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Title: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: Noah on September 11, 2011, 05:48:09 pm Man... not even sure how to start into this hunt... so much happened I'm still tryin' to remember it all...
.... I have never been accused of having much sense... I tend to push myself, and everyone with me to the absolute limit(it tends to weed the weaker friends out real quick ;) ;D ).... most times past the point "of comfort" to say the least... and today was an exceptional example of said stupidity.... ;D Started out at daylight... a typical start to another scorching summer hunt.... :P ;D No wind, 100% humidity, and muggy.... right from the start.. I turned Shine and Spinner out(excellent longer range team) as we headed into the badlands inbetween us and the sawgrass... Saw a 100#er cross out in front of us and they had him mugged in the palmettos in about 5 seconds... girls quickly rolled out again, makin' several 1000yd loops before pullin' out and runnin' another one... ...NOW. I'm gonna tell yall now, my Shine dog has turned into the type of dog that I don't care to hunt with honestly... she's gone and developed waaaaay more bottom than I care for... The last half dozen hunts, if she doesn't run at least one hog for several hours there's somethin' wrong... rolleyes.... Well, today was no exception... They jumped this second hog and it was off to the races... Loop after loop after loop.... finally lined him out and bayed up deeeep into some baaaad stuff we don't like goin' in... heavy myrtle brush and vines, you gotta basically "duck walk" or crawl through the stuff and it really sapps your energy tryin' to get to a bay... not to mention how hard it is for the dogs to keep up with one in the stuff... ... anyways, both girls were baying(usually a bad one when this happens....) for about 45 minutes until we could get into them... finally got to a hundred yds and I looked over at Lee and said, "I gotta catch my damn breath before we do this... :-\"... Lee didn't protest much ;D... so we sat down on a felled palm, drank some water, and caught our breath as the girls hammered away.... Intermission... cue elevator music whilst you view one of Lee's many lizards from this yr(die lizards die ;) ;D ) (http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm192/aprilcmetzger/007.jpg) Continuing ;D..."You ready?" as I glanced over at Lee... "Let's do this"... and we eased in... Bucho in hand, we slid in real easy like to see what was what... got to within' about 30yds and could see Shine's tail wagging as she bayed some heavy brush... Heart now pounding out of my chest... cut the Bucho loose and he sailed in and we heard squealing??????? ... got in and found them caught on another 100#boar... very strange for them to be baying a hog this small... ... so here's where it gets interesting... dogs were hot, we were hot... Lee is pretty much deaf(just so you know if you ever hunt with him ;D), with his hearing aids he's perty good, but when there's a lot of sound(like at a bay ;D ) his aids seem to tone out and he's back to 100% deaf lol... can make for interesting times... :o ;D ... So as he's dispatching the hog and I'm tryin' ta pull dogs off, in the midst of all this commotion, I hear(feel) the unmistakeable uttering of a big hog... REAL close.... We were in a bad spot, no trees big enough to get behind, dogs were focused on first hog... and here he comes... big black boar about 250 commin' to knock us off his lil' brother lol.... :o .... I started hollerin at Lee to watch his back, but he didn't hear me at first ;D.... so I started pointing and waiving my arms real big and he got the point HAHA ;D Boar made several mock bluffs up to about 10 feet before Shine finally saw him... She hit him like a linebacker... she really made me proud I gotta tell you...This dog would die to protect me, no doubt about it... that boar hog slung her like a rag doll and she held as I finally got Bucho off the first hog and pointed him at the trainwreck in motion... he made it all of about 2 steps before turnin' and re-catching on the original hog... :-\ >:( .... meanwhile, Shine is gettin' beat to hell and the boar finally slings her up into the bushes and takes off, with Spinner now on his ass... Spinner bays up a 100yds off and Shine gets there and we got a good bay going... Send Bucho in again, and this time we end up with a good red sow... SERIOUSLY rolleyes ;D ???? Oh well, still a hog I guess! ;D (http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm192/aprilcmetzger/010-2.jpg) Girls were beyond gassed at this point and both limping... leashed up and headed back out(over a mile) to try and find some water to cool the dogs off in.. "To hell with moccasins" Bucho says... "I'm goin' in!" ;D (http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm192/aprilcmetzger/012-3.jpg) ... more in a minute... ;D Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: Noah on September 11, 2011, 06:03:27 pm ... so re-grouped and kicked Lee's dogs out, Camo and Sawfish bayed another lil' boar up deep and Snapps finished it off... Noon by now... it was a little warm to say the least ;D
Lee and Lane wrastlin with one in the swamp (http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm192/aprilcmetzger/016-1.jpg) Snapps and Sawfish catchin' their breath... (http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm192/aprilcmetzger/019-1.jpg) Got back to the truck and decided it would be a good time now(1pm rolleyes ;D ) to pull Whaler out for his first run... walked him and Bucho into a big bottom... he jumped and left town... :-\ ... not what I expected to say the least... he appears to be finding his long-range gear all of a sudden(to my disgrin)... he went on to run this hog up onto a palmetto/sand hill that is about as hot a place as one could find on this ranch... for almost an HOUR. :-\ :-\ ... Now at this point, I had forgotten about the hog, and was just trying to get to my dog before he killed himself in the heat... finally got to him and he was in bad shape... stumbling, cramping up... you know the bit... Bucho and Whaler hiding in the noon shade... (http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm192/aprilcmetzger/021-1.jpg) Thank GOD I carry extra water in my pack or he wouldn't have made it... was a close call... Some day I'll learn I guess... rolleyes ;D Every dog is laid out stiff, as am I after this little adventure... guess that's what happens when you try and fit a week's worth of hunting into one morning.... ;D Title: Re: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: J.Prince on September 11, 2011, 06:21:00 pm Good deal Noah. Glad you guys could get a couple, and Whaler made it out ok. Sorry the big guy got away, but at least you know he's out there and have a good one to look forward to.
Sent from my DROID X2 using Tapatalk Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: Jared H. on September 11, 2011, 06:21:56 pm Sounds like a heck of a hunt. I bet your dogs are exhausted.
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: firemedic on September 11, 2011, 06:30:52 pm You should have had some of our weather Noah....it was cool and really nice this AM.glad y'all got to hunt anyway....wish you could have gotten on old big boy....but you will another day...you're gonna have to carry a firearm or get wooled real good by that boar hog I'm afraid. LOL Glad whaler made it out ok bud. Good hunt
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: TShelly on September 11, 2011, 06:34:59 pm Man helluva story! I kinda like to push it to the limit sometimes on hunts too, makes you respect who can really keep up! Wish Bucho woulda locked down on big boy.. Great hunt and even better read Noah
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: bob on September 11, 2011, 07:47:36 pm good story , good pics , sounds like one heck of a day
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: TexasHogDogs on September 11, 2011, 07:55:06 pm Man that is some tuff tuff tufffffffffffffffffff huntin there, good deal !
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: willhunt4food on September 11, 2011, 07:56:08 pm nice work in the heat congrats
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: bird on September 11, 2011, 09:07:54 pm good story and hunt. ;D
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: shankem on September 11, 2011, 09:18:04 pm Awesome Hunt Noah! That's a big lizard. ;D
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: bayem~and~slay em on September 11, 2011, 10:54:21 pm Heck of a story man sounds like an eventful day
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: djhogdogger on September 11, 2011, 11:19:26 pm Hahaha, good story as always Noah. I like to go hard at it like that.....but after it cools down a little. ;D Now, get everyone rested up and go get us a picture of that big boar hog! :D Just kidding. Great hunt.
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: tnhillbilly on September 12, 2011, 02:44:08 am Good hunt Noah, nice pics. But man I woulda been done at 10 in them conditions.
I know what you mean about sucking the SAP out of you crawling thru that mess. These mtn laurel are rough and grow like vines and dont give. Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: ESTEBAN_B on September 12, 2011, 06:27:50 am good hunt and pics!!!
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: sterling on September 12, 2011, 08:59:57 am Good hunt. Tough game for the Dawgs this weekend, but it's nice to see another Georgia fan on the site.
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: crackerc on September 12, 2011, 11:44:52 am Good to see you and Lee out there catching hogs in this heat....I mean SOMEONE has to do it and it isn't going to be me!! ;D
But it does look like I should have been with you guys instead of messing with my CD pup. It took my pups about 15 minutes to get hot Sunday. No wind 100 % hunidity and HOT! Don't catch all the hogs before it cools off, I would like to bring my two year old pups up and get them on some of that fast and furious hunting one day. Most of the places we go you are lucky to catch one hog in a full day of hunting. Would be great for the pups to get on several hogs back to back. But it needs to cool off a little first....... Good hunt guys. Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: joe on September 12, 2011, 12:11:33 pm sounds good noah
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: Rowdy on September 12, 2011, 12:58:20 pm Nice job Noah _
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: Reuben on September 12, 2011, 01:16:30 pm Awesome Hunt Noah! That's a big lizard. ;D x2. :)great story too... Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: waylon-N.E. OK on September 12, 2011, 01:37:31 pm That was a great story and well told I might add, about like reading a good book kinda made you fell like you was there.
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: uglydog on September 12, 2011, 02:42:12 pm I sure hope Whaler is okay. We have kinda gotten attached to him! ;)
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: blakebh on September 12, 2011, 03:53:20 pm Noah you always got the best story's and pics! Wish i had your writing skills! LOL
I really like them dogs of your too... Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: chainrated on September 13, 2011, 12:32:46 pm Sounds likd a whole lotta fun.. Hate the big hog got away..
Title: Re: Another intense hunt... 9.11.11 Post by: TazD on September 13, 2011, 01:49:18 pm Thats a good story and hunt Noah.
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