About a month ago me and a buddy were just piddling around the house, checkin cows and seeing what wildlife been passing through. Had sketch with us and as luck would have it we stumbled over a hog track. Sketched worked it over for a little in some pretty dry conditions later in the evening, and got him bayed in a spot we call “the hole” 95% of hogs that bay in the hole are going to be boars and you’re probably not gonna kill him in the hole. It’s just a horrible spot. He broke as we were trying to crawl through the tangled mess of old bulldozed cedar. Crossed about 10 yards in front of me and I took a pot shot at him I probably shouldn’t have, but I was all but out of light.
Me and Leeland sure thought I knocked him down in the back end. Sketch carried him a few hundred and bayed again. We got around and it was right at dark and sketch had gone quiet. Few minutes goes back she comes walking in and I kind of figured I had hit the hog good enough to kill him. He died on that last bay and she come out.
Well this morning I got up early, had a free day so figured I’d go make a loop in the bottom, look at some deer and check my 2 hog traps. Step out the front door a before 7 with just enough light I could see a hog crossing the wide open below my house, headed for the bottom, he was coming Out of some cut grain.
I let him make his crossing in peace, went and made my circle and come back and grabbed sketch and her 1.5 year old son Spoon. I put them down about 7:30 out in the open at the last fence I watch him cross.
They went to trailing, spoon will give a little mouth so I knew he was smelling him. They worked him about a half hour and spoon finally struck at about half a Mile. Sketch fell in and they bayed him in the hole again. As I headed to him he started walking on them. Took about a half hour but I finally knocked him down after a half hour and 400 yards of a walking bay later.
Spoon will do the one thing his momma won’t, and that is get under ones behind and pull hide. Today I believe that was the difference. Spoon is going to be a fine dog I believe, and he really track minded like his momma. Can’t wait to finish him out this spring.
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