EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

We lost ole Bear Sunday morning to a gator. Bear was one of the few dogs that deserved the title of find dog. He was an old hard knocking dog that was pretty good in all departments and needed no help. He will be sorely missed.

Man I hate to hear that...it's been a rough year for that line of dogs.  I'm sure he won't ever be replaced. RIP BEAR

Makes me sick. Hate it. Hope y'all get some pups raised out of the gyps he was bred to.

sorry to hear that about ur dog...

Sure sorry to hear that Bob.

Sorry to hear, makes me sick too, i quit hunting a ranch by a river due to gators, lost 2 dogs in a month In refugio county, big big ranch with 4000 acre grain feild on one side of the river and all brush on the other, the hogs swam the river to get to the grain feild at night, that grain feild was soild feild with no turn tows except on the side away from the brush, hogs would head for the river out of the grain feild, gators sat down there waiting for dogs and hogs alike, big drop off you could not get down for a 1/2 mile, we heard one get it, i still get sick thinking of all the crazy ways for a hog dog to get killed, it was nothing for it to be 100 degrees in 7 foot tall corn and dogs could not make it all the way around the feild with no water in that heat and hummidity seemed like, especially airdales, they too goofy for getting in tanks water troughs rivers all the time even though i sheared them every summer, hope u get somebody to set a rusty dull hook out for that dog killa, use a baby gator for bait too!!!!!

The boys went back to the spot they were tracking Bear to see if they could recover the body. Found a tree shaker that must have choked on a bone. I spoke too soon, seems like before he could choke, he snaped a 300 lb. test line.

Well bless his heart.. >:D...should of choked sooner I say. RIP Bear.

 I know I will sure miss that old dog, he was the best hog dog that ive hunted behind. That gator will get his in the end, Im sure the crew wont give up til he's dead.

I sure did hear good things about that dog, sure hate that you lost him. RIP Bear.

I've lost quite a few to gators. Sucks, plain and simple. RIP Bear. Keep at it.

dang , mr. bob i hate to hear it .

Sorry to hear it, no way for a good dog to die...  Hope yall kill every last stinkin' gator in the area...

Sorry to hear that Rip Bear

I sure hate to here that Mr Owens ! I've always  heard alot of good about him and wanted to  someday make a hunt behind him.  We're gettin to many  here in the Sabine  River too! Kinda makes a feller nervous the way the hogs cross back and forth .  Here's to a real deal Yeller dog ! RIP BEAR 

Sorry to hear, Bob.  You guys luck has been about like mine lately.

Sorry to hear that, RIP Bear

Sorry to hear that. I've had the same thing happen to me. They need to keep the gator season open a lot longer. RIP Bear

sorry to hear that, RIP Bear!

Sorry to hear that bob.  Jim bob called me and told me about it.  Bear was shonuff the best dog I have ever hunted behind.  He was the kinda dog that would make some people quit huntin.  He didn't come back you had to go to him bayed somewhere.  My first hunt with him was about 13 hours long.  He wasn't quitin.  I told yall I don't like them gators.

Sorry for your Loss Mr. Owens. RIP Gator

I hate tht bigo hope yall get tht 1 outta there and all tha rest of em I kno how it feels to lose 1 to a gator I hate em

I hate tht bigo hope yall get tht 1 outta there and all tha rest of em I kno how it feels to lose 1 to a gator I hate em

Sorry to hear about the dog, I seen a pic on here a while back of a swamp that someone lost a dog in and just shuddered thinking about it, I hope to God we dont have gators in the lakes near where I hunt..Im always having to cross creeks and wade out in water holes for dogs n hogs. Is there a gator season in TX? It seems like they are reproducing at a rate that cannot be controlled. Ive always thought about gators being in LA...or Florida somewhere along the coast.     KEEP AT IT!!

Sorry to hear about your dog, ive heard great things about him.

RIP Bear!

Will any of yall hunting in Gator waters stab a hog thats caught in water? Is that risky?

How do you get around it....so many hogs make their final stand in water..???

Sorry about the loss of a good dog RIP

Sorry about your dog. Dog killing gators around here usually end up with lead poison  ;)

Make em squeel , It's the splashing that draws em in. We usually go in & put a rope on their back leg & pull them to dry ground & tie em.

TY for the answer, more are welcome! I have had to swim alot of creeks, they never bay on the "close side"!! Thanks again

We used to smack the water with tree branches to bring the gators in close when I was a kid....  >:D ;D  They are not like sharks in the sense of "blood in the water".... Dark water with a lot of splashin' and I'll be the first to get the hell off the edge if you know what I mean.... ;)   Best gator bait in the world is a white feathered bird.... trust me....  Gators have a fetish for anything white....  Throw a piece of styrofoam out into a gator pond and it will have bite marks on it in the morning...  ;)

I, for one, will be VERY happy when they go BACK on the endangered list.... 

ill side with noah, gators give me the chills, we had a place we used to swim in lake greenwood but after the movie Lake Placid came out i wouldnt even dip my toes in it