Most Memorable Hog?

The first hog on Circle C's post went 440. Well, 440 is all the scale would read and the hog wasn't actually hanging when the scale pegged. I'm sure that means he'd go a little heavier but all we can account for was 440, so we will go with that number. This hog was shut down by two plotts (Lupe and Gus) a black and tan cur dog named Lizzie (who struck it), and one Cody Childs. The pit was green and didn't catch until the hog was legged and had a hobble on, and the running catch dog got there about the time the other hobble was on. It was a weird night to say the least.

The second hog was way cool. We hunt with other people so much that we never hunt just our dogs. We have the philosophy that hunting is better with buddies. This night, we took buddies, but they didn't own dogs so it was just ours. Lupe struck this hog in some woods, and when we heard Patches and Split baying hard and then just Split, we knew we had to get in there quick. Our Lupe dog thinks she's a pit, and will catch any hog. Obviously she needed help and Patches dove in right behind her. They shut him down in some thick rose hedges, and it was like razor vines! We kept trying to get in there with Meat Head, but couldn't get where we could see. We were all cut up badly by the rose hedges. Finally, Chris just cut Meaty loose when he heard one of the dogs get hit and yelp. We got to it and got it legged but decided it was going on the wall anyway so we just stuck it right there. You have never seen a happier bulldog. That was the first hog Meaty got to catch in the woods after his "life changing" surgery. The only dog that got a nick on him that night was Patches, our three legged dog. He is a great dog with lots of heart, and was back in the woods in less than a week. The boar has been hanging out in the barn freezer waiting on the go ahead from the taxidermist. He will be on our dining room wall.
Good times
M