Runners

[Reuben]

When i said we would catch one ,i meen the ones that wouldnt drive we would rope cut mark and let go,dog work was the best in them days.

if you don't mind...explain what you mean dog work was the best in those days...

[colecross]

The dogs were seasoned ,new what we wanted when we wanted when we went to the woods.daddy had a gyp that new were to go look for the hogs ,if she found a nest of pigs she would bay it.till we got to her.we would mark and do it again.dogs never bit the hogs. Unless was told to,daddy had a couple litter mates,wen u took them to the woods,all they bayed was boars are barr.the dog work was the best in them days,i still have that blood in my yard.catchy and open dogs didnt make it at my dads no matter how good they were.

[Reuben]

ok...hunting good dogs almost every day makes for top dogs...but also have to give credit to a good dog man or woman to bring out the best in a dog...

[Muddogkennels]

ok...hunting good dogs almost every day makes for top dogs...but also have to give credit to a good dog man or woman to bring out the best in a dog...

yep you nailed it. Feed tracks !

[hillbilly]

The dogs were seasoned ,new what we wanted when we wanted when we went to the woods.daddy had a gyp that new were to go look for the hogs ,if she found a nest of pigs she would bay it.till we got to her.we would mark and do it again.dogs never bit the hogs. Unless was told to,daddy had a couple litter mates,wen u took them to the woods,all they bayed was boars are barr.the dog work was the best in them days,i still have that blood in my yard.catchy and open dogs didnt make it at my dads no matter how good they were.

Folks back then would kill a dog in a minute for catching hogs unless they told them to catch.
I know an ole timer he had a gyp that would bay a group of hogs and would start toward the holding pen barking and the hogs would follow her and more hogs would join along the way. She would go in the pen  the hogs would follow and she would go out over the fence

[colecross]

Hillbilly. Then were good times for sure,daddy would tell me bout a lead sow,wen they found her they found the hogs,and she would lead the rest in to the catch pen.some my not understand ,them hogs were a way of life,wen they eas marked they was ur stock..and you tended to them.need pay bills....go to the woods catch ten hogs.take to the sale barn ,bills payed.it is sad to c them old days fade away,as long as i can our mark ,will be in the woods,and there is some barrs we cut ,cant wait to catch,thats wat its about.now on the farms we have to kill all.

[hillbilly]

yea the only people that should hate hogs is the farmers 

[halfbreed]

   lol  farmers ,  ranchers , city officials , golfers , wildlife conservationist , or any steward of the land as well as the home owner that has invested time sweat and money in their property .  it ain't just the farmers problem  .

  yep those were the  times when hogs were a person's property and as such they were liable for the damage a group of marked hogs did to a neighbors crops .  but back then a man could also go out in the woods and holler
 
         sooooooweeee and get their hogs to the pens

  the only problem with free ranging stock in texas , is that there is no such thing as free range left .  every inch of texas is now owned by somebody . 

[Crib]

I hear its the Eurasian blood that is in higher percentage these days that causes them to do that.

[Cajun]

No way are you going to drive hogs now. With all the pressure from hog hunters, cutovers, & eurasion blood, it would be almost impossible to drive them.
  Back 35 years or so, I met people who had hogs in the woods & they would tell me about going in & putting a rope on a hog they wanted to barr or mark pigs. I knew they were talking about a different hog then what I had been hunting. In so. La. We got russians in the early 70's & they would break as soon as they smelled you. Also back then in the northern part of the state, they still had a lot of virgin timber. You could see 300 yards, so it was a lot easier for them to drive their hogs.

[Reuben]

and I will add this as well...the cream rises to the top...all the flop eared big hammed with the rounded back hogs got caught and the russian type that can fightfight but would rather run... those are the ones who get away more often and as a resultare the ones who pass their genes to the following generations...so they have evolved to be faster, smarter, and with a lot more endurance...

[colecross]

And thats why daddy turned russian boars to the woods,he new times were changing,that alot would be caught are killed,just plain woods hog,so he mixed the russian hog in.was it right are wrong,i could care less,were our hogs was i couldnt c 300 yrds,unless looking down a logging road,and the woods were thick,thats were we made them stay the hogs.

[hillbilly]

No doubt its different hogs now days. I will say this all the hog haters will be glad their is pork in the woods one day. It may not be in the near future but its coming

[halfbreed]

   hell , I would just as soon eat possum   lol   

[hillbilly]

I tried possum and don't like it

[Reuben]

the possums meat is a pretty pink and looks like it should taste good...when I was about 12 I was going to make some money selling hides and trying to skin them possums was a chore...it was hard having to smell those nasty smelling critters and the smell on my hands lasted a while...they say if you cook them right they taste pretty good but I will never know... 

[Curcross1987]

I never could bring my self to skin one guess I just never got real hungry

[reatj81]

Every time I see a possum it reminds me of lonesome Dove.  The caption said somewhere in east Texas.  The girl asked Deputy from Arkansas if she could tag along, that she could catch possum if he was hungry.


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[Goose87]

We got about 1k acres in between my place and my hunting partners that we really select and manage the hogs and cull anything out that runs hard. The only dogs we hunt over here are pups that are starting to find a hog in my 6 acre wooden pen or my buddy's 10 acre wooden pen that is really thick. If the pups have the want to in their the we hunt them on this place by the house. All the hogs bay fairly easy and it really helps on building a young dogs confidence . Plus it's right by the house so we can hunt them several nights a week. After they are going good there then we'll start taking them hunting on our hunting leases or wherever we go and putting them in the long winded races. Personally myself I like a good runner. Let's you know what your feeding.

[Reuben]

I like a big running boar that can't run because the dogs have it shut down...in open country no problem with the right dogs...thick brush/briars...same dogs maybe not...