EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Well we have completed the 2nd Emerald Springs Dog-a-Hog competition here in Northern Territory OZ.
It well and truly doubled in entries this year with well over 100 entries.
Biggest pig was won by Doug(aka - Arabs or Nothing) and his crew = 100.5kg dressed.
Which they backed up from last years win also.
Most pigs dogged was 61 for the 3 days. Our team of Catahoulas were runners up with 59 dogged.
Average was probably 60kg. No monsters this time round.
Here's a few pictures of the hunt & fun @ the weigh in yesterday arvo.
No injuries except some stiffness.
Time to go. A mate from Victoria (southern OZ) flew up for the hunt.
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Outback's BUSTA - I bought back from a customer 3 days before the hunt. (he is my BO's brother out of my original import bitch BLT's OPAL the Sire was Conch's BOdie)
No bitches were hunted on this trip due to all being in heat!
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The dogs show some interest in this area on the way in to a spot we were heading. I opened the cage on the way out to see if they we're still interested...They pulled an average sow out just after this picture
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My mate from Victoria with a Boar & Outback's BO (Busta's brother)
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BO reckoned he knew better spots so he wanted to drive
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BUTSA show some great working ability. He arrived to me Monday night & his fitted into one of my teams instantly. He was pulling off regular 6-700 mtr finds all weekend. He & his brother BO are out my first import bitch OPAL.
Here he is after pulling this boar out of a mob & bailing him one out until my arrival.
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We had to contend with Helicopters & a muster while out there in a few of our paddocks. This them finishing there muster the same time we left... lol.. we thought it crappy timing too lol
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These are the contenders for best set of hooks (tusks)
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Blind folded pig nose find (some of these fellas didn't need to be blind folded lol---- enough beers drunk already  ;D
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Adult & child team pig drag race
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Great haul Mick, well done  ;D

sounds like a heck of a time ,great pictures also

good deal! Lots a hogs

great pics.... great story... looks like one good time

thanks guys.

Paul - that dog "busta" is the one i was talking to you about  ;)
Barks as he's up the boars bumb ready to pull 'em up! NOT on scent  ;D
Glad i bought him back now (customer was happy) AND BUSTA was a very handy dog on the weekend.. win win situation - Pulling off finds around 700mtrs on regular occasions.

Nice pics and a good story..........

Awesome story and great pictures from the hunt.  I love the looks of your Bo dog.  I would love to hunt down under, it looks like it would be a blast. 

Great story!! Good looking hogs, and DOGS..

Sounds like yall had a great time!

Nice weekend and thanks for sharing the story and pictures

Good looking dogs you have there!

Good deal, nice pics

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Good lookin leapard dogs. You boys look like ya'll know what you're doing. Ya'll make pretty good money sellin those hogs?

Nice pictures thanks for sharing! what are the coolest hunting months inyouare area Mick? If I was planning to make a trip down under and hunt when would be the best time of year to do so?

Fine hunt boys. Just wondering if yall have lots of problems with saltys grabbin dogs around those marshes?

GREAT PICS!!! looks like a good team, theres def some teeth there  ;D Good lookin Cats too.

Nice haul guys!!!  How many dogs did yall end up going through catching that many hogs??

looks like a heck of a fun time,

warrent423 - Were i hunt (Northern Territory) there are no boxes to sell pigs. Purely for training & working the dogs & FUN  ;D

uglydog - From late July until late September mate. Now is the coolest but best hunting is as it warms & dry's up some. Late September but day temps are 39 celcius & 95% humidity.
Welcome anytime  ;)

YELLOWBLACKMASK- from time to time people do lose to crocodiles. I have never, most of my country hunted has low numbers but they are BIG. We don't muck around the "known" bad areas too long. We only pull up to water the dogs in thevery shallow & clear creeks...Theory has worked to date  :-\

agteach11 - I had 3 "finished/working" dogs & 2 in training. My hunting buddy had 3 working dogs. One was a catch dog.  We planned on resting half the dogs at a time.it didn't happen. They seemed to cope fairly well. One hunt was from 12am till 12pm after just a 4 hour break from a previous 6 hr hunt....
Dogs made me very proud. They found &  chased until they could'nt catch up no longer.... about 40 hrs HUNT time in 2.5days...........they earnt there food  ;) ;) 8)

I washed the Commander(ATV) yesterday and they jumped in when i moved it ready to go again  ;D ;D

Good hunt sounds like a blast!


How is the handle on those dogs that you've got from barney? Are they skittish at all when your trying to catch them?

When i first got them mate, they were. As soon as i started hunting the gyp she came good over night. The male took about a year for him to stop cowering at me when called grabbed/collared etc.
Both are very easy to control now.
I did hear he was very hard/harsh on his young dogs...Not ideal for this breed!  8)

That some good teeth on them Hogs! Nice!

Looks like good times to me  8)

VERY NICE!!!!!