EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

There is a different kind of Dog Killer out there right now .  Its called " The Texas Heat".

Set out yesterday morning me and a buddy ,  Horn blew out the trailer before I could even get my wheeler out .   By the time I had it cranked and backed out and cut off we could hear him baying at 950 yds .  All the other dogs were headed to him .  I get on down close I see Hannah Montanna and Hank Ricks dog running behind about six seven big hogs 180 lbs and bigger I caught the tail end of them as they were running across and highline.  Mean time Horn is getting futher and futher on a hog and dogs are scattered every damn were.  Finally we have to get out on the highway and go way around to get to the back of the creek we get there Hank and Ricks dogs are 725 in the thickest number 2 known to man and across the creek bayed and Horn is now a 1000 bayed .   What a mess .

Long story short four hours later I get Horn and my dogs back .  Rick is having hell getting his we just cannot get to them.  Finally Rick gets his bulldog back then I find his dog Fred that aint looking to good from the heat .  Still no Hank and to make matters worse his collar is screwing up .  So I head back to take Fred to the truck over a mile away close to two miles away on the way there I find Hank he looks bad real bad .  Drawed up and just not good neither is Fred really but Hank is worse .    We finally get loaded up and Rick heads home to doctor his dogs .   Well this morning he called and Hank passed away during the nite .  Fred is pretty drawn up .  I sure hated to get that call this morning I feel for old Rick cause Hank was a damn good one honest as they come and just a great dang dog.  I just hope Fred is ok he is older and I got a feeling this was his last hunt .  I was just dang lucky with mine and got them back all in one piece !

Moral of the story folks is this Heat is no joke and if you got some dogs with big bottom and stick you damn well better know you can get to them cause if you get caught out there past 9 am the odds in your favor are falling like a rock and getting lower each min your dog is out on a hog . 

Rough one. Hate to hear that.

I just don't drop 'em if its not below 80 degrees. Even then were dropping at 3:30-4:00 in the morning and calling the dogs in by 8:00 or so.

Hate to hear bout dog,rip.hope his other dog comes out of it ok.the heat just isnt in texas,north louisana.my dogs lay up right now.end of month it will cool off at nite.

Yeah its pretty ruff even at nite right now and its fixin to get worse.   It was just one of those cluster puck hunts man from the get go .  We had Horn, Hank, Bell , Hannah all on their on hogs all in different directions and every one of them atleast 600 to 750 yds in some of the thickest bloodweeds you ever seen,  the only dogs that were together were Jasper and Ricks bulldog from when he turned him loose when they were bayed closer before all this track meet started.  Just one of them deals.

Boy you got that right the hottest I ever been in my life was in Louisana & Miss right before Hurricane Katrina hit .  It was so hot you could hardly breath never forget it long as I live .

That is how it is here right now. It's 95 ACTUAL temp here right now. Fells like it's in the 100's. :/

Sorry for your buddy's loss.....

Every time I look out back, mine are all laid out like they're exhausted. Even my younger active ones are laid out.

Boy I tell you what something must be going on just got a call from another buddy that is at the vet right now,   heat exhaustion are stroke don't know which yet. I will know here in a little bit . Dang man !

This is the reason I did not run this weekend. Went to bay pen yesterday afternoon and the dogs were hot just sitting in the shade. Sorry bout hank and the other dog.

 Sorry to hear that. I lost one earlier this year before it got hot to heat stroke. You are right tho, if a dog has the heart & will, they just do not know the meaning of quit until it is to late. It is always the good ones too. sorry for your buddy's dog.

Sorry for a good dog lost

Friend of mine lost one to the heat a couple of days ago...its hot out there right now...

you could run more than one group of dogs and try to run them at nite when it's cool. i hope everything works out for your dogs

supposed to be 95-97 here all week with lows in the low 80's......... the dog days of summer are here for sure.

Hate to hear about your dogs.