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« on: February 03, 2024, 08:56:21 am » |
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We hunted 3 different places yesterday morning and didn't find hogs so we went again last night. First couple of places still no luck finally 3rd drop dogs crossed a small creek which put them between 2 creeks and struck a cold feeding track, it took the dogs 15/20 minutes finding where it left out, they made an arc about a half mile out. According to the Garmin dogs were scattered the whole time but always going the same direction, hogs had scattered and fed through there I guess. They came almost back to where we were standing, they had struck right handed of where we had parked and my 2 yr old dog called Rough "although he is not rough" got a pick on the working track and crossed back to our side and began gaining speed, headed north and looped west then back south. When he got to the edge of the big creek a half mile up from us he came bayed. In a few minutes we started to him when we were a couple hundred from him he broke, swam the creek and came down the other side in the briars. Sounded like a shoat or pig in the briars the way it was running but not going anywhere. Along about this time the other dogs were coming our way, they got together and went back to where he had been bayed then lined out screaming, ran a mile and a quarter and bayed again. We walked back to the truck, drove out of that place, hit the highway, went 2 miles south and turned west 1.5, that made us be 560 from the bay. Good flat walk, decent boar bayed in a ditch in some small timber. He was almost identical to the one I had posted the other day from Keota, 175/180 lbs. Glad he was there because there are some briar patches on that place that are nearly impenetrable. Ol'Grip done his part and we got the boar hobbled. We left Grip caught while we hobbled the hog Adam says he helps hold them down haha.  |
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The Old Man
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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2024, 09:32:39 am » |
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WE CAUGHT THIS HOG DURING A 5.1 EARTHQUAKE-GUESS HE WAS A SHAKER HAHA
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NLAhunter
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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2024, 09:42:44 am » |
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Sounds like good time for sure
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t-dog
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« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2024, 10:07:24 am » |
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That wasn’t an earthquake, it was ole grip bringing down the thunder and crash of of his lightening. Kinda like the old saying, the right ones made of iron, the left ones made of steel. If the plotts don’t get ya then ole Grip will!
That’s a good job by the young dog and I’m betting he learned some things.
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« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2024, 10:23:20 am » |
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The guys at church this morning mentioned an earthquake, I never felt it. That's good dog work sorting out that track and having the meat at the end of the trail.
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« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2024, 03:13:11 pm » |
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Another good one Clue. Ol brother in law has made a hand hasn’t he. Glad he took to it, if he’s as good in the woods as he is the roping pen, you have a good partner.
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The Old Man
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« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2024, 05:50:15 pm » |
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Yeah, Ol'Adam is handy roping for money, pennin and catchin cattle or hoggin. He's pretty handy anyway and then I've groomed him my way so we get right along doin things without much need for conversation.
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The Old Man
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« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2024, 05:58:01 pm » |
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t-dog is a poet and there didn't anyone know it.
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Cajun
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« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2024, 06:05:49 pm » |
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Sounds like really good dog work and a nice boar at the end of it. Ole Grip must be getting some age on him.
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Bayou Cajun Plotts
Happiness is a empty dogbox
Relentless pursuit
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The Old Man
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« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2024, 06:08:40 pm » |
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That young dog will be 2 in a couple of weeks, I got him when he was about 10 mths old and he has been hunted quite a bit. He is pretty handy in all departments but has required lots of electricity about trash. Now he is real well bent for the major trash like deer or coyote though I wouldn't guarantee him not to do anything wrong. Last night he rigged a couple of times when I suspected it was not a hog due to where we were, and when I put him down he wouldn't go, both times it was in a real coony spot. I haven't hunted him at night so I suspect that is what was going on. The next time he rigged in one of those coony not hoggy spots I bumped him pretty firm and he quitened right down.
Actually I had owned and sold his mother and his father was out of the same line of dogs I had years ago that erlichia had wiped out for me.
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The Old Man
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« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2024, 06:18:28 pm » |
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Mike, without looking it up I think he is 4 coming 5 sometime later in the spring. The first time I had him down there was his second winter so he was about 2. I have raised a female pup out of him that is about 5 mths old, I'll use her next winter and if she is a catchdog I'll raise me another one someday. Since I only use one catchdog I like having a male to avoid the heat cycle. With the Plotts and the Curdogs it don't matter, I can just leave the female in heat at home and go right on.
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« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2024, 07:34:06 pm » |
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Sounds like good dog work!
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« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2024, 04:17:14 pm » |
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Fine hunt for y’all. Glad it worked out like that cause them bad briar patches at night ain’t no fun.
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Hoghunters do it deeper in the bush.
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The Old Man
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« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2024, 06:22:17 pm » |
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Thanks guys, and yes sometimes they will be bayed or caught where it tales 5 minutes to get 15 feet, and often the hog will break with the catchdog trying to get in there, really I'm glad to see them flush out of that sort of place and am not above flushing them on purpose. I hate having to get off in the water if its cold weather as well, and if its where I can I hook a rope or some dog leashes to Grip and tow the hog to the bank, hog fishing with a grab haha.
I did look Grip's birthday up and he will be 5 in April.
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