EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I believe this is the fourth for fifith year for this tournament and they have decided to shoot for the last weekend in Feb.  We are still working on details but there will be fair rules and great prizes.  Will certainly be having a polygraph or some type of system to appease everyone that we are all playing on level field.  In the past we have just used the honor system and really havent had any problems because we all know each other mostly and still take a Man at his word, but I believe this year we are going to have the polygraph or observer for sure.  Put it down on your calendar and if you want to hunt and need some team mates or a place to hunt please do not hesitate to call me and ask and I will see what I can do.

Thanks,

Joey Young
318-423-8681, best to text me first because I am always on the phone for work and will have to call you back in between calls or text you because I am in the office.

Feb. 22 will be sign in and there will definitely be a weigh in on Saturday from 3pm until 8 and then we will have the final weigh in on Sunday afternoon, but this is not set in stone. We could possibley have just a 24 hour tournament. We definitely want everyone to enjoy themselves and have plenty of time to catch hogs and not be under too much of a time crunch.  This hunt has really brought out the hunters in the past from NW Louisiana and we hope to make it bigger this year.

Will update with final list of rules and time frame soon.

Joey

What kind of money is the tournament is it buckles, money, or a fundraiser just curious?

Last year it was money or buckles. Winners choice and paid out through top 5. Not sure about this year.

Any details on this one yet??

Where can I get the rules and info on this hunt?

I want to apologize folks.  I have been extremely busy with work and family that I have not been on top of getting this together for yall.  I talked to the fella putting it on today and he has the rules in the final stages,  and I should have it posted in a day or two.

Joey Young

         

“PRETTY CREEK HOG TOURNAMENT”
(RULES AND REGULATIONS)

Contact Gary Wyche @ 318-465-3274
Email: alywyche@yahoo.com

The registration fee is $200 per team. (non-refundable)

Teams will consist of 4 people and you cannot be a member of multiple teams.

Each team will have a designated captain to correspond with Pretty Creek Tournament officials.

It is each TEAM’S RESPONSIBILITY to have a current copy of the Rules.

Registration of all teams and FULL payment must be received by Feb 21st.

Teams will include cell phone contact numbers on registration for emergency purposes.
 
The team members listed on the Entry Form are the ONLY members allowed to hunt the tournament. If a team member is unable to continue hunting with his or her team for any reason, that team will continue hunting without that member(s). NO SUBSTITUTIONS CAN BE MADE!!

If a team member drops out due to an emergency situation, Pretty Creek officials listed above must be notified IMMEDIATELY. A confirmation number will be given by the Pretty Creek Officials to the Team Captain or caller of that team. This confirmation number must be recited or given to the Pretty Creek official prior to weigh in.

Teams will have 48 hours from official start time Friday Feb 22nd 3:00 P.M. to hunt and be at Cash Point Landing, 221 Cash Point Road, Bossier City, LA, for last call weigh-in Sunday Feb 24th at 3:00 P.M.
 
Teams may weigh in beginning Sunday, Feb. 24th at 12:00 p.m.   Weigh-in will close at 3:00 p.m. sharp.

All 4 team members must be present at final weigh in. NO EXCEPTIONS!

No hogs arriving after close of check-in will be considered for the contest regardless of excuse, calling ahead, or any other unforeseeable circumstance. NO EXCEPTIONS!

All hogs will be weighed to accumulate points toward the heaviest catch for the tournament. The highest total weight of a team’s weighed in hogs wins the contest.

Largest Stringer of highest weight with 5 hogs wins 1st Place

Side Pots:
Big Hog:
Heaviest Stringer of 3 Hogs:
Big Boar:

(PRIZE MONEY CONTENGENT ON NUMBER OF TEAMS ENTERED)

The largest live hog weighed in is the winner of the “BIG HOG” and will win the side pot if they should decide to buy-in before the Tournament begins.   

ALL WINNERS MAY BE SUBJECT TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH TEST.

NO CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL OR UNPRESCRIBED DRUGS PRIOR TO POLYGRAPH TEST.

All hogs will be weighed Alive.

All hogs must be over 50 lbs to count.

Live hogs will be weighed on foot and then taken into custody of Pretty Creek.

In the case of a tie for any team placing in the top five, the team with the heaviest single live hog in the catch will be declared the victor.
 
Boars tied in weight:  In the case of a tie, the boar in question with the longest single tusk will win.

Sows tied in weight:  In the case of a tie, the sow will be measured from tip of nose to the tip of tail. The longest one will be declared the winner.

General Rules:
This contest is open to all hunters utilizing dogs for the purpose of harvesting feral hogs for the purposes of this hunt, hogs are defined to be feral, free-ranging, wild hogs which have not been previously held, trapped, pen raised, and released for the purposes of being hunted in this contest and must not have been hunted from within a game fence. Hogs cannot have been previously trapped, kept, or held for the contest. Any form or violation of these rules will be immediate disqualification.

ALL HOGS MUST BE DOG CAUGHT (THEN HANDLED AND TIED, BAYED 1ST)

NO HOGS CAUGHT PRIOR TO HUNTING DATE

NO HOGS CAUGHT THAT HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY INJURED OR HOBBLED AND THEN RELEASED TO BE EASIER CAUGHT FOR THIS COMPETITION

NO TURN-OUT HOGS (NO TURN-OUT, IN ANY WAY, AND THEN CAUGHT)

NO TRAPPED, NO LOW FENCE, NO HIGH FENCE, NO HOG PROOF FENCE (WITH GATE OPEN OR NOT - FENCE CAN NOT SLOW DOWN HOGS)

NO QUESTIONABLE DOMESTIC BRED HOGS (NO EXCEPTIONS - MUST LOOK AND ACT WILD)

No splitting of teams. All team members must hunt together. Each team is permitted to run one pack of dogs at a time. For the purpose of this contest, a pack is considered a single group of dogs being handled by the team members. A team may not concurrently run multiple packs in multiple locations. If, when hunting, the hogs and
dogs split resulting in multiple bays, hunters are allowed to split up

only to harvest the wild hogs, but must regroup as soon as possible to resume the hunt as one pack.
 
NO SPLITTING UP ONE GROUP HUNT NIGHTS AND ONE GROUP HUNT DAYS.

Team members are the only ones permitted to actively participate in the hunt. Film crews or observers cannot catch, hold, drag, carry, or help in any form or fashion in the hunt. Film crews or observers cannot hold dogs or equipment or engage in the hunt in any way. It is the 4-man team that performs the task.

ONLY FOUR TEAM MEMBERS WITH DOGS. NO HELP FROM ANY ONE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

During the hunt, the hog must be dog caught or bayed prior to human handling, and must not be roped, run over, or trapped first.
Teams are able to catch the hog alive for holding until check-in, for a live weight on scales.
Horses and ATVs may be used when hunting, but the dogs must catch the hog. It is also illegal to run-over or rope an un-caught hog with/from a vehicle or horseback.
NO RUN OVER HOGS BY VEHICLE, FOUR WHEELER, ETC.
Hogs harvested outside of the official contest duration will not count.
No injured or malnourished dogs of any kind are allowed on weigh-in premises.
All dogs on the weigh in premises must also be either kenneled or leashed.
Each Team Captain has the option of standing in the weigh-in area to witness his or her team’s hogs being weighed and as the other teams are being weighed. Please be courteous of the judges and the space they need to conduct weigh in.
 
ALL FOUR DOG OWNER TEAM MEMBERS MUST BE PRESENT AT WEIGH IN (NO EXCEPTIONS).

Any contestant found to be cheating, attempting to cheat, or violating any of these rules will cause the disqualification of the entire team and forfeiture of any and all entry fees. The perpetrator and/or team may also be banned from future contests and Pretty Creek.


Complaints or objections can be made in the form of a written grievance and submitted to the contest officials before the announcement of the winners, which will take place after weigh-in and review of qualifying teams. Once the final decision of the contest officials has been made, the decision stands.
No disorderly conduct, such as cursing, fighting, or rude behavior will be tolerated at weigh in. No guns, knives, or weapons of any sort can be displayed or worn on weigh in premises. Anyone behaving in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner will be asked to leave.

ALL WINNERS WILL BE SUBJECT TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH TEST.

NO CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL OR UNPRESCRIBED DRUGS PRIOR TO POLYGRAPH TEST.

THE POLYGRAPH TEST WILL NOT BE QUESTIONED.

PLEASE DO NOT ENTER IF YOU DO NOT TRUST THE TEST AND WILL NOT ACCEPT IF THE TEST SHOWS THAT THE RULES HAVE BEEN BROKEN, INTENTIONALLY OR NON-INTENTIONALLY.

NO MONEY OR PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED IF THE TEST SHOWS THAT THE RULES HAVE BEEN BROKEN.

PRIOR TO THE TEAMS WEIGH IN, THE CAPTAIN WILL PROVIDE SIGNATURE ON WEIGHT SHEET CONFIRMING THE FOLLOWING:
“BY ENTERING THE PRETTY CREEK HOG TOURNAMENT IT IS IMPLIED THAT ALL CONTESTANTS HAVE READ AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE RULES AS SET FORTH“.

( PRIZE MONEY CONTENGENT ON NUMBER OF TEAMS ENTERED)

Anyone know if this tournament is still gonna go as planned after what happened on the bossier tournament last weekend?

What happened?

Some guy found out that there is a law in LA that you can't hunt hogs with dogs at night until march 1st and pushed it to the wildlife and fisheries until the guys putting on the tournament were forced to pull the plug! The game wardens said it wasn't a big deal to them because of the hog problem but this guy forced them to enforce it.

The guy was a wildlife biologist he got mad because it was catch and tie and they were going to sell the hogs to a bay pen for more money. Bad thing is it was a fundraiser for 4-H kids!

Whoa are your serious. I've never heard of that law at all and I try my best to stay within them.

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I'm gonna do some research on that and get back with info but that sounds like bs to me. I know that the management areas limited the use of dogs to daylight hours BUT if your dogs are still out after dark you simply call you local office and inform them and can try to retrieve the dogs still. As far as private lands go that would be news to me and a BUNCH of other guys in my area.

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Trust us we looked into it!!! We had a local authority call headquarters in Baton Rouge and they said thats the law its just not pushed unless there is someone pushing the issue!!! The biologist was prolly a Barack Obama supporter!!

This tournament is still on and there is nothing in any laws that says you can not hunt with dogs at night for hogs.  It does say you can not hunt for hogs with a gun until March 1.  It does state that you can not pursue any game, but hogs are not "Game", they are an invasive species that in considered loose livestock or nuisance animals, therefore if anyone asks me what I am doing I am "rounding up someone's hogs that got loose"!:)

The thing with the 4H Tournament was a prime example of why we need the Bayou State Dog Hunters Association, LSDHA, and TDHA.  The state wanted to come take blood samples and quarantine the hogs that were brought in.  When they got told "No" they said that they would be out there to check hunting licenses, and make sure that every dog had a health certificate from Louisiana that cleared it to be in our State.  I dont see them doing that at Bay Trials, Coon Hunts, Fox Hunts, Field Trials, etc.  That is nothing more than harassment.

Since the "Pretty Creek Tournament" is not directly affiliated with the 4H/ Louisiana Agriculture dept. we will not have the problems that they have, but we fully intend to raise the money for the kids shooting sports that the State Boys ruined for the 4H hunt. 

In fact I plan on hosting my own hunt and gaurantee a good chunk of money to raise money for these kids just to spite the State Boys! :)

Joey

If anyone on here talks to Cade, please tell him to return my call or email.  If anyone has Jody Britt's number please inbox me with it.

Joey

Is it as many hogs as you can catch or is there a stringer?

5 hog stringer

Side pot for most hogs caught, biggest 3 hogs, biggest boar and heaviest hog. The team that wins biggest 5 (main event) can't win biggest 3 hogs, etc. or at least that is how I understand it. There has been a few complaints about the new rules so they may go back to the rules that have always been in place for this tournament but I don't know for sure right now. They are basically the same but not as detailed.

I should get the results up in a day or so, just as soon as they get the sheet to me.  It wasnt a huge tournament, but one of the best I have attended as far as very "Sportsman Like"!  I for one did not hear any complaining and everyone seemed to be real happy with how things went and the rules, so I am sure they will have again next year.  It was also the best weather you could possibly ask for during a hog dog tournament.  A good hunt, good cause and great time!  Hope everyone had a good of time as I did.  A big thanks to Mr. Gary Wyche for hosting this Tournament and all who participated!

It ended up being a pig hunt for nearly all teams, but we did manage to raise some money for 4H with only 8 teams entered.
5 hog stringer
1st place
Blake Richardson
Blane foshee
Dillon foshee
Darrell neeley
With 803 lbs
2nd place
Audie Reagan
Boyd McMullen
Casey jones
Kipper glaze
With 639 lbs
3rd place
Joey young
Michael Warner
Scotty Dickson
Cody Robinson
With 542 lbs

Big boar
Dane Oglee
Lane tindall
Jesse smith
Rocky Farrington
With 181lbs
Big hog
Blake Richardson
Blane foshee
Dillon foshee
Darrell neeley
With 223 sow
3 hog stringer
Dane Oglee
Lane tindall
Jesse smith
Rocky Farrington
Biggest stringer
Audie Reagan
Boyd McMullen
Casey jones
Kipper glaze