EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I am looking on buying a new cut vest my boarbuster is getting worn out had it for six years it sthe best ive ever had and was wondering what yall think is the best one also if any of you have any used cut vest that are still in good shape give me an email at hog.hunter13@yahoo.com i might be interested in buying it. Thanks


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 I can't say what is the best, but if you got 6 years out of a vest, and you were pleased with it, I would be inclined to buy the same vest again, if it is still available.

I happen to have a couple used vests for sale if you are interested. Here is a picture of one on the bulldog to the right. It is an X-Large Uglydog vest
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p204/ccoughran/DSC00540.jpg)

The other vest fit on a small pit. and has some tears in the sleeves.
Let me know if you are interested in either.

cant beat a southern cross vest if you ask me

Here is what we offer:

http://www.uglydogranch.org/udrshop/index.php?cPath=1

i think the tejas outdoors vest is a real good choice,, theyre in alto, texas,, you can take your dog in and they will measure him and they make the vest while your are there..

The kevlar vest from Ugly Dog Ranch is the way to go.

Very light-weight and hasn't been cut through once.

I dont think they are in business still they are the best that i have ever tried if anyone has any boarbuster cut vests i will buy them.

Can you get a pic of the smaller vest my pit is a real short stocky one.

i say dont change a good thing if you had a vest that worked out for 6 years i would stick with that brand

I like the uglydog vest myself mine has never been cut through and has caught lots of hogs.

Boardog,

No disrespect bro, but aren't you 15 years old???  So you've been hunting your vest since you were 9? ;D

I have hunted with my dad since i was 4 im telling you ive been hunting more than most when i was 8-10 me and my dad hunted 5 days a week me and him just me and him we both flipped it when i was ten we caught a six hundred and seventy pounder with 4 inch tusks on each side it killed 4 dogs i kinda know alot. Not to brag or anything.

ive got one ugly dog and 3 p&p p&ps are super tuff and so are the ugly dog i think its just kinda personal preference, and if u hunt so much we ought to go hunting sum time

ummmm.....670lbs.??? really?? any pictures of this monster? and what kind of domestic was crossed into it? please don't tell me it was all feral... ::)

No doubt, thats one monster of a hog!!

I would think a picture of that beast would make a GREAT cover for the first issue of your magazine!

I could probbably get a pic of it it was defiantly wild it had a long snout and a long black tail he was just living near a peanut feild but being big didnt stop him he could move as easy as any hog he defiantly didnt just lay there but ill try and get a pic we dont ussually take pics. hey TT where you live would like to go just went tonight and caught two 150lb boars.

well I hate to bust ya'lls bubble but anything can happen when you have room for human or animal error. We use the ugly dog vest and that last hog I posted cut through 2 out of 3 vest. We were glad to have them on the dogs and will still use them. I love to read these tales of course I'm still learning and if the good lord is willing i'll hunt and enjoy it another 60 years.

Buddy, were they the kevlar vests or one of the others... they have a few different ones?

I have used a few different types of cutvests. I have 2 valley creek cut vest( bought new from a guy who never used em). I had an ugly dog cut vest (recently lost with a bulldog). I have two vest that I have and had that I dont know who made em. And I have a vest from X-treme outdoors that I traded for.
(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w234/got2catchem/cutvests.jpg)

The x-treme outdoor vest is on top. It has the chest plate and side plates and high bib. It offers alot of protection ,but lacks in movement. My catchdogs seem to run slower and weirder when wearing it. I keep it for a back-up. I also had to take a hot-nail and put holes in the straps. Must have been a honest mistake.

The next two vest are the valley creek vests. They seem to me like they are built alot like the ugly dog vest. I am running one of these on one of my catchdogs now, since I lost my uglydog vest.

My ugly dog vest I really liked, fit my dog well and was pretty durable. My dogs caught quite a few hogs wearing it. I did have to take it to a saddle shop once and have it re-sewn where a panel had started coming off after my dog caught a 250 plus pound hog, but it took alot of abuse before that.

The bottom vest on the top picture, I got from HDCURS/ when I bought a catchdog. It is a lighter vest. Moves well and I really like the rivet holes. I think it keeps the dog cooller in the summer. I dont know who makes it ,but I would like to see the rivet holes with an ugly dog/valley creek style of vest.(Hint,Hint ;D)

(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w234/got2catchem/cutvest2.jpg)

This vest is one that I traded for the X-treme outdoor vest. I should have kept it. It took alot of abuse and was well put together. It fit my dog well. I dont know who makes it.

the bottom vest is made by houston leather and dog supplies in waurika ok. they have just about everything you need for hog hunting they are farely close to me so thats were i get most of my stuff i have phone number and adress if any body is interested

the group of hunters I hunt with seem to like the tejas vest.  But personally It dont matter if your dog has used it and put it to use enough then u should know if u have a good vest.

the vest i use rubs my dogs legs nearly raw everytime i take him hunting. do most vests do this? im interested in the ugly dog kevlar one but i dont wanna shell out 130 bucks and not like it, do yall have any kind of return policy if i dont like it?

(http://www.uglydogranch.org/photopost/albums/userpics/10001/171928-28_Hunt_Zee-03_net.jpg)
Here is the 3 Layer Kevlar that UglyDog Ranch carries (once again) in action, the vest overlaps the cut collar and does not the motion/agility of the of the dog. The picture above is a vest I have owned for close to seven years, used on 3 generations of dogs and not one puncture through the vest to date. As you can see the this hog was sporting some 3" IVORY and knew how to use it. With 3 layers he could not touch the dog, and the vest design did not put the dog into a jam even when being whipped around and NO this vest has never rubbed any of the dogs that wore it.
(http://www.uglydogranch.org/photopost/albums/userpics/10001/8hunt8-28-046-med~0.jpg) Heres that scrappy little boar that was swinging that dog around, not so bad all tied up!
(http://www.uglydogranch.org/photopost/albums/userpics/10001/Victor.jpg)
Here is a frontal view of another one of my friends dog wearing one, as you can see this vest has been worn, and worked over, not one cut has penetrated all three layers of Kevlar.
(http://www.uglydogranch.org/photopost/albums/userpics/10001/normal_Bandito.jpg) Here is a side view of the same exact vest on another dog (Bandit son of Captain Morgan)

On another note, some of you may recognize the dog wearing the Blue vest ? That is ol "Useless" JD's yellow dog foundation, Useless was rough as they come, He was a strike dog, this dogs wearing that same design of vest running on the ground the whole hunt, every hunt, so NO is does not rub or chaffe  the dog if the design is made by dog people.
.(http://www.uglydogranch.org/photopost/albums/userpics/10001/normal_Blast_from_the_past.jpg) The vest only comes in orange now days and is known as the devastator, the color changed from yello wsince their is another manufacture now trying to sell yellow vests, this way there won't be any confusion, uglydog ranch is the ONLY place you can get this pattern/material of vest

Recognize anybody else in that picture??????? any East Texas Hog Doggers?

Now that's an old picture! ;D

I see Blue on top and my old Rebel dog on bottom... gotta be about six years ago.

Ol' Useless was a helluva dog... bark three times and catch.

i like using the valley creek vest mostly cause its closes to me and i like dealing with them they are good people, the black vest they sale never had a problem with it until one of straps snapped one night on a  hog but that was no big deal, the camo vest sale now those are some good vest we got on a  rough hog one night its got 100s of cuts all over it from that night but none of them ever went through that vest saved my dogs life that night.

yeah im gonna be getting a new one in the next couple weeks when i pick up some extra money (guess i could set on a street corner with a sign that says "need money for hog hunting supplies") lol
the one i have now is just poorly made it doesnt fit him right because his neck and shoulders are the biggest part of his body (i have to  use the biggest collars any site ive seen has)  and he gets really lean around his stomach area. and he does EAT a lot, lol. just nothing but muscle on his upper body and back legs now, and this vest is getting worse and worse fitting wise.