EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I'm finally getting back to some hog hunting.  Its been a busy fall since bear season ended.  I haven't had a lot of time for young dogs this year and am getting a late start.  The two dogs on the left are about 10 months old.  Caught a couple of sows last week that they got in on.  Caught this boar yesterday.  When i got to him they had him stretched out and nearly crippled in the front end. 

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Love me a good plott. Nice looking dogs. Bet you have to use that long range antenna on your wheeler often with them

Very nice

Thanks for posting Seth, not a lot of plott pictures over here!!!   LOL   The dogs look great and that's a stud of a hog to boot!!!!    I love me some plott dawgs!!!

Good looking dogs , like them brindle dogs !

Nice dogwork Seth. Great hog & good looking dogs.

Super awesome man

Thats a great picture. Congrats on the hogs

It's pretty handy sometimes. ;)

Awesome picture..Those are some fine looking hounds!

I don't know what it is about plotts but they just are some damn good lookin dogs that look like that fit my hog doggin bill to a T

You guys really need to stop sharing these great stories and hunts with plotts, because your really making me want one..... what a great looking pack of hounds.

Nice looking Plotts! If they were silent I would have some of them!!

Well they are wide open like a plott is suppose to be.  They are not for everyone but they suit me.  Thanks for looking.

Seth is right, Plotts are not for everyone, but I used to be a "silent on track man" myself.  I ran curs and cur/crosses for years and believed if the dog barked it really hurt my chances.   Now , after running Plotts for two years I can assure you it doesn't matter at all.  I'm sure there are several on this board that will dispute me on this but ask them how many of them actually have a VERY GOOD sampling of both styles?  Not just a couple hunts!!!!!   I love the Plotts and I really hate to hear of people not giving them a chance because of some MYTH, that I STRONGLY disagree with.  I think that all to often the Plotts get grouped in to the category of the typical Boo-Hooing hound and that couldn't be futher from the truth.  The Plotts like Seth and many of the other big game hunters run will flat fly, pull hair, and catch game.  Thanks for the pics Seth.

I agree with you Alvin.  All though I do believe there are instances when a quiet dog can help you, overall, I don't think it matters a whole lot.  I am the only hog hunter in my area that runs straight hounds.  My hunting partner is straight curs.  Where I hunt, I've never seen a cur show me something I thought I was missing, whether it was on bear, hogs, or lions.  I need a dog that can strike a track off the rig and not just wind hogs.  I need a dog that will cold trail until he jumps.  I need a fast dog that once jumped, runs with its head up and runs to catch.  I want a dog that doesn't quit.  I want a dog that does what ever it takes to shut one down once they catch up.  I want a dog that either before or when I tell them to, stretch or try and stretch anything they bay.  I don't haul bull dogs. I think they are are waist of time, feed, and space on my rig.  Therefore, my plotts have to hold one until I can get a leg.  Every once in a while when things are out of hand, I will pull a pistol out and end it.  That is the role I play in my pack but it doesn't happen often.  Plotts don't get a fair shake in a lot of places.  Hog hunters around here call about anything that is brindle a plott.  There is another thread going on right now about papers.  I keep papered dogs that I have either first or second hand knowledge of for the last 40+ years.  I don't think papers mean a hill of beans if you are staying within your hunting circle but it is just another valuable tool, among many, for making breeding decisions about dogs you do not have any factual knowledge about.  I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and thanks for reading.

Beautiful Hounds!I'm getting back in the game and looking for a couple right now.

Very nice pack of dogs! N good hog!

I know what a Plott is Seth. Was not putting Plotts down at all. I respect and like Plotts for their history and abilities on big game. I just do not like hearing a dog bark till their face to face with a hog! Just what I like. Again nice hunt and good looking Plotts.

I didn't take your comment negatively at all.  To each his own.  My skin is pretty thick.   ;)

I'm gonna have to try some plots one of these days. Haven't really hunted with any. I could care less if a dog is open as long as it's fast. I grew up with walkers on deer and keep thinking about going back to them on hogs if I can get hold of the ones like we had. There is something about hearing a race and knowing when the song changes it's a done deal.


Shotgun
Arkansas

I totally agree, I run all Plotts and I like em to sound off

I run Plotts here in Georgia and  really enjoy them . If anyone plans on start running Plotts I would suggest you get them from Big Game Breed of Plotts .

Blow up that profile pic so we can have a better look at those brindle dogs in the background!

Never owned a plott but want to get a pup from some jam  up hog plott hunters. I know Cajun seems to be the pups I'm looking for but he doesn't have anything right know. Any of you plott guys have info. On were to get a rough pup to purchase?

I have a pup from Cajun and love her. My buddy tenon hillbilly might still have some. I have a buddy in Oklahoma named Steve that owns Chicolte Plott kennels and they are pretty good dogs.

does anyone run white deer kennel plotts , Dr. Burketts dogs ?  i hear they are pretty good dogs

I've had two of Mr Burkets dogs.  Both were good dogs.  I still have one.  Nice, tall, open trail/bay dog.  Not real gritty and not real fast, but he will find hogs.  Mr Burket puts out a lot of dogs, but they seem to work for the most part.

We run two Burkett plotts. Like em both alot, good handling and hate a pig. Great noses. He's a nice guy that'll answer any question. I recommend you give him a shout, he'll talk plotts for hours.

Started out the other morning at 2 degrees and it never got above 10 all day.  Turned loose on a rig strike that ended up being a few sows with shoats.  They went about .75 miles and stretched a 125 sow.  On the way to them I saw another sow fly across the road.  Stuck the first sow and quickly cut her up.  I then loaded up and was turned loose on the second sow with in a half hour or a little more.  She had a pretty good head start.  An hour or so into the race I started hearing coyotes barking in among the running dogs.  I've never had much trouble with coyotes.  I guess they are getting ready to breed because they were extremely territorial today.  Another hour or so rolled along and I was starting to second guess the hounds because of the way they were running on the garmin.  They where headed for a road crossing so i decided i was just going to catch them.  They wouldn't have any part of that.  About another hundred yards and they where caught in a nasty thicket right off the road that you could hardly move through except for crawling.  I finally got into them and got the second sow stuck.  I slowly drug her out got her cut up.  I went down the road a ways to water the dogs and then came back by the the carcass about 15 minutes later.  There stands one of the coyotes just daring me.  I was wishing I had had a long gun.  I cut a nice boar track later in the day and turned loose again.  I went back up the road the direction I had just come from and saw that 3 or 4 coyotes had crossed my track going in towards the dogs.  Once again, the coyotes got to harassing them.  I finally ended up catching them and called it a day. 

Second Sow
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Looks good Seth.  That hunting in 10 degrees sounds ruff.

Its been pretty cold.  Not that uncommon to be lion hunting in that kind of weather but I don't usually hog hunt in it.  10 degrees isn't too bad as long as the wind isn't blowing.

Seth, good looking dogs. How big do your dogs run? I saw a young dog that Ed Devasco sp.? had out of James Brown Slate dog. He was the perfect size for me. He was around 55# & perfect conformation. I think If memory serves me right, Slate came from you???

In hard running shape, my females will go 50-55 and males about 60-65.  Slate was whelped here and gave him to James at about 6 months old.  He was back out hear as an older dog and was bear hunted here.  He was a fine dog to hunt behind.  I still have one sister to him.