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« Reply #40 on: January 18, 2011, 12:05:40 pm » |
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No guns....cant get a dog shot if there aint a gun thier....ive herd a ton of people say.." im just carrying it in case a hog comes at me"....if he DOES come at you, you cant pull it and shoot fast enough to do yourself anygood....thats my opinion
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« Reply #41 on: January 18, 2011, 12:29:16 pm » |
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Hows that old saying go..."even a blind hog finds a root every now and then".....ther is a difference in "impossible" and "improbable"....im glad your friend was able to get the draw on the hog, but whats the odds of it happening twice?....im not knocking anyone that does carry a gun..hell im a federal police officer...i carry a gun for a living....if you are an expierened hunter/marksman and its your dogs on the hog, then fire away....if you doubt yourself or its not your dogs, leave it at the house.
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« Reply #42 on: January 18, 2011, 12:30:32 pm » |
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None of the guys I hunt with on a regular basis carry guns but If one of them wanted to carry a pistol I wouldn't have a problem with it. It's the guys that want to come along sometimes and aint been hunting much that I wouldn't want to be shooting around my dogs..
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« Reply #43 on: January 18, 2011, 12:32:56 pm » |
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Hows that old saying go..."even a blind hog finds a root every now and then".....ther is a difference in "impossible" and "improbable"....im glad your friend was able to get the draw on the hog, but whats the odds of it happening twice?....im not knocking anyone that does carry a gun..hell im a federal police officer...i carry a gun for a living....if you are an expierened hunter/marksman and its your dogs on the hog, then fire away....if you doubt yourself or its not your dogs, leave it at the house.
I don't know what the probability is of it occurring again.... But, he'll have his gun handy in case it does.  I personally am not confident enough with a handgun to shoot over my dogs. That's why I keep a 16" barrel levergun on my mule with me. |
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« Reply #44 on: January 18, 2011, 12:50:34 pm » |
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I been shooting over my dogs for years and love it myself. If someone comes along and has catch dogs and wants to play with the hog that is fine by me but I will still have my gun with me I dont leave home with out it . If somebody invites me and dont allow guns then I will hunt my on hunt . There has been more than a few times if I didnt have my gun with me I would have been in the ER . I dont mind catching hogs with dogs have done it many times it gets boring to me . Had ruff dogs for years caught 300 lbs and under with out bulldogs, but the staple guns and the vet bills and all the sewing got old. Aint noting like a few loose baying , grab'em in the butt stoppem dogs when they run then back off and bay'em and you can sit there and watch a pretty show makes the walk all worth it . Then line the sights up . Besides that I done got to dang old to be packin a 250 lb boar hog a mile out of the river bottom just to get to the four wheeler ! Lol !
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« Reply #45 on: January 18, 2011, 12:59:56 pm » |
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None of the guys I hunt with on a regular basis carry guns but If one of them wanted to carry a pistol I wouldn't have a problem with it. It's the guys that want to come along sometimes and aint been hunting much that I wouldn't want to be shooting around my dogs..
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« Reply #46 on: January 18, 2011, 01:10:04 pm » |
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I been shooting over my dogs for years and love it myself. If someone comes along and has catch dogs and wants to play with the hog that is fine by me but I will still have my gun with me I dont leave home with out it . If somebody invites me and dont allow guns then I will hunt my on hunt . There has been more than a few times if I didnt have my gun with me I would have been in the ER . I dont mind catching hogs with dogs have done it many times it gets boring to me . Had ruff dogs for years caught 300 lbs and under with out bulldogs, but the staple guns and the vet bills and all the sewing got old. Aint noting like a few loose baying , grab'em in the butt stoppem dogs when they run then back off and bay'em and you can sit there and watch a pretty show makes the walk all worth it . Then line the sights up . Besides that I done got to dang old to be packin a 250 lb boar hog a mile out of the river bottom just to get to the four wheeler ! Lol !
everything you have said makes alot of sence, i been catching hog for a long time but my knees are bad, i dont walk hunt anymore,i ride a horse or i dont go,, and i dont always have someone there to back me up. im gona try breaking my dogs to a gun and experiment with shooting over them.. like you said age has alot to do with this hunting style.. |
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« Reply #47 on: January 18, 2011, 01:23:31 pm » |
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I dont mind catching hogs with dogs have done it many times it gets boring to me. I feel sorry for you. I have never in my life heard anyone say catching hogs with dogs has become boring for them. I don't care how many times I've been hunting or how many hogs we catch, the adrenaline rush is no different. To this day, the split second the CD's show up and the bay goes from pretty music to brutal ass gang warfare the hair on my neck stands on end. If I ever lose that feeling I'm walking away from the sport. As to the original topic, I don't carry a gun much anymore for two reason. 1. Most of the properties I hunt have a no gun policy. 2. We roll with 2+ CD's on every hunt. If a hog is man enough to whoop 2 CD's then we have 1 or 2 more to feed him. And my lazy answer is.....it just don't like having the added weight strapped to me. |
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« Reply #48 on: January 18, 2011, 01:24:19 pm » |
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I been shooting over my dogs for years and love it myself. If someone comes along and has catch dogs and wants to play with the hog that is fine by me but I will still have my gun with me I dont leave home with out it . If somebody invites me and dont allow guns then I will hunt my on hunt . There has been more than a few times if I didnt have my gun with me I would have been in the ER . I dont mind catching hogs with dogs have done it many times it gets boring to me . Had ruff dogs for years caught 300 lbs and under with out bulldogs, but the staple guns and the vet bills and all the sewing got old. Aint noting like a few loose baying , grab'em in the butt stoppem dogs when they run then back off and bay'em and you can sit there and watch a pretty show makes the walk all worth it . Then line the sights up . Besides that I done got to dang old to be packin a 250 lb boar hog a mile out of the river bottom just to get to the four wheeler ! Lol !
everything you have said makes alot of sence, i been catching hog for a long time but my knees are bad, i dont walk hunt anymore,i ride a horse or i dont go,, and i dont always have someone there to back me up. im gona try breaking my dogs to a gun and experiment with shooting over them.. like you said age has alot to do with this hunting style.. I think you and your dogs will learn to love it Craig. When I did it regular, I had my dogs to where I could call them off if it wasnt a hog I wanted to shoot. Talk about kicken back and watching a good bay! I hope to be catching and tieing hogs for a long time but when Im an old man and no young bucks are around to coach and yell at, I plan to watch a good bay from the back of a mule. I just may shoot one or two if I need some sausage! |
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« Reply #49 on: January 18, 2011, 01:29:45 pm » |
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We mostly use catchdogs, but sometimes they are cut up and/ or worn out and our bmc(GONZO) rolls off hogs as soon as the catchdogs get there and will find another....he will run a good 500+ yard and bay. so my husband always has his gun either on his horse or in the truck and will go in and shoot the hog. Sometimes we just take one or two bay dogs and rally a pack and shoot 3-4 at a time. either way you still get hogs  Now i may seem like a bitch but i do not let anyone but my husband shoot around my dogs. he has a pretty good shot, i cant say the same for some of the other guys. so im not taken any chances of my dogs getting shot by someone els. jmo, Mrs. Kbar |
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« Reply #50 on: January 18, 2011, 01:44:48 pm » |
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I been shooting over my dogs for years and love it myself. If someone comes along and has catch dogs and wants to play with the hog that is fine by me but I will still have my gun with me I dont leave home with out it . If somebody invites me and dont allow guns then I will hunt my on hunt . There has been more than a few times if I didnt have my gun with me I would have been in the ER . I dont mind catching hogs with dogs have done it many times it gets boring to me . Had ruff dogs for years caught 300 lbs and under with out bulldogs, but the staple guns and the vet bills and all the sewing got old. Aint noting like a few loose baying , grab'em in the butt stoppem dogs when they run then back off and bay'em and you can sit there and watch a pretty show makes the walk all worth it . Then line the sights up . Besides that I done got to dang old to be packin a 250 lb boar hog a mile out of the river bottom just to get to the four wheeler ! Lol !
everything you have said makes alot of sence, i been catching hog for a long time but my knees are bad, i dont walk hunt anymore,i ride a horse or i dont go,, and i dont always have someone there to back me up. im gona try breaking my dogs to a gun and experiment with shooting over them.. like you said age has alot to do with this hunting style.. I think you and your dogs will learn to love it Craig. When I did it regular, I had my dogs to where I could call them off if it wasnt a hog I wanted to shoot. Talk about kicken back and watching a good bay! I hope to be catching and tieing hogs for a long time but when Im an old man and no young bucks are around to coach and yell at, I plan to watch a good bay from the back of a mule. I just may shoot one or two if I need some sausage! kinda sounds like the old man version but im gona try it. |
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« Reply #51 on: January 18, 2011, 01:53:16 pm » |
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Yeah boring is the wrong word your right.
"Pain in the Butt is what I was looking for"
It never gets boring but leading a bulldog a mile threw the woods briar's , thicket's, and everything else to a bay to me is a pain in the "Butt" always has been that's why I had such ruff dogs they got the job done themselves and if they didn't then I just figured it was not his day to go down and that it would come sooner are later. With those kind of ruff dogs you had to get there and get there quick if not you know what happens some of the time not all the time cut up dogs even with full vest on .
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You are absolutely right age has a lot to do with it for some of us older guys. 5 Herniated disc, 3 Protruding disc, a cracked 5Th vertebrae, Major surgery on the right Knee from a old football injury , and a popped tendon n my left little finger than was never fixed plus a few more aliments ahahahahahhahaahah and am still going strong just a lot more wiser than what I use to be ......... Age kinda makes a man like that !
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« Reply #52 on: January 18, 2011, 01:59:02 pm » |
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« Reply #53 on: January 18, 2011, 02:49:21 pm » |
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As to the original topic, I don't carry a gun much anymore for two reason. 1. Most of the properties I hunt have a no gun policy. 2. We roll with 2+ CD's on every hunt. If a hog is man enough to whoop 2 CD's then we have 1 or 2 more to feed him. And my lazy answer is.....it just don't like having the added weight strapped to me.
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« Reply #54 on: January 18, 2011, 03:00:07 pm » |
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I carry a gun everywhere I go and hog hunting is no different. I have never shot over or around my dogs, nor have I had to use it in an "emergency". But I have it if I need it. Hope i dont ever need it, hunting or otherwise.
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« Reply #55 on: January 18, 2011, 03:31:32 pm » |
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i dont let others carry a gun but i do like to have 1 just in case my bro n law had to shoot 1 one time bujt i dont trust any1 with a gun around my dogs i know i have the ability to think straight in a bad situation but dont trust any1 too do the thinkin when its my dogs out there jmo i will jump a hog if hes hurtin my pooches too fear go aways when adrenaline sets in just b careful with em
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« Reply #56 on: January 18, 2011, 04:07:40 pm » |
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To this day, the split second the CD's show up and the bay goes from pretty music to brutal ass gang warfare the hair on my neck stands on end. If I ever lose that feeling I'm walking away from the sport.
i would have to strongly agree
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« Reply #57 on: January 18, 2011, 04:23:27 pm » |
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As to the original topic, I don't carry a gun much anymore for two reason. 1. Most of the properties I hunt have a no gun policy. 2. We roll with 2+ CD's on every hunt. If a hog is man enough to whoop 2 CD's then we have 1 or 2 more to feed him. And my lazy answer is.....it just don't like having the added weight strapped to me.
Heck, I thought you guys didn't carry guns cause most of your hunting grounds are in residential neighborhoods! Guns scare the soccer moms.  And that ain't good for business on multiple fronts. LOL |
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« Reply #58 on: January 19, 2011, 09:58:43 pm » |
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Hunt with a gun, hunt with catch dogs, I don’t care what your style is just kill hogs .Hog hunters need to control the population. The farmers will thank us!!!
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« Reply #59 on: January 19, 2011, 11:22:31 pm » |
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To this day, the split second the CD's show up and the bay goes from pretty music to brutal ass gang warfare the hair on my neck stands on end. If I ever lose that feeling I'm walking away from the sport.
i would have to strongly agree
Hell my stands up when I start load up the dogs lol I can still remember the first time 10 yrs ago when I went and the feeling is still the same everytime but if your age interferes with it I don't knock you as long as you passed it down and killed lots of hogs we all know it's still in your blood |
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