I've had many memorable hunts but this one kinda stands out. I was hunting a ranch near Pledger Texas, and I was training 3 pit/ cur crosses as catch dogs. These were some big dogs and I've had them on about 10 good hogs in the woods with a finished catchdog . These 3 dogs was at least 100 lbs each and buddy they would tear a hog up. On this hunt I felt it was time to leave the finished catch dog at home and let the young dogs do it on thier own, they were 16 months old. Ya might know the dogs struck and bayed and I could here Clenton booger barking. As we got closer you could smell boar hog in the air. I had 5 cur dogs baying this hog. So I drove the truck up with-in about 50 yrd of the bay and I told Victor (my son-in law) that when I called him on the radio to turn the 3 young catch dogs loose. I eased into that big briar patch on a little cow trail and there was a big area of mashed down brairs where the boar hog was and he was a monster(350#). I pulled my little radio out and whispered Victer , turn-um loose. I could here them bulldogs coming and all 3 bulldogs ran in there and joined the bay.I was pissed. So i told victor ,,NO PROBALEM,, I've had to catch hogs like this all my life,,, NOTHING TO IT. I TOLD VICTOR TO HOLD THE LITE AND BLIND THE HOG WHILE I SLIP UP AND GRAB HIS LEG. I started easing toward the hog and bout that time Victor took the lite off the hog and shined the lite on me.All hell broke loose,,, Here came the hog and I jumped to the side and he kelp coming after me , Victor took off running with the light and I froze still not being able to see where the hog was . Finally I begged victor to come back and shine the light. Then I had to resort to plan # 2. The dogs were still baying but would not try to catch. so,,, i said,, Victor , go to the truck and get that roll of blk duct tape and bring it here. I cut me a small limb bout 5 ft long. I taped my sticken knife to the limb and I slipped up to that hog again. The hog was about 25 yards from me when I noticed all the dogs kinda was clear of the hog so I reared back and throwed the home made spear (TARZON STYLE) and hit that hog perfect in the heart.I could'nt do that again in a 100 trys. That hog kinda gave a long groan and them catch dogs caught, when the hog fell. The hog broke my spear when he fell on it and I saved the knife and stick and it now hangs on my wall.Victor got grounded from hoghunting for a while & I GOT RID OF THEM HALF BREEDS AND HAV'NT OWNED ONE SENCE.
