I met Matt and Lawrence at daylight this morning in Navasota. We turned out and a short while later had a group of hogs bayed across the creek. Sent in Clifford and Brownie... and of course they caught a 50# boar shoat.
We headed across the property to hunt the river bottoms. After not seeing Tweety, Crow and Kasey for a while, we stopped to listen. Could barely hear them baying down towards the river. Drove as close as we could and started heading towards them. Got pretty close and sent the catch dogs in... the hog broke before they hit. Headed back to the 4-wheeler and mule so we could track to them. They were way down river from us. Picked Clifford up along the way and he was a little over heated. Dogs bayed again and we headed in to them... the hog broke again!
This is where it gets funny. On the way back out to the 4-wheelers, we lost Lawrence. The dogs bayed again directly across the river from me and Matt, but a pretty good ways in. We sat there for about 30 minutes listening to those three baying solid. I decided to drive back around and see if I could get closer before we took a swim. As soon as I killed the 4-wheeler the dogs were right in front of me... on our side of the river.
I called Matt and told him to hurry up and get over here, then I hear Lawrence hollering. He was at the bay watching the whole time! As Matt and I eased in there, Lawrence hollered "turn Clifford loose!" But, I was gonna get to the bay this time cause it was getting hot. Well, the hog put Lawrence up a tree and ended up breaking before we could get there.
It was a good hunt for those two young dogs, Crow and Kasey. They worked this big boar for an hour and a half, baying him up three different times. Kasey didn't fare too well, I ended up having to sew and staple her back together, but she'll be fine.
Those two puppies are gonna be awesome dogs in another year if they keep going like they're going.
