EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Had a good work day today. I loaded up 4 dogs to go catch a pair of wild cattle that have been uncatchable by quite a few good hands who have spent 4-5 days trying to root them out of the brush. I loaded AJ, Smoke, Chili, and Coon and went to work. A really thick place but we had the cattle bayed pretty quick and finally got them out of the thicket, roped and loaded. 2 hours and headed back to the house, rancher was very happy.

Changed out dogs and meet Donnie for a hunt. Donny brought Sam and Big John, John is the first of Adora's and Stormy's pups to go to the field on a real hunt. I loaded Connie for her first hunt after weaning her pups and Griz, with Curly and Glen to hold.

We made a big circle with a few tracks but no bays. Then about 100yds from where we were going to pick up the dogs and quit for the night Griz throws his head up and rolls out into the shinery. He comes bayed about 150yds out and is soon joined by Connie and Sam. The hog breaks one time and they get him stopped pretty quick and all the dogs are hammering. I sent Glen at the first bark and sent Curly when they got bayed solid. Little boar with a bad attitude. He was fighting like a big boy and throwing dogs all around the oak mott where he made his stand.

It was a great night for the young dogs with Griz out striking Connie and Big John getting a taste of his first pig on a real hunt. John just turned 6 months old and got right in behind the big dogs and got an ear. Donny and I celebrated with fresh tamales from Allsups and called it a night.

Thanks,
Paul T


Curly and Glen
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Curly on the right, Connie middle, and Big John (Adora x Stormy) on the lower left
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Good hunt Mr. T. Sounds like a great night.

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Lookin' good PaulT!  .... still waitin' to see what happens when those RCD's get on a bad one way off....  Getting my new dogo pup next wk... as of right now, actually thinking about hunting her with my cur dogs loose... just hope I don't get them alll killed in the process lol....

Noah, on Tuesday, the first bay of the day was a sounder. Four bay dogs holding a moving sounder, they were making all kinds of racked the dogs were holding them together but they were moving off pretty quick. The first barks were at 680 yrds, I sent Curly from the truck through heavy shin oak. When he got to the bay he sorted out a big sow and caught hard. He was caught 1220 yrds from the truck, he held for about 15 minutes untill we arrived. Big fighting sow weighed around 230lbs. He was holding well and was not hot.

I have had Adora and Curly in this type of situation quite a few times and they have handled it well. It works best if you either have one running down, or sent at first bark and send the other when you hear a caught hog. The back up dog will take the heat off the first one and two big holders can really subdue even a good sized boar and hold him safely for quite some time.

I'm not so much worried about the RCD(dogo in my case) as much as I am about my cur dogs latching on and taking heat with the RCD...  my cur dogs will catch hard as a bull dog when it's time... why I have prefered to use a walk in to this point...

....guess I'm at a transition point in style is what I'm sayin'.... ;D

That shin oak, and Marvin's green briar vines make me feel it's possible... but I just wonder if my rougher style of bay dogs might be the variable...

My straight Catahoula's are as rough as yours. They have learned to tone it down a little bit after the big dogs get there. The hogs are ancored so well that they really don't burn much energy if they are holding as well.

You are at that transition point and I understand the need to really think out the options and weigh the possible outcome. I always go with my gut about what I run down and what I send from what range.

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT CATCH VEST? THE KHAKI ONE?

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paul i love seein curly with a mouthful of pig

got any good videos of him?