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Bryant, One thing that I have noticed in hunting with some other people, is how competitive they are. It is either how good their dogs are, trash talking other dogs, every person for themselves while getting to the bay. Some of my good friends are like this, consequently, I do not hunt with them. Still my friends, but not hunting buds. When we hunt, it is a group of friends in the woods. If we get a hog, that is icing on the cake. If a dog screws up, we recognize it, but we don't give the owner of that dog a bunch of crap ( if that did happen, I would not be able to hunt with them anymore  ) When heading to the bay, we try to make sure that people are not left behind getting up a creek bank, or some other obstacle. On this particular hog, there were two parties that would have liked to take the hog home. No arguing, we figured that the person that guessed the weight closest would take home the hog. Worked well, no hurt feelings, and we loaded the hog up, and went out to dinner at the local Applebee's for another round of BS'ing  |
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That's what I'm talkin bout Circle C. Some Apple B's and a few icy mugs after a good hunt!!!
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Sounds just the way it should be. I have hunted with "those" type people also, and it's not nearly as enjoyable. Sure I like a good dog, and nothing makes me swell up with pride more than when one really shines but the competitiveness can be left at the house. When I'm in the woods with a group, conversation is seldom about my dogs. I learned a long time ago that they can hear you talking about them and will try their darndest to make a liar out of you. Best just to shut up and let them do their thing. Actions speak louder than words anyway, right? It's also hard to learn anything new if you're the one doing all the talking. I'm going to pack up and make a hunt (invited or not  ) with you guys sometime! Just kidding... You guys must also have a better way of hunting that I also really need to know about to stay clean enough to hit Applebee's. If I were to walk into a place like that after being in the woods, they would have the law called thinking I just murdered someone. Then again, I tend to fall down a lot. Not my fauilt...friends say I was born with small feet! |
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Yeah it is pretty interesting how folks look at you when you walk in to a restaurant and you have blood on a white t-shirt and on your pants and you still have your spurs and boots on hahahaha. In Small Town, Texas it is really not a big deal to walk into a cafe like that for lunch, heck most folks would probably ask you how many did you catch. But the closer you get to the big city the stranger the looks get, go figure.
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I am no stranger to receiving strange looks A couple weeks ago, I got hung up under a low hanging branch, and the back of my shirt was shredded. We all decided to go to lunch in town, well as I walk in, you can hear people asking their spouse, "what happened to him" A couple of the people there know JML, so they asked him. He told them, a hog almost got me. You should have seen the look on their face after that. Bryant, Any time you feel like making the drive, I will do what I can to set up a hunt. When it comes to falling, I wear a size 13-14 and I still fall. Usually face first in muddy water. GitDatHawg, Are you posting from the bathroom? Congrats on your recent nuptials, hope you had enough fun in Mexico to make the "revenge" wothwhile |
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Matt,
I know just what your talking about small town vs. big city. A few weeks ago we made a hunt one friday afternoon on a new landowners place that had called me about some rooting. We ended up catching 12 hogs that evening and so we decided to stop at the local "cantina" for a celebratory toast if you will. Mind you, this is in the BOONDOCKS!
We walked in that place, and after a few looks of "who are these guys...there not from these parts", we almost immediately gained celebrity status when they figured out what we were about. Drinks on the house...the whole bit.
In the city, we would have been thrown in the pokey the way we looked...guilty until proven innocent!
Circle C- I'll sure take you up on that one of these days. With the price of diesel, I may have to take a second mortgage to get there. I have read in the past on the "other board" about the get-together deals they used to do. Maybe "BDO's" is what they called them??? You guys ever done anything like that?
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We have had a small private "BDO" It was a group of us that have hunted together, and we all set a date, went to the national forest, and bbq'ed, camped, and hunted. We hunted Sat Am, Sat PM, and Sun AM. Matt chickened out on the Saturday evening hunt. Something about his wife's birthday..... I have seen the videos and heard too much negative to have an open BDO that I would want to be involved with. Too many people, too many dogs, and too many personalities. The private "BDO's" are fun, as long as everyone's ego is left at the house. If someone wants to try to put one together, I will do what I can to help. Diesel and second mortgage. You are not kidding, fuel prices have slowed us down. |
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I feel I am lucky to get to hunt with this group of people, like Chris said everyone gets along always fun. Even though I guessed the closest on the weight and got the hog I am going to go ahead and let Clay have it, It was the hog with the most teeth I've caught but Clay had his bulldog on the hunt and it was his first catch, it probably means more to him, I was going to mount it but it was missing alot of haur on one of its shoulder.
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Matt chickened out on the Saturday evening hunt. Something about his wife's birthday..... I can tell Matt hasn't been married as long as I have. For my wife's birthday, she asked that the kids and I please go entertain ourselves elsewhere so she could read a book, look at stories on TV, and whatever else she likes to do!  I have seen the videos and heard too much negative to have an open BDO that I would want to be involved with. Too many people, too many dogs, and too many personalities.
I understand what you mean. Back a few years ago when I still had my place down in Rockport I used to do a guys type weekend / fish / BBQ / BS deal a couple times a summer. It was fun when it was a small select group, but then when friends starting inviting friends who invited friends it just became a little much. I didn't want to be the bad guy and make someone feel that they didn't get an invitation, so I cut it out all together. |
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Bryant, you sound like you'd fit in well... anytime you can make it down just holler.
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Bryant, Mandi's birthday was spent in the woods hunting with Me , Mike, Sean, and Matt. We then went to lunch at County Line BBQ for lunch. Takes a special girl to put up with my crap, much less spend her birthday hunting. |
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Heck, if thats the same County Line BBQ as down the road in Austin I'd go on my birthday too knowing that was to be had later on for lunch! Thats some good grub!
Yep, there's no doubt I take for granted sometimes that my wife lets me rip and ride the way I do. It really helps now that my six year old is my running buddy and can pretty much hang with me. When the three year old gets a little further along, she probably won't have use for any of us! Just kidding...she's a keeper. Sounds like you snagged a good one too!
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Clay called me this afternoon all "Did you go to the site yet today!?!?!?" Hick I see why now! Big dang cutters on that one
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uva uvam videndo varia fit Like having my own little fuzzy convict, he steals, is violent and from what I saw him doing to his teddy bear obviously sexually frustrated. |
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great hog . he has a nice set of tusks on him
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I appreciate it jason it took me alot of work to get that dog to catch the previous owners didnt do right with him and i am just now getting him turned around
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