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Went for a run this morning & managed 8 nice boars. Started hunting about 6.30am & drove out the gate @ 10am.
Left the experienced Catahoulas at home. Took 3 of my young ones (Bo-Jo-Ness) & my mate brought one of his young Cats (Toby=litter mate to Jo) & his old holder(catch dog) "Mace" (LabxRottyxMastiff).
Which turns out to be probably his last hunt as he has come home with a broken lower jaw. He got bitten by the last boar & broke it through from behind his canines forward  :(
The positives out of the trip was we saw quite a few of the hit ups & it was impressing to see the young Cats pull some of these boars up. Mace is struggling with speed these days which worked out ok. By the second boar, the young dogs were finding, stopping & bailing. Then Mace would come in & lug(catch) up...The young dogs occasionally had a chew with him but bailed most of the time! A few random pics to enjoy -
Ness, Bo & Boar
(http://boarhunters.com.au/community/files/album/669c326bf2d93cf0c215e8d8f1746957.jpg)
The Days Team in the water
(http://boarhunters.com.au/community/files/album/43a8f56ce41d2989272f52f30f583921.jpg)
Team Work
(http://boarhunters.com.au/community/files/album/aa9905b622cb38d6627f8388dbea8ad3.jpg)
Feeding Mob
(http://boarhunters.com.au/community/files/album/2b67ece401fb6a002ae231f99dc6ee2a.jpg)
Bo, Ness & Jo
(http://boarhunters.com.au/community/files/album/fad9807b3b950453e60db6e04f0ec6af.jpg)
The Boar that broke Maces jaw
(http://boarhunters.com.au/community/files/album/13f6d79692e2420722e4b7aea79d8d72.jpg)

Nice hunt!  Good to see young dogs doing their job.  Sorry to hear about your mate's holder.

Mick, welcome to ETHD. That's some good hogs and good looking leopard dogs you have.

What blood line are your catahoulas out of?

cheers fellas. Yep was a good hunt. Only a new property so we haven't even touch the surface & potential yet. We had Buffalo & Brumbies running to us out of curiosity...Was great..Going to throw a few videos up tonight on my youtube site..will post a link when done  ;)
I have a few lines that been around in Australia for about 10yrs. A bit of camp-a-while & Blairs Diamond Cutter blood. I also imported a male & bitch from Florida 18mths ago.. They are mainly Cayo's Conch, Bucks & Muddy River Blood....
Looking at i,porting another gyp later next..Researching good quality lines atm....That are bred by honest cow/hog people... :)

GOOD HUNT AND NICE LOOKIN DOGS

Glad to see some nice Catahoula's getting the job done. Are bay dogs becoming more common down there?

good looking dogs and hogs. i sure like the looks of the country down under..... looks pretty open and clear it is thick as hell in my neck of the woods.

I'm trying to get them more popular  ;) ;D ;D
All jokes aside, People are starting become curious. I sell a couple of litters a year using only my best hunters & try to keep line breeding in the picture....Only improving is the goal.....
A lot of people still haven't heard of a Catahoula over here, but the ones that have & have bought one & kept in touch have soon learned they are a great breed. Most come back for seconds & thirds over time!
I have 10 keepers atm. Hunt usually 3 going & 1 young one at a time...The couple of my regular hunting buddies use catch dogs (luggers) but i am slowly sliding a Cat or two in there pack... ;)

peachcreek - yeah, that block is very open....great for watching the dogs "hit up"
Most of my other blocks ar a lot thicker than that also!

great looking cats. you have there ..like the way they are working the hogs ..keep us posted on your breeding .. it must be nice to see them work the open country ..mine is thick so lucky to get a pic before they are caught ....

forget to say welcome to the board ...

x2

Cats are looking good!

Good lookin leapord dogs. All you need now is a couple of "yeller" dogs to add some color to the pack ;D Good hogs and good lookin country your huntin there.

Nice Pics and good looking dogs, especially that black and tan.  I really hope I get to make a trip to australia before I'm done. I have always wanted to go..

good looking dogs and land mate :) sounds like you got some good catahoulas to work with no need for any yellow dogs :obut some buckskin catahoulas would do the trick ;D ;D ;D

Awesome! Thats some pretty country! Good pics!

nice dogs! welcome to the boards!!

Thanks guys. Yeah, i've some awesome black & tans but they never get too live long. The oldest one i've had is 2.5yrs. He was killed by a car & his some "Thumpa" was killed by a vet who overdosed him on anethstetic.  >:( Both awesome young dogs. That black & tan in the pics is the last from that line. He's just gone a year old. He is bailing well & improves with every hunt. Jumping off the quad on scent now...

Here's a bit of video of the Boar that Mace ended up lugging & getting his jaw broken. He's doing fine & will be able to hunt again later in the year. On approach to this boar(sleeping) the young/inexperienced dogs were getting restless in the back. I told them to settle as i thought it was mob number 2 they were looking....  It was apparently this boar (i spotted just afterwards)they could smell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-G7ZF3ILc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-G7ZF3ILc)

Some of the mobs we passed up on. The aim was to put the young/inexperienced dogs onto good boars in the open to watch em pull up & get there hands around stopping big boars in the open. Most boars took em to water!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x76Ti6DBn8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x76Ti6DBn8)
 ;D

Good looking Cats and hunt, sorry to hear about your mate's dog.  Of all the places to go  in the world I would love to take a trip to Australia :)

that was a awesome video... was it done with the eye glasses type of camera??? if so what brand were they ??? great job.. mine are always all over the place ...LOL

Thanks-
The pig bailed/caught video is from my head cam. It's a VIO POV 1.5? It just clips to my cap & i use it to record in loops. So basically continually recording & when i want to save something i hit the "TAG" button on my remote & it saves the last 5 mins. It does chew through lithium batteries though. I get about 6hrs hunt time out of 4x AA's.
The mob video was using my standard Sony Hand held video camera. I used Power Director to stabilise  the clip....My hands aren't the steadiest either when the excitement & adrenalin are pumping...  ;D
On my youtube site you can ell the difference between the headcam & hand held on some of the vids....  ;)

thanks Mick
  will have to save my pennies to get me one of those ..with my luck i would be running thru the briars and it get drug off .. keep the pics and stories coming  ..good luck on you dog and the jaw ... just a ?? from a dumb redneck hillbilly what is a brumbie  (SP)  ???

Sorry mate, not dumb.......we live on opposite sides of the world! Many things are spelt & said differently......
A "Brumby" over here is a Wild Horse! What are they called over there? I'll post a video of a few about 800mtrs from the Jaw Breaker Pig  ;)

for DoubleRDawg -
Brumbies - being unusually curious! These guys (WIld Horses) are usualy on the bolt way before you could get this close....These guys have obvioulsy had VERY LITTLE human contact/pressure (never been shot at)..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JefUCYeZF0o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JefUCYeZF0o)
 8)

mick  they are called Mustangs over  here  some are captured and adopted out ... do yall have any of those wild bulls that i have heard about from one of the other mates on the forum down under  that kill them to use for hog bait .. thanks for the info ,an old man learnt something tonite
  robert

cool pictures, and great video, thanks for posting.

Must be expensive to import dogs from here in florida to there. and you guys don't have rabies right? so the dogs have to be quarintined for a while/?

looking foward to seeing more video and pics from you.

No worries....enjoy sharing with people!
You got it! There was 150 days waiting in USA, then another 30 days in Oz. Cost me near on $10 000 AUD per dog...I imported 2!
Love the breed & aim to continually improve the lines in Oa & show the Ozzie hunter & cattle farmer how versatile  good catahoula is!
Currently researching a new line to import next year for mainly cattle work(farms)

Will defineately keep posting future hunts  ;)

Great pics!  Sorry to hear about your dogs jaw.

Nice pictures and thanks for sharing.

Nice looking spotted dogs. Australia is on my bucket list.