EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

We had a good little get together this morning out in Fort Bend County. It was our usual bunch, Chris, Mandi, Clay, Stacy, Ms. Joni and myself. But we also had Craig and his buddy Gerald down from Oklahoma and also Bryant, his buddy Travis and their two boys.

We headed south to our guaranteed "honey hole" and struck out. So, we headed north to hit another block of woods they usually bed in. We stopped along the way and Gerald looked out past the cows and saw a hog coming our way. We all grabbed the dogs and headed out there with the wind in our favor. All the dogs caught scent and bayed up a whole group of hogs. They went to scattering and we ended up with one small sow in a pond and another one we tied. Craig, Mandi and I saw Lizzie roll out on a big boar hog and heard her baying way out across the pasture. We headed her way on foot... but along the way something caught my eye. I looked to my left and saw a little pile of brush kinda raise up and sit down. We eased over there and it was a nest. I could see one hind leg and Craig could see the snout. Mandi had the video camera rolling so we got it all on film. I said watch this... and reached down and grabbed the hind leg. That nest exploded and I said "oh $hit", dropped the hog and the lead Clifford was on. The race was on, he was side by side with this big, blonde sow and about two steps from grabbing that ear. They made it a good two or three hundred yards and he finally got the ear and sit her down. Of course Craig was in front of us and got her flipped... I got Clifford off and tied her up. Now that was an adrenaline rush!

We got the three hogs loaded and all headed out to eat lunch and visit. I had a real good time today. It was good to see Craig again and Bryant it was real good to meet you and your bunch.

250# sow
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80# sow
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60# sow
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Craig, Clay, Chris and Bryant
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That sure does sound like a honey hole...... Really nice blonde sow...

That sounds nice. Sometimes we all need some of those breaks and honey holes that makes hunting alot of fun. Good job guys.

Thanks fellas! ;D

Enjoy those honey holes while they last. I had a good one a couple years back and pulled over 50 hogs off in a month and a half... didn't see a track on the place for six months after that.

Looks like an awesome day guys, wish I could have made it.  Craig and Bryant, hopefully yall can all get away and make a hunt in the future when I am not out chasing deer.  ;D
Matt

Bryant and crew - It was nice to finally meet y'all in person. Looking forward to the next time. Thanks again for lunch!

Craig and Mr Barnhart - Y'all are OK in my book, even if you are okies! ;) I had a great time today, and tell Mr Barnhart that next time we meet I will be sure to bring him a pint.

Mike - Is it still considered "one out" when you don't even use a catch dog?  

We have caught between one and three hogs on each hunt on this property, I am sure our luck will run out soon, but it sure has been fun so far.

nice 3 hogs its hard to beat that.  I probably would have had a couple of beers too ;D

Nice hogs and great hunt!  Catching that many hogs is almost like work, but not really! lol

Joey

Nice to meet yall Craig, Gearold, Travis & bryant. Glad yall could come down and catch a few of those easy hogs  ;) next time we will make it alittle harder ;D

Awesome hunt fellas.  Good weather, good company, and good action is tough to beat.

Sounds like another enjoyable time and some good pictures.
I enjoyed my visit with Greg and Barnhart also, you'll have to come again, thanks for the little rain.  :)

Thanks again guys for letting us tag along.  We all had a really enjoyable time.  Loosing my phone right off the bat really knocked the wind from my sails, but at least we caught some pigs!

Looking forward to doing it again!

Good job guys!
That blond sow is perty, she sure got some elf looking hooves and declaws upon her.
The black got them short stubby noses! alot of the ones we catch over off the Bernard river are short noses and tiny ears.

Hey Mike, did sean get sea sick when he saw my footage?

Cheers!
M

Great hunt.  I bet you are glad you didn't eat any Mexican food prior to grabbing that leg.  I sure would like to see the video bet it was a blast. 

Yeah, we all got pretty dizzy watching it... it was kinda like the Blair Witch Project. ;D

But, it had good narration with you and Stacy... sweet! ;)

We filled up on Mexican food and drinks after the hunt. ;D

I thought it was a small hog... when that nest blew up, I "curred out" and let go of everything! :o

sounds like a good hunt,, bet you was a little suprised

you men have a nice setup !!

well i finaly made it home.
total of 1350 miles round trip,what a way to break up a buiseness trip.

Mike
always a pleasure to hunt with you.
next time you need to use both hands when you go"one out" :o

Chris & Mandi
we broke in that new mule for shure.
you can send Lizy up to oklahoma anytime you get sick of her  ;D

Clay & Stacy
thanks for hauling me around,stay with that catch dog he's gona work. ;)

Ms.Joni
 thanks for showing us around and letting us all hunt.

Bryant , Travis and boys
 thanks for meeting up with us,i like those saddle back dogs.
what a cool hunting rig.


 that was a really good hunt. we had alot of action in every direction.

it was a pleasure to make some new freinds,and visit with my old freind Mike.
its just nice to know there are alot of good people in the hog hunting world.

                                    until next time, Craig

when do we get to see the video?

I am not so sure Mike wants that video released, you know with him curring out and all ;D

The video stuff is Sean's dept... I wouldn't know how to get it from the camera to the computer. :-[

Chris,mandi,mike.matt. aka the brady bunch. Yall need to come make a weekend hunt with me as soon as my farmers start planting again. Its just a few months away.  The same farmers yall meet just leased another 2700 acres under one fence and its all corn with good roads in between patches. Great job Cody :o

Cody,

   I will come, but Lizzie is staying in LaPorte.   ;D

Cody, thanks for the invite... look forward to hunting with y'all again.

Cody,
I'm down man, thanks for the invite.  I really love that part of Texas.
Matt