EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I guess this is their version of greyhound racing!!
pretty cool I guess, talk about wide open spaces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPMKToKHDM0&feature=related

that music rocks, bring them string beans to east texas and see how much stamina they have.

That was an awesome video, but I'll have you all take notice that even on the other side of the world, the yellow dogs reign supreme!!

That is one cool uhhuh video I liked that

That is cool!

My dad and uncle hunted fox in the 50's and 60's with greyhounds and I rode with them. It was the most fun I had as a kid. I just wanna know how many of there own dogs do they run over.

I wonder how much ground those dogs covered?  That was great

that was awesome.

Those are salukis not greyhounds they got real good stamina but no grit to them they ate used mostly for rabbits an hairs nothing that gonna fight back to much

They are not greyhounds,and that is why we are paying $4.00 a gallon for gas,so these dudes can drive out in the desert in hummers and lexis's and chase a goat!!!!!!

that might be here in the states but you can see those dogs are not show dogs...that yellow dog had tons of heart and lots of stamina...

 " I thought greyhounds didnt have stamina!!!!! "  :D

Really who said that?



" bring them string beans to east texas and see how much stamina they have. "

Just asking here but what makes you think East Texas is so tuff of a place to hunt? When I went through there I didn't see any thing that looked any tougher than any where else? Not being a smart Ace but I keep hearing how tuff East Texas is to hunt and I'm wondering why, Is the country over run with bigfoots or what?

 ;D

i wil do some research see if I can figure out how much ground was covered.....

On the stamina thing, I guess I was thinking of animals that are very fast but run out breath like a cheetah.
I figured a grey hound would be the same way but no real experience....

It was good looking dog racing, but I think a 30-06 would have saved a lot of energy

but energy is plentiful and a bargain in that part of the world. ;D

waylon ..I have never hunted your neck of the woods so I cant compare east Texas to your land. I have hunted a few places out west and that is gods country compared to here... my comment about east Texas was backed up tonight as a matter of fact, we jumped a hog at 6:00 and the race was on until 10:30 we finally called it a night and caught dogs because somebody had to work in the mornin rolleyes.  this was not a long race by any means... My area of East Texas has some bad runnin hogs and that is the main reason I made the comment....I saw them string beans run for maybe five minutes at mach 5 that to me aint stamina that is a sprint. and as far as the east texas country goes get out of the car and walk through the woods sometime, I bet you would change your mind pretty quik. Palmeto thickets higher than your head, Briars, yaupons oh and a few vines thrown in the mix make it hard on a dog.. Ohh and I forgot to mention Bigfoot >:D if that dont clear it up a little bit load up and I can show ya.... not being an ace just my thoughts on the subject ;D

As far as them string beans go they sure can run FAST for a while..... O0

Stamina= resilient energy and strength: enduring physical or mental energy and strength that allows somebody to do something for a long time

Ok I thought you were saying the terrain was what makes it tuff, yeah any sight hound is not built for long hours of running, but the thing is there game there used on except maybe coyotes/fox usually doesn't run long and hard like big game critters do

We all know the territories is rough country, that's why we stuck all them injuns up there. But y'all keep your Indian outlaw dogs on that side and we'll keep our pine gobblins on ours and we can all stay good neighbors  ;)

Great video, how are you deciding they are not geyhounds, thought those sulikis have some tuffs of hair and  are smaller, look like greyhounds to me but not sure, anyways both breeds have been run on desert game for about 5000 years including lion cheetah leopards, with those huge lungs and chests i would bet $5000 no hog dog from the states   could run with there pack, figure out how hot is it there, that deep sand, but who knows, maybee some can chalange them to a race where they buy a container of wild hogs and turn them loose in the hot desert until the last dog gives up, bet no cat cur or even a hound can hang with them in there country!!!!!!

There are also slick coated salukis.

I agree that west texas has its advantages, but I challenge you to go find you a good salt cedar patch and try catching a good boar in there, you might be begging to get back to them big piney woods  ;D, thick shin oaks (also west texas) aint too east either but they are easier than the salt cedars, get in some bad salt cedars on a good boar and you can plan on getting some dogs messed up and being on your hands and knees the entire time your in there. Hogs don't bed up in the salt cedars too much because they suck up all the water, but if they run thats probably where they are headed. Just pray you catch them before they get there.

I have hunted all over the state, north, south, east, and west. All have their advantages and disadvantages.

That was awesome...I wonder what happens to the dogs that finish near the end?  I bet they cull hard and dont think twice?

i watch one video about some tribe some where in africa that had salukis they been breeding for ever an they had good wind an could run for ever ,  but they bred the catch out of them they showed them run a hare till it got tired an stoped an the people would run up an catch it , they didnt wanna kill it because the meat would spoil to fast in the heat , i wish i could find the video again

There was a book Theodore Roosevelt wrote about some of his hunting experiences and there was a chapter about hunting wolves with dogs. He described how the grey hound of thier day would chase down wolves as they hunted on horse back, once the greyhounds would stop the wolves in a high speed chase they would send in these mastiffs to finish them off.
From what I understand, greyhounds were fearless and game as hell back in the day. Just like every dog it got ruined through the money that got made off of them

All of the best dog books come from a guy named butch salom out in new mexico i think it is, he still breeds salukis and cold blooded greayhounds for catching game and owns the online bookstore called high lonesome books i think it is, there is a link on the big game hounds man fourm about the listing of books he has in the store, lots of mundane lion hound old books, bear hunting with terriers, greayhounds on grizzlys and 2 guys from texas of course prfessional lion hunters of the 60s periods.