EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Due to other commitments I could not make this hunt, but my friends and one of my dogs was there, so I was still pretty dang excited for them.  Here's the story as it was told to me....   This hog has been dogged in the past, and has always managed to shuck the dogs. One of his ears is ripped from a bulldog getting slung. The landowner has been seeing him on his game camera for several years, but has never attempted to shoot him, as he wanted to dog him.  My friend Ben went out there Saturday morning with two dogs. Chili ( who is a daughter of Mandi's Lizzie dog ) and my colored dog Brandy ( who is a daughter of Mike's Tweety ).   They dropped the dogs in the area of the game cam and in short order the hog was bayed. The bay broke, and he took them on a 1.5 mile trip into the thickest vegetation in the area. When Ben and them finally got there after fighting the brush and crawling in the real thick stuff, they were able to shoot the hog.  They got Brandy and Chili to some water and called it a day.  Brandy has a litter of 6 week pups on the ground. According to Ben,it was a last minute call to even put her in the truck... but her and Chili make a hell of a team, and the ol girl just looked like she wanted to hunt.   ;D

  Later on Ben and the landowner went back after the hog, as they wanted the head, and to figure out what he weighed. Hog ended up bottoming a 320# scale, so they don't really know his actual weight.

Here are the pics.

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That's a good'un ;)

That's a good one Chris!! You're like me, I'd be jut as excited that my dog was in on the hunt, even if I wasn't there to help catch him.. Good dog's doing work!!

All the while me and Mike were asleep in the truck  :-\   It was good to meet Ben and im glad they caught a good one...

I wasn't gonna mention that part.... I had good reason not to be on the hunt, but you and Mike taking a nap in the truck... that's a damn shame. :o

Maybe I should re-phrase that...I was sleeping,,,,not sure how much sleep Mike got..ha ha

Yeah, yeah, yeah!!!

Ben wore us out all night catching one little sow. About 6:30 it was nap time before the long drive home... at 8:30 he starts sending me pics. :'(

Heck, he was calling me so I could hear the bay.... SOB likes to rub it in doesn't he. ;D

That's a hero hog boys.....don't blame you for being proud of your dogs,...and old wise boar hog is hard to kill. Unless he's all swelled up in that pic I'd say he was over 400.

I am sure he is swollen some in the pic, as it was pretty hot out.

Nice....bo

nice and thick

good hog

Heck of a hog!!

heck of hog guys.would say around the 350 mark

There you go!  :o

thats defenitly a big boy there, and the dogs did great to trail and stop that big boy, congrats to ben.

That's a nice hog! Ol Ben has something to dream about while he's sleepin in his tamper at work.lol

allrite   allrite   how much for the whole litter of brandy pups  ;D   if your trying to be a dog jockey you gotta be a lil smoother  popo    hahahaha just kiddin . thats a good deal !

Dang good hog!!! I bet he was a hand full!!!!

John,
  I am waiting for my pedigree software to come in. Then I am gonna start the FBCDA ( Foundation Black Cur Dog Association) . I'll hold a couple of staged trials, and start selling the pups for $800.00. Anyone that says anything negative about them and I'll sick my lawyer on them.... Yup, I got it all figured out. 8)

I don't think he gets as much down time with his new crew, seems they keep him pretty busy.

 Wow! Congrats, that is a really nice hog.  :)

Good boar hog and good dogs to stick with one that far in this heat.

Heckuva Hog..

LMAO.   Holy Smokes Batman... Yalz crazy.. :o