2-15-09 Hunt

12:22 am feb 16th

We just got home! Headed west to have lunch with a friend after the hunt. Ended up making a purchase we've been hoping about for weeks. Drove even further west to pick up our new dog and decided at the last minute to go ahead and make another evening hunt. The dogs struck at 3/4 mile out (according to the garmin) so we headed their way. When we got within 300 yards, we had to go on foot. Got in there only to hear a huge group of hogs rallying. I have to say that we all got the goosebumps when we heard them all in the dark! We had 5 people, only three flashlights (remember we only planned a morning hunt) and one catch dog. In goes Tyson, bay breaks, hogs go all around us. Dogs bay up again about three hundred yards out. Tyson gets there and we get a 100 lb or so boar in a creek with sheer cliff style banks. Once the hog was stuck, we had to hook dogs to a leash and haul them up the bank one at a time. Then, three of us got hoisted out of the creek with a leash. We hunted a little more in the dust bowl, but no more luck. Two of the dogs hadn't hunted in three months because of pups (one was still nursing a 6 week old litter back at the house). We decided to call it quits for the night. It was a good short hunt for those out of shape dogs that was productive and not too taxing.

We got up yesterday morning at 4am. I'm now tired and am heading to bed.

Good times
Cheers
M