EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I got a story I want to share. It's a hog hunting story but kinda has a message with it. Last Sunday morning me and a couple buddies went huntin. Pretty quick into the hunt my dog Catsquirrel opens. I could tell is was a cold track by the way he barked. He made a big circle cold trailing...Well while Catsquirrel was cold trailing this pig, my friends bluetick hound opened hot, then bayed. Knowing this bluetick I dint figure it was a pig. I figured it was a coon, possum, cow, anything but a pig. Well we decided to go check and see what he had since he was on the way to gettin closer to Catsquirrel. Well when we get there theyre bayed in a little stand of switch cane, Catsquirrel is in there bayed too. So now "Im like what in the world", I think this bluetick has got my dog to trashin. Well we wait a second to make sure its a pig... Well it breaks, and sure enough its a pig... Catsquirrel runs him way over a mile and bays... Well in tryin to figure out the best way to him we go through a bunch of water, almost drown my four wheeler out, and no where close to him, back track through the water again, and this time my four wheeler does drown out, have to turn it on its side, drain all the water out, get back on, go down another trail hoping this one will get us close to him, nope dead end, back track again after a few more trails and some self made ones we get as close as we can, have to stop due to a deep creek. But we're close enough to walk to him. Have to wade across this creek, its cold too!!! Get there and turn the catch dog loose, she gets there but misses or gets knocked off. We gather up the dogs and headed back to the four wheeler empty handed... After a few days, I was reflecting back, and I think God give me a message through my dogs and the hunt. See if I wouldve trusted my dog Catsquirrel, who has never let me down me before, and believed he was bayed on a pig, believed what he was telling me, we wouldnt have had to go the miles we went and through all the water and the dead end trails. In life if we would just trust God and listen to what He's saying and believe it we might not have to go through all the stuff, and dead end trails we put ourselves through... Trust what God is telling you... He knows whats best for you. He has never let nobody down, and He's not about to start!!!

Yup you've always got to trust YOUR dog.
But theres always some of your buddies dogs that you can never trust though.

Catsquirrel LMAO, how'd u come up with that name?

That is a good story Thanks for it

That was his name when I bought him... It was too funny to change... It fits him...

Very true!, Thank you for listening this time and posting the story. ;)

good story and great message

I thought the message was going to be, " I should have been in Church on Sunday Morning instead of hog hunting."

I hate it when I decide to cut hookie to hunt instead of making it to the 10AM service.

         Believe and he will provide

That is a great story/Lesson! God is the best teacher!

Trust what God is telling you... He knows whats best for you. He has never let nobody down, and He's not about to start!!!


AMEN TO THAT!! AWESOME TESTIMONY!!

Guarantees me a dry run as well. Great point

Thats what I was thinking too when i first read it. Me, I learned that lesson a long time ago.

He was probably trying to tell you if you would have been in Church on sunday morning, you might have bayed the hog by the truck, cut the catch dog loose and caught the 375 pound boar with 4 inch cutters and never would have had to unload the fourwheeler

A good story and a great point/lesson!

I have suffered both ways. Not trusting God and trusting my dogs that is.
Not trusting God is obvious and He has never lead me astray when I have place my trust and faith in Him. I cant say that for my young dogs though . lol
Trusting my young dogs the last time out caused me to turn a puppy and a catch dog to a hard payed possum! :o. Dang if it didnt sound good though! lol.

Thanks for sharing this story!

Amen to that brother, God is in EVERYTHING we do. We just need to rememer that.

AMEN

nathen doss, didnt know u had it in ya.. good deal bro.. good story too

thats a real good story man ive done simaler stuff with my dogs too!

Good story, sry you didnt get him. Sounds like one I would of wrote many times before I learned a few things. I never hunt my dogs with any other dog but my own, I try to hunt the ones that seem to work the best together, always try to learn your dogs well enough so that you can trust them most of the time. I know they're dogs and are capable of anything thing thats why I state "most of the time" ;D  Exposure to the unwanted game with a shock collar usually evens out the odds. There's no hunt the same as one before, different things always happen and you never stop learning. Experiment with different techniques and soon you will find what works for you, no one hunts the same. Hope you have lots of good hunting to come and find what works the best for you so you can sure enough catch him next time, hope to see lots of pics soon. Hope you and your hunting buddies have a good safe holiday.

its funny how God has a way of sending you messages and signs in the strangest of ways

That is  a great story and lesson learned.  Sometimes it is hard to trust and I don't know why the bad seems easier to believe.  Trust in The Lord always.!!

Good message!

Agreed