EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Is it just me or does every one see this site going down because of
facebook and you tube and twitter??? Just curious I don't see a lot of
old faces and new faces on here anymore..  I don't have a Facebook
But my wife and kids do and all they say is " look at this hog and look at
this video this person put up" or "look at this dog for sale.!!" Hell my post is still
on the 2nd page" I use to have to go back 20 pages to find it, "now I go
back 2 pages were did every body go, use to be a lot of post of hogs
and stories.

every now and then i don't look on here as much either just because to busy making dogs and slaying hogs. But a lot of people hunt 2 to 3 times a week and they have to sleep some times and with summer around less people hunting during the day.. but not me .. And familys are wanting to get out and enjoy the summer with there youngsters,,, just my guess.

Sure slows down in the summer. I enjoy the conversation on different subjects. U don't get that on FB. The pages there are nothing more than a pissing contest between punks with lil man syndrome.


Shotgun
Arkansas

They all bought jam up dogs off the dog trade and still trying to catch them they just got to much bottom

Every thing i see on facebook is guys trying to buy dogs and 2 months later trying to sell them.

every time you try to be helpful to someone anywhere on the internet, youll have 2 people calling you an A-hole and 10 kids asking if your dogs are for sale and whats your address?  :laugh:

That's no lie, I posted a couple times just to get jumped on or ignored so why bother.

X100 Facebook is a drama center that's why I don't have one

All I see on the Facebook pages are a bunch of dog peddlers. If sends to always be the same group of people on the pages. I like this site there send to be more people you can trust on here.

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Paul there to busy catching big hogs lol

Unfortunately most of the knowledgeable have been silenced by those that never figured out that the best way to learn is to shut up and listen.

well said

Knowledge can be held by any one any where at any age or any religion or any race if you don't voice your opinion you will never no if it's good or bad or right or wrong just a thought from a simple man. 

Never helps to think u know it all. I have learned some stuff here and also given advice that was supported by others. In any endeavor info is key. An open mind is needed to continue to learn. A man may find he does or does not agree with the info given but may find points that could improve his effort.


Shotgun
Arkansas

In my post above, I wasn't referring to myself but to many of those whom I have met over the years and that I respect as basically "knowing what they're doing"


Respected dog-men typically don't post information seeking approval in what they're doing, but rather to simply help others.  When they are shot down and told that what they've been doing for years is wrong, they go away.  Unfortunate for the younger guys that truly want to learn, but thats just the way it is.

The problem with a lot (but not all) of the younger generation is that they are quick to post, share, or form opinions based on what they've heard along the way without any real world experience to back it up.

Oh I agree to a certain degree


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It really gets rediculous on Facebook sites. I seen one post where a guy was concerned about running his dogs in the heat and wantin advice and turned into a pissing match where some guy was wanting to bet 5k$ that he could catch more hogs lol. I mean really??? My dogs would be dead and gone by time I could save that much cash for a bet. lol. I don't post on those sites anymore but it sure is entertaining to say the least

I saw that one also. Funny how a simple question can turn into a measuring contest.


Shotgun
Arkansas

To each his own. Let em have at it is my 2 cents  rolleyes

ya know I been wondering the same thing.  Seems like all the guys and gals that were always on here kinda disappeared. 

Me too.

I would post but can't find a hog...

excellent post Shotgun...

one can learn more and make better decisions based on the conversations and inputs of others when we engage them...

Some times you just get tired!  It seems like a lot of times it falls on deaf ears anyway and makes no difference and leaves you feeling like a fool some times for trying to help.  I am sure some folks take notice of a lot of things the older guys say and do and their ways of doing things.  Nobody ever has the best there is always better some were you just have not ran into it yet .  I myself laid off got tired when it seemed like it got to be more like preaching I said that's enuff for me and figured if anybody wanted my opinion they would ask .  I can sure understand why some of the elders do not post near as much anymore because I feel the same way these days just different times and era I guess.

This is why I don't have a Facebook or Twitter. Never have. I've heard NOTHING but bad things and drama about it. I don't handle drama very well so I just block it out every way I can. People just keep doin their thing and I'll keep doin mine. I like this forum I read it quite often wen I'm not busy and this is the closest thing to a Facebook that I've got

The number one reason i do t have one is because I'm afraid it would take me too long to figure out how to set it up and operate it!  :D

Facebook is simply a better tool than a message board.

I can remember as recently as a few years ago (before the popularity of FB), being an active member on several message boards, and a frequent visitor to several others.

Hog Hunting =
 ETHD, TexasBoars, Parker's board, LSWDA, TDHA, and a few others I can't recall right now.


Other hunting and fishing =

2coolfishing.com, TexasBowHunter


For Farm and Ranch info =
 Tractorbynet, Cattletoday, etc.


Now, for the most part, one can go to FB, see what their friends and family are up to, watch some funny videos, and check out their favorite group/message board.  No need to login and look at several different message boards, and click through layers of forums to get the info you want to see.


As for FB and drama, it happens.  Do you know where else drama happens?  Anywhere people congregate:  The workplace, a message board, FB, the local beer joint...  It's human nature.    You as an individual have to decide if you are going to be a party to the drama or not.    I have plenty of "friends" on facebook that I am no longer friends with, as I tired of their constant bitching.  It was as easy as clicking "unfriend", done deal, no more drama....


ETHD was at it's best with less than 1000 members.  There was a core group of early members that weren't out there self promoting, they didn't have an agenda ( One-Out, Weatherford Ben, Dogos, etc ),   they were interested in hunting hogs with dogs.   There have been some real knowledgeable people that have passed through at ETHD, some have stuck around, and some have moved on. It may be because they got tired of answering the same questions over and over again. It may be because they were challenged to toe-fights ( Chance Ward ).

I'll say this, I'll be forever thankful that ETHD was created, because some of my best friendships started on this board.

My best horse - came from a member I met on ETHD.
I needed a set of cattle to put on a place down south, called a friend I met on ETHD.
Need hay baled on that same piece of property, called a friend from ETHD.
Needed help getting access through some adjacent land, so that the big trucks could haul the hay, called a friend from ETHD.

Of the four people listed above, I don't think any of them post on ETHD any longer, but I am friends with them on FB...

If you are wondering what happened to the traffic on this site, I believe FB is your answer.



   

Eh, I'm still here! I enjoy the board! I don't post near as much as I used to though. I've met some good folks off this board, and learned more here about hunting with dogs than I thought I'd learn. I'm definitely thankful for ETHD.

Yeah I like FB myself at first I was not to sure but then it turned out pretty good.  All people I know on there and made some friends I didn't know same as here.  The difference is you can delete the a$$holes you don't like on FB and do not have to deal with it .  This board has always been the best hog dog board for people to come but I agree I think FB is the reason for a lot of the slow down.  Friends and family on FB and like I said you don't likem send them packin all at your on control.  As far as the drama goes like the man said it is every were people congregate no doubt .  I don't have to listen to it just flip the page !

The main reason I still love this messaging board is the ability to look up a dog that BigO or Chance etc, posted years ago, go back and read about hunts from when ol so and so was alive and/or find out bitches he was bred to before I was smart enough to pay attention. Cant figure out how to do any of that on facebook!!

I can say The people i meet off this site has become friends and We have the most importance thing in common we love hunting are hog dogs!  Now there's been pissing matches and stuff but that's just words not to be tooken to heart. Because of this site i can say i have chilled out more an forgave and forgotten the pass because there's not a point to prove when we all love the same thing!

I believe that it was just a fad like everything else. You will always have people come and go just like everything else. I have hunted with dogs all my life in some form or fashion and for some of us it will always be who we are. It's also getting harder and harder to find places to go that allow dogs. Which makes it very frustrating.

I still read the board about everyday but dont post much. I think FB had changed the game on posting pics..etc bc it is so easy to upload pics through a app off your phone. It was a process for me to get a pic and story through any forum. It also seems to me alot of the same topics just rotate through the years. I like reading topics on how people here do everyday things like spray fence rows/cows/dog pens..etc. I also always search here anytime I have something come up with my dogs that I dont know or want to get different views or ideas on....Has always been a great forum.

I like this site over fb and there are many good folks on here that I would call my friends

I don't do Facebook. I have however, met some genuinely awesome/good people through this board, and i am greatful for that.

I've always thought dogging of any kind had a five year itch. Give them about five years and they sell out or only only keep one or two dogs.

most folks really are not doggers...and after 5 years they turn to other hobbies...that is a fact with show dog folks...most only last 5 years...

where did everybody go???I was wondering that 3 or 4 months ago...I tried starting a few threads to get some dialog going but that has been a little slow...but some of the other forums like Arkansas and UKC are about stagnant...

Well I know know Claude Ard is still on here ! Lol . I can't get this guy out of my head! Hahaha. But he is still on here .

Claude Ard  is fishing...when he get's a good bite he sets the hook...  :-[

Lmao !

I agree with ya'll, dont know a thing about show dogs but as far as hog hunting goes that sure seems to ring true, at least around here anyhow

Out with the old and in with new.all us older ones sit back an read. Were still here.