EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

my husband and i are new to texas and we have some hog dogs. now that it is hotter and not many hogs are out we dont take our dogs out as much. he is afraid he is hurting them by not taking them out and that they will be ruined to hunt. anyone got any ideas or anything? i dont want to ''ruin" our hunting dogs.

what do you mean ruin ?

in the heat hunt early morinig or at night , the hogs are still out there just moving at night mostly

so it's better to wait till evening/night? would early morning work also?

ya , evening , nights an the moringng till mayb 10 30 or so  , what part of texas yall in ?

It ain't hot yet. Just wait. I call this really nice weather and can't believe how cool it is. But we hunt mostly at night. I have a dog that hunts better in the day so sometimes I start before the sun comes up and hunt just a couple hours. Keep you dogs outside with shade and lots of water. They will get usd to it. They will shed down to a thinner coat and lose that undercoat. Not sure where you are at but always ask the land owner to let you know if they spot a gator. A gator will ruin a dog fast.

we are in ne texas. its hard with his schedule to find a hunt in the evening or in the very early am. since we are new we rely on friends we have met to go hunting with on their or their friends land. we dont really have our own places yet.

Welcome to Texas yall! Glad to have you.

You can huntem all night any night or stick to morning or evening, just be sure they're in excellent health and get em acclimated to this heat. They oughta do fine.

It heats up real quick in the morning. We usually hunt ours at night in the summer. Midnight and after being the coolest. Also, keep plenty of water for the dogs to drink in between runs. I also wet the dogs down real good before we hunt. Another thing that we do in the summer is let the dogs wind from the four wheeler before we turn them loose. The less they have to run, the cooler they stay.

O btw, I am the other half she is refering to....  I am more concerned with my schedule right now about not getting them out enough and getting fat/lazy on me.....dogs are sure enough proven dogs, but just worried since I am fairly new to this, and these are my first pack of dogs.  We hunt NE (Paris) Texas area, Delta, Lamar, and sorronding counties, and are always looking for new friends young and old to learn from and enjoy time off work...

howdy transplant welcome to texas . NOW GO BACK HOME !!!  just kiddin i don't hunt hardly at all when it gits hot , i don't like night huntin lessin it's a coon hunt . the dogs wont forget how to hunt they will just git fat and lazy and need conditioning in the fall when you start back up . i usually just take the dogs for a swim in the tank during the summer to keep em in shape . i laid up an ol dog of mine for two years and i got him back in shape and he hit the woods like he had just been thar yestidy . if they's good dogs to begin with they will take a lay off without forgeting how to hunt .

Make sure they drink plenty of fluids..

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