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Well, we started out with a real good hunt catching six hogs in two hours. It was Chris, Mandi, John and our old retired hunting buddy Jason. As we were tying the big boar, the dogs rolled out and were baying a couple hundred yards from us. Evidently Tiger caught and met his maker. I believe he was on his way to being an exceptional dog. A little over 1 1/2 years old and has consistently been striking hogs the last six months. Very independant and would range out 500 to 1,000 yards hunting on a regular basis. His only downfall was that he was rough. But i've raised several dogs like that and they usually figured it out by the time they were two or found a new home... I was hoping he would figure it out also. Tonight is a prime example of why I don't run rough dogs anymore. We got all the hogs back, weighed, loaded and called it a night. Here's a few pics... First two hogs... big sow weighed in at 235 lbs. and small boar at 80 lbs.  Second two hogs... 115 lb. boar and 175 lb. sow.  Fifth hog... big boar at 275 lbs on the scale.    Last hog... fat girl. This is probably the fattest hog i've caught or seen by body size. She has a 60 lb frame but weighed in at 110 lbs!   |
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« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2010, 03:27:40 am » |
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Congrats on the nice hunt, sorry to hear about your dog though!
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« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2010, 04:49:09 am » |
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Truly sorry about your dog........got one like that myself I'm a little worried about.
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« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2010, 06:42:08 am » |
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Good hunt, but man I hate hearing about the dog.
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« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2010, 07:19:06 am » |
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Good hunt fellas, sorry to hear about Tiger. I wish he would have learned to quite trying them sooner, dog had a lot of hunt and knew what he was there for. Hogs look good as always, that is a pile of pork right there!
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« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2010, 07:28:11 am » |
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R.I.P Tiger did yall catch the one that killed him?
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THEY BAYED!!!!
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John
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« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2010, 07:39:17 am » |
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Sorry about Tiger Mike. I sure am glad I got to hunt behind him. What a great dog he was. R.I.P. Tiger
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« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2010, 07:40:24 am » |
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Thats a good load of hogs...
Mike, I'm very sorry to hear about Tiger. He can be as rough as he wants now....RIP Tiger
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« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2010, 08:27:18 am » |
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dang Mike, im sory about Tiger.
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« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2010, 08:32:34 am » |
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sorry about the dog , nice hogs
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« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2010, 08:39:36 am » |
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Y'all sure stacked up some good pigs.....sorry bout Tiger...I sure liked him alot.
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« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2010, 08:58:15 am » |
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Here are the pictures of the 275# after the mud was rinsed off of him.   Check out these big ol floppy ears.  We will have to make another run out there before too long, that was fun. RIP Tiger. |
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« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2010, 09:02:29 am » |
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Its amazing how you can go from high fives and feeling great about a hunt to long faces and "darn" within just a few moments. That spot where tiger went down was a rotten hellhole of vines and brush. I know on the way in to find him I was hoping he was caught up in green vines and just couldn't free himself. As we got closer to him and all was still quiet i was getting painfully less optimistic about the outcome. He was an excellent dog, and having been right there beside him the day his "switch" turned on for hogs, I felt as proud of him as if he were mine. Watching him turn into a dog at such a young age was a thrill, and he could be counted on to find hogs on his own.
I'm very sorry about tiger, I wish there was something that could have been done. It was a darned cheap shot.
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At least I'm successful at doing nothing right. I guess it could be worse.
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Mike
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« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2010, 09:16:02 am » |
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Thanks everone... it's always the good ones that go. R.I.P Tiger did yall catch the one that killed him?
We didn't even see him. The two pups that were there bayed with him sure gave him a run for his money... maybe we'll find him next time. |
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« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2010, 09:22:22 am » |
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That was a good haul. Yall put some pork down.
Bad deal with Tiger. Sorry to hear that.
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« Reply #15 on: January 07, 2010, 09:30:30 am » |
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Sorry to hear about your dog, Mike. Your right though...it's always the good ones.
Surely that isn't JML there in that fourth pic!! He getting the itch, or what?
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Mike
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« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2010, 09:32:19 am » |
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Surely that isn't JML there in that third pic!! He getting the itch, or what?
Yes sir... he was itching real bad last night.  |
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« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2010, 09:43:58 am » |
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Dang Mike!
Good hunt but I sure hate to hear about Tiger. Sounded like he was well on his way to being a barn nurner!
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« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2010, 09:59:37 am » |
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Great hogs mike all of them look healthy ! sorry about tiger R.I.P
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