HOG HUNTING ON HORSES

[bayhorse]

HOW MANY PEOPLE HUNT ON HORSES

[lonewolf]

We did years ago, now we hunt on 4x4 buggies!

[levibarcus]

I have hunted on foot, fourwheeler, and horseback. I usually go horseback and am not crazy about going any other way. Walking can get tiring after a while on a big place and it can be hard to get a hog out after you catch it. What I dislike the most about fourwheelers is that I can't hear my dogs when its running. If there are hogs close, they learn to listen for the fourwheeler and take off and get a head start on the dogs. I love riding to a bay and being able to hear what's going on the whole time, and then dragging the hog out on the end of a rope. That's just me, different strokes for differerent folks.

[tuskbuster]

i'm with ya on that Levi once u hit that 50 mark walkin is for the youngsters and wheelers cant get to em fast or quiet enough

[BarrNinja]

Its my favorite way to hunt hogs for all the obvious reasons but the places and the hunters I have been running with recently doesn't make it to practical. For me its like hunting on foot without getting tired! You cant beat a good horse or mule for hog hunting most places. Hunting off of them places you at a clear advantage for many reasons.

I have been the lone rider on many a hog hunt with everyone else on wheelers. On those hunts I am "always" the 1st one to the bay!

4 wheelers are nice for hauling them out of the woods though. I hate to drag a hog long distances. It can be too rough on them in hot weather.

[craig]

i hunt horseback most of the time.

[SPANKUM]

IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GO,YOU CAN GET IN CLOSE AND CAN SEE THE BAY ALOT BETTER!

[tobyb2007]

here

[Bo]

i hunt on mules and i thank that is the way to go it is a lot quieter.

[BLUE LACY]

Hunt off Mules about once a month but usually atvs

[hogslayer6]

wheelers for us you dont have to feed them.....lol they do make a lot of racket i know guys that do and their horses get to listening for the bark just like a catch dog does. course i also have a uncle that out ran a horse on foot after leaving the wheeler dur to terrain so 6 in one half dozen in the other whatever makes it better for you would be the answer i reckon

[goose]

would love to hunt off horseback but in the hurricane damaged woods around i guarantee it is impossible...all of the blowdowns,treetops, and greenbriar patches 20ft tall would make things a lil difficult....where do you keep the catch dogs?

[raider54]

hunted alot off of mules and other than being sore it is well worth it. A mule will go places your 4 wheeler cant go, mules will swim the river! is the way to go in my opinion

[BarrNinja]

would love to hunt off horseback but in the hurricane damaged woods around i guarantee it is impossible...all of the blowdowns,treetops, and greenbriar patches 20ft tall would make things a lil difficult....where do you keep the catch dogs?

If they need to be led they are usually left at the trailer until needed from what I have seen. A gave a friend of mine a pit bull puppy that wondered up after Ike hit year before last. She turned out to be a dang good catch dog. He trained her to ride with him on his horse.

[cward]

We hunt off horse alot and would rather hunt this way than any other way!! The catch dog is trained to ride with me and I had several that I could make stay next to my horse until told to go!! The one I use now ways a whopping 28 lbs!! But will catch any thing a big dog will!!! I ride up on my horse and just throw her off!!

[tobyb2007]

Some people carry the cd on the saddle but ours walk beside the horse until he hears a bay, then its off to the races. Or just run rough curs and don't worry about the "catch dog"

[bayhorse]

WE JUST RUN ROUGH CURS AND IF NEED WE ROPE THE HOG