Message #431662

[jhy]

You can not beat a poly if it is administered by a true professional.

you can not make wildlife stay put in one spot and wait on you to come catch it.

All you can really do for a hunt is get your dogs lined out and hope that the hogs will be there and that you will get on the big ones and to do that you have to catch a bunch of small ones too most of the time.

These hunts are usually for fund raisers so get out and support them because the money goes to a good cause.  It makes me sick to see folks judging all tournaments based on a couple of isolated instances.  All I have heard is a bunch of whining as to why you cant win, and with that attitude you will never win anything so go out and give it a shot.  I promise you will have a great time even if you do not win.

Just to be clear, you dont have to bring in a trailer full of hogs to win a hunt.  For instance the Pretty Creek Hunt and The Randy Bumpur's Hunt had several different holes for you to compete for because not everyone has the dog power to catch 25-35 hogs in a weekend, to win the biggest stringer or heaviest 10 but I think we all have the dog power to catch 3 good hogs or a BIG BOAR.

Please remember the whole reason behind these hunts that the TDHA, Cole McVeay, Gary Wyche, BSDHA, etc. put on.  It always is for a good cause such as scholarships, feeding the hungry, 4H sports, and fighting for your rights to hunt with dogs.  That should be enough for you all to get out there and have a good time and compete.  I can assure that cheaters will be caught and promptly diqualified at any of these events run by these organizations.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Randy Bumpur's, a tournament I really dont have a chance to win but I love the competition and it is a blast to hunt and who knows I may get lucky one day and win it but I certainly wont win anything if I am not hunting in it.