EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

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Turned out near Flatonia Saturday evening with Underdog (the gay ninja) and his wife,Matt, Richard, and my two daughters.  We started the day doing some squirrel hunting, then let Foxy the greyhound run some jackrabbits. At about 6:30 we turned the dogs out. Annie and Brandy rolled out a pretty good ways, we decided to let them go out and do their thing, and that we would turn out the young dogs Bryant had brought. We hunted the young dogs a couple hours while we were waiting on Scott and his wife to make it in from San Antonio.  Scott called and said they were close to the ranch entrance so we loaded up the young dogs, and met Scott and his wife at the barns.  At that point we decided to go locate Annie and Brandy. They had been dipping in and out of range on the Garmin most of the evening. We went to the last point the Garmin dropped them, and we heard them bayed. They were about 950 yards through the woods. We had two options, walk directly to them and cross two creeks in the cold, or drive the buggies for ~20 minutes in the cold wind, to a gap in the fence. We opted for the driving. Got to within 300 yards, and we walked in to them. Cut the catch dogs loose, and had a nice fat sow caught. Annie and Brandy rolled out again, and in no time I dropped them at 1.8 miles on the Garmin. We took a few pictures, and headed back to the barns to cut the loins out of the sow.

       It was getting to be close to midnight, and Scott and his wife had to leave, as did Richard and my daughters.  It was freezing out, so I told Bryant and his wife to go ahead and go to the motel, and I would wait on the dogs... Bryant said he couldn't do that, and he was staying until we got the dogs back. So we looked at the map trying to figure out the best way to get to the dogs. We decided to take the truck, as they were off the ranch a couple of miles to the west just past where I had permission to be. We drove up one road even with the dogs track on the GPS, and could not hear them, but we could see a well lit house a few hundred yard in the woods. The map showed another road to the west that looked to be close to the dogs as well, so we drove over there. All we found was a locked gate with a dark house. Not feeling like getting shot at, I decided to go back to the road with the lit up house, and wait on the dogs to head back. While we were waiting, on the dogs, I saw some flashlight flicker, so I decided to drive on up to the house.  Of all things to be going on, it was a hot tub party winding down at 1:00 am (  I think I had dreams about this when I was a teenager  ;D  )  We talked the the lady that owned the place, and she said we could go back there, and that we could shoot the hog if we saw it. They also mentioned to be careful of the hot wire back there.  We to the back of the property and found the dogs near a net wire fence. No hog, and no baying, just the dogs.  Not sure if the net wire had them stopped, or if they got zapped by the hot wire and stopped, at any rate. We called them to us, and loaded up said goodbye to the homeowner, and called it a night.


Not a real productive night, but we had a good time, and brought home some pork! And no, I did not get pictures of the hot tub party ;D
Scott and the Gay Ninja
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Some pics of the squirrel dogs
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Bryant
 those pink gloves give you a way  ;D

Chris
sounds like a good hunt. them dogs where covering some ground.

Matt
i like the looks of that squirrel dog, looks good .

 :D.  Gotta watch them ninjas.. Good hog..

He may be on to something with the pink gloves. I just bought a really nice pair of Marmot gloves (they were tan and brown) a few weeks ago and they got stolen. Maybe if they had been pink the thief would have left them alone  >:( :o >:(

Craig that would be Bryants squirrel dog, I think mine was trying to find her own arse ;D  She will get the hang of it but she is not a cold nosed dog at all.  Even little peanut was going to den trees and we were unable to shoot at anything.  It was real windy and cold and I think they were just layed up in those hollow trees.  Chris got a poser shot of mine smelling on a tree but no barking and no meat...

Matt,

Look closer at the second pic from the bottom, your dog is in the back of the tree checking out the hole. All you can see is her legs.


Craig, here is a better pic of Matt's dog
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you keep hunting that dog and it should start treeing. atleast she is up on the tree

im going to bring one of my dogs to snap to annie next time i come hunt to keep her in range of that garmin  ;D

Chris, thanks for having us, we had a great time...sure was a pretty place,food was great as well as the company and hospitality. Matt, we can get ole Peanut tuned up on sq. and get that gyp kicked off when the deer hunters get done. Scott, good to see you and yours as well.

You forgot my pecker catching dog tho... ;)  

BTW....the fasion chanel said pink is the new black... :-*


I was thinking some window weights tied to her collar...them two sure were rollin good Sat.

Bryant, I know it was cold but... :o

Craig,

    I was just saying this weekend, that if Annie and Brandy keep ranging out like they are, I am going to have to separate them. ;)  Hunted Annie and Ruby(Brandy pup) last Thursday and they made a couple 3/4 mile loops, but they at least made loops. Then they hunted in a little closer the rest of the night. Same story when I hunt Brandy. But you put Annie and Brandy together on the Flatonia place, they'll make a large ranch seem too small. I don't know if it's just the open country, or if they are just really used to hunting that place.  I have been joking around calling them my cold weather dogs...put them on the ground, then get back in the truck in the heater and wait until they bay :D Heck, I might actually start hunting them that way.

Chris you big Weenie! put a cap on that head of yours and go out in the weather with them dogs of yours!

Bryant I might be willing to make a trade with you for those pink gloves!

Seriously, good pictures sounds like a fun hunt!

The name of this thread leaves the doors wide open for endless other possibilities that could have happened. Less details on the Gay and more details on the hot tub party would have been alright.

Sounds like you got some pretty good dogs Chris, with some good bottom.

No hot tub pics? How dissapointing ;D

Thanks Josh,

   Sometimes I am real proud of them. Other times, not so much...

Chris when I read the title I sure thought I was going to see a video of Matt showing off his karate moves in the bathtub! ;D

It could have been worse!! I got this picture in my head!! My version of there hunt!!! Dogs bayed on someone else's property and there was no women.... a gay hot tub party!!! Mandy and Bryants wife said they would wait at the mule while the guy's go to the dogs!! After the guys not showing back up for hours the girls decide to go check on them!! That is where they find Matt and Chris in the hot tube with no shirts on!! And Bryant with the pink thing going!!  Chris only posted the pictures of Bryant!!! BUT WE KNOW MANDY HAS MORE..LOL  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D  Just my version that I had pictured!!!

 ;D I wised up and left about dark because it was COLD and I had some things that needed to be done at the house!!  I missed the hog hunt portion of the evening but I was able to catch the Nebraska game and help the wife pack.  Gotta love those pink gloves Bryant!

So actually were taking Chris and Bryants word that it wasnt a gay hot tub party? ;D

good hunt!

sounds like a nice hunt guys and  ???.........takes a real man to wear pink huh Bryant........ nice pics too yall.

I know nothing about what happened after dark  8)

Thanks for the invite Chris, I enjoyed it! Well, except for the noxious fumes I was riding with (Bryant) ;)

Yep, those two dogs are a little rangey for sure. I appreciate ya'll letting me bring the pup and young bulldog along...it was good experience for both of them.


Wish we could have stayed longer, but I've learned over the years not to get between my wife and her fishing plans :)

I always miss out on the good ones! ;D

Damn it's a rough crowd in here. ;D


Scott,
   We'll have to do it again. I can certainly understanding you not wanting to get on your wife's bad side by getting in the way of her fishing.

Slim,
   I wish Ben had been with us, he could have appreciated the hot tub girls.

I'm pretty sure I saw him on the internet.
Long as he "Don't go ninja'n nobody don't need ninja'n" I'd continue to let him hunt!

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J/K...Sounds like a good time!

When I saw Bryant in his ninja getup, I immediately thought...I sure hope he doesn't do any judi choppin and kung foo kickin at the same time, because I don't know how well a one legged ninja would get around in the woods. ;D

HA HA! You'd have had to break Ben off for sure, he ain't NEVER called off before. ;D

You trying to make a squirel dog out of that Greyhound?  Only real men wear pink!

Joey

Joey,

   Foxy was there in case things got out of hand.

Some of the Texas Squirrels are a little balsy.
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Some are just plain combative.
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and occasionally, they are so bad, you need to call in some backup.
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Chris, it was cool to watch Foxy after them jack rabbits...I wish I still had this dude here....he woulda had fun w/ that as well and he was FAST....

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I hear the problem with those whippets, is that they catch all the rabbits, and don't leave anymore in the woods for the other beaglers. ;D