EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Started out around 4:30 got to the marsh around 5:30 and dropped the dogs.  First trip of the year didn't turn out to bad.
Dogs loaded up.(http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv52/JSEAY82/003.jpg)
First hog of the morning.(http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv52/JSEAY82/004.jpg)
Second hog of the morning.  First time I've caught one on her nest(http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv52/JSEAY82/005.jpg)
Third hog of the morning.(http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv52/JSEAY82/009.jpg)
Fourth hog of the morning.(http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv52/JSEAY82/011-1.jpg)
Fifth hog of the morning.(http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv52/JSEAY82/013.jpg)
Sixth hog of the morning.(http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv52/JSEAY82/025.jpg)
Had enough headed to breakfast at 8:00.  Here's a couple pics of the land we were hunting.(http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv52/JSEAY82/022.jpg)
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That looks like too much fun, always wanted to ride in an airboat.

good hunt !!

Cool Hunt!!
Nice pictures too

What kind of sled you got? Is it ground power?

Great pics and good hunt!

I have an airboat but have never hunted out of it. I always worry about the hogs running far inland and the dogs getting somewhere they shouldn't be........ but I know some guys that hunt that way all the time and catch a lot of hogs.

This down by Kissimmee? I see where cows have eaten the palmettos off.

Looks like you guys had a lot of fun...several hogs caught AND breakfast by 8 Am..you can't beat that..... ;D

Good looking red dog too!

11'6" predator hull with a 160 lycoming.  Runs dry with 2 dogs and 2 180lbs guys all day long.

Cracker the waters up high in the marsh right now.  Miles of that country to hunt legal.

I thought it looked like a lycoming... had to ask. Running dry always makes me a bit nervous. What kind of undercoating you using?

What's AVGas running per gallon now days?

Is it legal to hunt past the high water mark where you're running?

We left with about 12 gallons @ 3.70 and rode at least 30 miles total trip and still had about 3-4 gallons left when we got in.  There is a little over 20,000 acres legal to hunt so there's plenty of land to dog year round day or night.  Most of us guys down here just run a slik bottom which is basicly gelcoat silicon and couple other things.

Nice pics brotha !! cant wait till my boat is done been re buildin it for a while now !! i also am runnin a 160 (wide deck) on a glades style sled !! polymer bottom ! power shift prop ! gotta have that light boat if yer gonna hunt er hard on the dry ground :) unless ya got the money few the high dolla stuff !!! big boats and big motors equal even bigger wallets !!! LOL !!!  mine will do about the same as yers two dogs two guys and a light cooler !!
not sayin it wont do it but she aint got much more free board after that !! and makes a pretty big back wash !!  ;D ive only hunted gardners marsh twice some of the purdiest country ive ever seen !! But i do like to ride over there a lot !! meet lotsa new folks !! 
deff plenty of hogs over that way ive got some friends that live closeby mostly duck hunters but also have a hog dog or two layin around !! You know Jeff Breisinger ? him and his dad have a few boats !! also !!

I seen ya over on the fl sportsmen forum i used to post there a lot but its gotten crazy !! fulla anti dog hunter left wing freaks !! i just like to add fuel to there fire sometimes and talk some smack to em to get their panties in a wad !! LOL

Nice pics congrats on the great morning !!

good hunt guys

Cetch you get that thing runnin and we'll go harass em.  Don't know of those guys but have probably seen them out there.  I like to post these kinda hunts on every site im a member on cause lord knows you don't get to many hunts with that many hogs in that little time.  i like to share the hunt with everyone. 

i hear ya !! yeah and ta do it on public land is always fun  ;D

One of these days im gonna get me a boat.
It opens up so many places to hunt.

Looks like ya'll had a good mornin.

Airboat = Grown Man Toy

I'm jelous! Congrats on a nice trip.

Great hunt man!  Still never hunted like that, from what I understand you just ride/spotlight till you see one jump up and just drop the dogs on them?  Would be a great trainer hunt for sure.   You know Brian Berry?  And I still love the look of your dogs, strong lookin' dog

nice hogs!

Awesome. I bet thats a blast!!

Are you hunting a management area?
 Is it legal to run through the everglades and catch hogs off the islands in there? Or say the swamps in Lake O. Telll us some more about the legalities of airboat hunting.
  Nice hunt.

Good hunt

Where I hunt from airboat is in the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes in Central FL.  There's over 20,000 acres legal to hunt year round night or day with dogs.  There's a place called Gardners Marsh which is the majority of the swamp which is (rough guess straight line) 4-5 miles deep and 7-8 miles wide. Yes a lot of times you can just ride and jump them but on this morning we started down wind anbout 2 miles of the hammock we wanted to end up in and would drop the dogs as we went.  Luckly we ended up with hogs every time we stopped.

where abouts is gardners marsh?

Looks like you had a busy and productive morning.

https://my.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/portal/pg_grp_sfwmd_landresources/pg_sfwmd_landresources_recopps_ul_gardne

sounds fun and some really great pictures
   thanksfor sharing
     Dexter