Dropped my 2 curs, my buddys finished cur and 7 mo old pup, dogs made several 500 yd loops but no bay, on the way back to the truck for a 2nd drop I said its good luck to cut one cd loose so we cut 1 and within a minute dogs bayed at 433yds. My friend said oh crap that pups only caught 1 hog I dont want her to break the bay so he sent his finished dogo in from 300. Easy walking thankfully didnt take us long to get there and finish her off, another 120 lber. Dogs caught out on 2 50 lb shoats after that, it was getting hot so we called it a day. All the curs did good and the 7 mo old bayed well, caught the shoat and made some big loops (biggest .5 mi.) stayed with his finished bmc like glue so good future for her we hope.
These are some hunts in March. Had Andy Becker , Larry Smith, Charles Gainse and his Grandsons and also hunted with Scotty Needham and his father in law Steve. we have gotten on some good boars and have had a lot of dogs cut up. Yesterday with Scotty Needham, Larry Smith and Andy we got on a real nice boar and he bayed right up with about 5 or 6 Plotts on him. Hard to believe because this place is known for running hogs. Caught him(hog on the log) and Scotty had a race going. dumped some Plotts into his race and we ran this hog for hours. Finally got him stopped and caught but it came with a cost. He killed my Primetime dog and one of Scottys. One of Scottys dogs died later that afternoon so this hog cost us 3 good dogs. Between Larry, Scottys and my dogs is like a War zone Veterinarian hospital. March has been hard on us. We have never lost 3 dogs to one hog before. The hog on the log went about 250#, The two last pics, are of the killer hog and he went 275-300#.
Hate to hear it Slim. The only consolation is you have h ad her quite awhile and she has produced very well for you. Normally the goods one are gone well before their time.
Semmes that’s what I’ve learned so far. The bugs bite but that isn’t how you are infected. The bug has a parasite that enters the body through wounds or mucus membranes, etc when the bug defecates on the person/animal while biting them or by defecating in their water. They say people can be treated so I’m not sure why a dog couldn’t be. Still have some digging to do. They also say it can remain unnoticed or undetected for years making it hard to narrow down when they were actually infected. I can’t believe that ivermectin wouldn’t have an affect on the parasite and the bug itself.