7-11-10 Good Boar Caught with pups

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7-11-10 Good Boar Caught with pups

« on: July 13, 2010, 02:41:20 pm »

We headed out late Saturday night and got a jump pretty quick, but after a few hours of running we cut the dogs off and decided to hit another part of the property. I knew there was a good boar in there, but was pretty sure that we were going to push them out across the road and let the fellas shoot a few or so. Well one of my hunting partners decided that he wasn’t up for the next round so he packed on up and went to the house and we pulled off to my other spot. I quickly got Josh and Tommy in position with their guns and I went in with 1 Cur, 2 Plotts(Puppys), and a 15lb Jagd terrier. 15 seconds after dropping the dogs I had bays going on all around me and as usual the hogs weren’t cooperating. Instead of running across the road as I had wanted, they decided to bay right up. So I called Josh on the phone and told him to bring his bulldog in, which has only had one solo catch and still pretty green.( I didn’t bring any of mine because we had plenty with our other hunting partner, but he had opted not to come). As I am waiting on Josh, Tammy(my girlfriend), was at the truck operating the GPS system calls and tells me that Squirt, (Bud Goatchers Jagd ) , is bayed by himself. I listened closely and sure enough I could hear him down in a drainage ditch that was Congo Jungle thick with vines raising all kinds of Cain . The other dogs were off in the corn field, but the jagd wasn’t too far off the road maybe 30 yds or so. Josh finally gets too me and we walk right up in line with Squirt and wait for a break in the hounds so we can send the bulldog to him. Finally the hounds had a break and we sent Kajun into the unexpected. As we waited, which seem to be an eternity, Tommy comes walking up with his .270 rifle to see if we needed any help and about that time we heard some grunting but not a squeal or anything. Bout that time my Cur and Buds Plott Buster come by me and head in there to see whats going on and Josh has circled around the back of the thicket to get closer. When all of sudden I heard the big dogs start yelping and the Jagd crank up like a Chainsaw followed by Josh Screaming “BAD BOAR, BRING THE GUN!” Tommy and I quickly snuck in the vines and got to were Josh was and backed up in a washed out root system of a still standing tree was a heck of a good boar with. Josh was holding a bleeding bulldog that was still trying to get to the hog and the Squirt was working at a tempo of three hard chops at the head then 1 shot at the jewels to make that boar sit back down. I shined the light on the hog and told Tommy to shoot at my command and when Squirt went for his Jewels shot I gave the command and Tommy let one of those Berger Bullets fly! After realizing that I had just been dazed by the concussion of the Boss System of his rifle I saw the boar and Jagd were gone along with all the other dogs that were booger barking this hog. Tommy said he hit it in the head and I was seriously beginning to doubt him, when Squirt cranked up again about 150yds out in the corn field and I could tell that hog wasn’t dead at all by his bark, so Josh sent Kajun back in even though he was a bit reluctant at first and he had good reason. This boar had cut and beat his bulldog so bad before I got there that my vest had been torn at the seams. Josh was able to reach in and grab the vest while the bulldog was locked on and when Squirt made his Jewels shot the boar hog turned away from them and pulled loose from Kajun. Anyway, Kajun wobbled on into the corn and we followed with caution. After about 20 seconds or so we heard the fight and we high-tailed it to them.
When I got to the hog, Kajun was locked on an ear with his rear-end pointing towards the stars and being bounced like a paddle ball. Squirt was hanging on the jaw like a tic and out of nowhere Josh flies onto the back of this boar hog, like he was jumping on a horse, that was a good bit bigger than what I had seen in the ditch. I quickly grabbed the tail and back right leg and started hollering at Josh to sink his blade, which he already had that K-Bar working like a sewing machine. Tommy ran up and grabbed a handful too and in a matter of seconds it was over.
After the High-Fives, we inspected the hog to find out that Tommy had hit it with the Rifle, but when Squirt hit the Jewels the hog had turned its head and was barely grazed on the jaw, but the front left leg had been obliterated. Which no doubt swung the odds in our favor, but still a beast to catch with a Green 60lb pit and 15lb Jagd terrier. The Boar weighed in at 330lbs and the cutter that wasn’t broken was about 2.5 inches. I am surprised that we got away with just a few staples and destroyed vest, but it is definitely one of those hunts to remember just because of the young dogs and the heart they showed. I am a firm believer that a Jagd, if bred right, has a place in anyones pack. Also, this was the first Blue Pit that I would feed as a Catchdog because of his brains, heart, stamina, and temperament.
Joey Young

P.S. Sorry for the long story but the young dogs did impress me and deserve the praise!

These are just a few pics, Josh should be able to post some more:


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