catch dogs came in and caught the hog. Would not have believed it, had I not seen it with my own eyes.  Could have been a fluke, but it was neat regardless.

[c.miller]

Like I said im not saying it don't work and it sounds perfectly logical....just not sure if I could do it with out laughing...expecially with others watching me do it.

[Circle C]

c miller,
 
    I didn't feel bad about laughing, we were laughing at Thomas for quite some time.  Just something funny about a grown man barking at a hog.