EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

During the last few months  every time I go to leg a hog I get this nervous feeling. I don't hesitate to leg them but once I have it legged all sorts of crazy stuff goes through my mind. Any ideas on how to shake this?

Keep legging them. The only other option is to sell out and quit.

Everyone has this pumping through them when there in the situation, but will not admit it because they want to feel that their billy bad ass. I made a living in the ring back in the 80's and my boys fight MMA and I tell them if you don't have butterflies when coming out your not human. You keep legging them and have fun with it because the feelings your having will get a lot better.

I thought that's why we all hog hunt ... To feel that feeling ... Go in scared but keep going in ,,, and come out accomlished

I throw them nerves out my head an prepare for battle ! I get a high from the Adrenalin when wrestling hogs on a snare trap 10 foot of 1/8 cable holding him back but once your in range he's throwing his self at u full speed with cutters up to 3inch u fill the roots shack the ground its one of my crazy things i like to do ! like when a pigs is bayed good i will try to catch it just with my hands .. some of my friend say we don't need a catch dog if your here! lol i have lost knifes an have to kill the pig with just a broken stick to brake the skin around mid section of there ribs an punch thrown to pull the plum or heart out while jumping..lolol  so ya if them nerves are there i cant tell its to fun having something that can bit back ..lol but i guess after 2 pokes an 6 months on crutches u just flip a switch like war it me on top or the hog!

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I think someone's been playing to much Mortal Kombat. "Finish Him!" :D

Being nervouse is normal. Doing what needs done regardless of nerves separates those that u can count on and those that hide in closet.

  You are one bad mofo.

Every one has had them one time or another , I believe they help you to be on your a game , some people can't function  in this form and others are at there best , good luck to you

I usually have so much if an adrenaline rush I don't notice the nerves lol

I'm not "old" but at 43 I ?THINK? I have a certain level of Maturity in certain situations. When I was younger....I was either fearless or stupid. I.E. 1988, Military, my first parachute jump. I never had a single negative thought. Was it that I trusted the training or that I was stupid?  ;D

Same scenario, Operation Just Cause (the Panama, Noriega thing) 500ft jump, 1:00 a.m. Into an enemy airfield. Mind was blank for all intensive purposes. I mean I was focused on our mission objectives but that's about it, lol. Again....was I just confident in my training and those around me or was it just a different mental state at the time?

Fast Forward 15 years.....

Halfbreed and I were on a decent Boar and....I don't remember what exactly happened but the Boar was a split second from getting free...or actually...I think he got free a split second before I tackled him.  :-\ Not the smartest decision probably but we came out unscathed so I guess it was all good.

That was a few years ago and things are a little different now. I tend to analyze the situation a little more when I have the chance.....not to a point that it is hazardous to me or anyone else because if you put me in that exact situation again the outcome would probably be the same....but....im less apt to take chances now when I don't have to.

Hell I don't know....im probably still just stupid  :P

I'm fine when the dogs are on it and I have it legged but when the dogs are off is when it kicks on. I'm sure my mind is just over thinking things.

Mortal Combat spell it right bud ! an no i never have played any video games nor watch any cartons! i was raised in Louisiana with red bones and beagles an a shoot gun in my hand!! back to the point, so if u think about stupid #2  when going in on a hog then your going to get hurt sooner or later ...

Before you spellcheck someone else, pretty sure Shotgun is spelled with one O, and Mortal Combat is spelled Mortal Kombat  ;D

I grew up in Louisiana to with cur dogs and guns and I've never experienced this punch of death  :laugh: don't get your panties in a wad, it's a joke, so why not just tie the hog instead and kill him later.

Flawless Victory ! ;D LOL

       when you loose RESPECT  of these hogs you will wind up on the wrong end  lol  my old signature on another site about sums it up 

                  RESPECT THE HOGS AND TRUST THE DOGS  !!!


   big difference between respecting what these hogs are capable of and being afraid of what they can do as well .  all you cowboys and hog nijas be carefull out thar one wrong sling of the head from a bad boar could end your hunting career and or life  .

A friend of mine almost didn't make it but another quarter inch and the doc said it would have been over...

Be cautious at all times. But I honestly don't think and just react. I agree with the first reply. Keep legging them I am sure it will pass. It is just nerves.

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Just grit your teeth....back your ears and do it!

no rope an releasing a 200 lb hog was not a option there's no trees around just bushes an saltgrass .. if u every get in that predicament u will know thats the only way an might i say its fast an less then 10 seconds..

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Just like building a dog up. Go get in a big trap or pen with a smaller pig but big enough to charge you. When the pig charges put your boot between his eyes and shove his nose in the dirt. Forget theplywood just shove his nose down jump behind him and leg the hog. Then when you go in and the dogs are helping it ain't nothing. When I go in a bay pen I don't want to be behind a board because I have seen them hit and find a hole somewhere under the board and that is all it took for them the hog to get right past that board. I have had a few moments where things did suprise me. But it would be the same if you jumped out from behind a tree. I ain't getting butterflies. When I did martial arts I would be smiling before a fight. I have laughed after getting hit real hard. When you are under stress you do what you have been trained to do. If you have not been trained that is when you freak out. So go practice what to do when a hog charges you. Then when a large hog charges and you don't even have time to think about a tree your boot will go right between his eyes out of habbit. If he is too big to shove his nose in the dirt at least you will be above the cutters and not in front or beside them. ;D

since i got hooked I've been having a real hard time with it myself. I felt the power in that things head and realized what could happen. I used to run up to the bay and now sometimes when I get up there I have to stand for a while to steady my nerves. It didn't help that i wasn't able to hunt for a few months afterward because of moving to a new place. I may be ruined. I think I'm going to have to bay and shoot or bring a half barrel to the woods with me if it don't get better. I've had some hogs get loose because of my hesitation a few times lately. It's sad cause I love the feeling when I lunge for that hind leg.It's either get it or it gets you when you lunge for it it cant be half measures your committed come what may. I feel high for the rest of the day. like on on a drug. So I know just what you mean.It would help if i could catch some 100 pounders once in a while instead of nasty boars and barrs. I havent heard one squealing when caught for a good long while it's always them tuff ones since i got stuck.

Flawless victory! Hahaha that actually did make me lol.

I was just about to type out " Finish him"
Or Lu kang wins , till I saw this!

And heck, I've cuaght plenty of salt flat hogs as well as grain feild hogs, i generally remember either ropes or a knife, but There has been a time or two that I've walked out without boot laces or the band of my tighty whities. Haha

Simmer down hot rod. Just joking around.

But since you never played games or watched cartons here you go so you understand the reference. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cugZkTHi84E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I don't hesitate to leg them. I run in and do what I have to do. It's after the dogs are broke off and it's just me and the hog is when my mind starts racing. I have no fear when the hog is caught by the dog.


Mr. Dub I do believe I'm going to go ahead and do that. My pops suggestion was to do that as well. Guess I gotta put my big girl pants and get it done.

Would he have been a Lewis?

That's dedication right there...I'm right there with you, anything to make sure they get barred  ;)

Get some bay dogs and shoot them in the beak. Then when they do catch  you can have a good reason to be nervous that they will let go right when you reach for a leg.

I'm not doubting you one bit muddogg ???  :o .... come on down I would like to see it first hand. Jprince I'm not sure but swag might be able to put us on a cpl hogs to see this amazeing finish move... I really would like to see it though. Get over here!!!

yep...your grandpa's brother...

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ya where about u located ?  (tx hog) seen it first hand too an he did have a pic an video i'll see if he stills has it..

this is a hog i dissipated by hand .lol look at shirt sleeve an there's a video  but your going to have to look up on Justin roden face book he has the video of this hogs heart beating after taking it out, the name of the video is (go hard or go home!)  OH ya no shoe strings..lol rub boots  (http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l586/muddogkennels/heartpulling.jpg) (http://s1125.photobucket.com/user/muddogkennels/media/heartpulling.jpg.html)
 

I'm in rains county, tx... in between lake fork and lake tawakoni. I believe you have been in this area before looking at dogs

um i been by Dallas they had some so call 2 finished med range dogs that dragged race each other down the road. then decided to drop my reliable independent finished short ranged dog an what do u know them racers passed up a hog. lol the drag racers names were snoop an deago.. fast dogs but NO nose! Coming up soon i all ways make A hunt OR 2 in central Texas or just some where's were i can ride instead of jogging an walking...lol some where's i can get a good video of baying the brush down here in south Texas is so hard to video a bay im tired of number 2 u have to cut your way IN&OUT..lol