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Well Noah, that's a mighty big can of worms that you've opened up buddy! I agree with you though, I'd also like to show more people what 'it' is. We as hog doggers experience a style of hunting that most hunters cannot fathom. They have no idea how exciting and adrenaline filled this sport really is. They think that sitting on stand for hours or days and finally getting a shot is what it's all about......I say ...little do they know. I consider myself an extremely blessed man to have discovered this sport waaaaaay back in the 70s and the wealth of memories that I have stored under this grey hair is priceless.

We host a 'rookie' school a couple of times a year here at the fire dept. As an instructor I am saddled with the task of teaching these rookies lessons that can and often do save their lives later in their careers, they can then pass this on to other up and coming firefighters. One thing I do want them to understand is that by the time they graduate rookie school, they will have seen and done things that 99.99% of the grown people in the world will never see much less do! Furthermore....the vast majority of these people are scared to death of the thought of going into an active structure fire, but.....by the end of school, they will have entered, and extinguished a full blown structure fire......(and NO...it's nothing like 'Backdraft')....which is an extreme feeling of accomplishment. This in and of itself puts them into a category of, shall we call them, 'life livers' that doesn't have all that many members.

Same is true for us hog hunters,....we enjoy what could be called an extreme sport if you wish to call it that.....but good Lord ain't it fun?