Mandi
im glad your wade fit cooper , i know you were having trouble keeping a saddle up right last time we rode , that wade will make you like that horse alot ...
hats : well a felt hat is no good to me till it is about 10 yrs old
, then i can bust brush and face the strongest wind and never reach for my hat.
i have never had a custom made hat but i would think they would fit alot better than one off the shelf., im breaking in a new felt now and i kept it in a hat strecher for about 2 weeks, i steamed it and shaped it and its starting to get better now but i have been jacking with it for a couple months. the only way i can make a hat fit me good is to just wear it .i wear a hat every day, once you get a felt broke in it will stay put.
you might get a stampede string to help , keep from loosing it completely, i know alot of women wear a stampede string.
shoo fly , i never had a interest in one, however a freind of mine keeps a small bell under his horse, thought that was kinda cool. but not for hog hunting.
saddle bags, yes you will need something to carry all your stuff in. i like cantle bags alot better, wont hang up on brush and trees, ect.
i carry all the stuff i need to clean a hog and carry it out, trash bags, rubber gloves, hatchet for cutting bones, ect., extra knife, and some heavy canvas bags to put the meat in. rope to tie the bags to hang from the saddle horn, and of course some basic , hog dog repair stuff, staple gun ,suture, vet wrap.
dont forget lunch ussually in a seperate bag in side cantle bags.
good thing you got cooper sacked out, so he will be ready for all these esscories..
