great test for the dogs

[pigstkr]

went to a new place today out here in northern california...looked like real good orchard country...(thought to myself this is going to be easy)...after about 2 hours of hunting the dogs took off like they were shot out of a rocket..come over the hill and they were at a giant black berry patch about the size of texas...the owner said that this stretch of the creek went about 2 miles....about ten minutes waiting my big catahoula and my yella dog found a hog trail in and all h_ _ L broke loose...Mac struck first and started barking, then the ole man Yella started hammer'in like no tommorrow...then i seen my Patches flyin in along with 2 young dogs we are starting....about that time my goof ball Mac dog tried to catch and it sounded like a war in this briar patch....hog broke twice and the dogs stayed on it so i decided to let my rednose and 85 lb catahoula/pit get some action...after climbing on my belly for a good 20  minutes i seen the silouhette of a monster hog with six dogs on him and he was spinning dogs off racking them thru the willows and berries...i was 2 blocked for a minute but when i seen my rednose get flopped on her back and still hangin on the ear my adrenaline pumped and i made a hole to get to the action....10 minutes passed and i got a good stick on the ole buzzard....BLACK HOG DOWN....started checking dogs got by with only 9 stapes in HOLLIE( the rednose) and 4 staples in Mac my catahoula and a fe pokes in Crunch the cat/pit....took over an 2 hours to get him out of briar patch witch i was only about 200 feet in the patch....a great test for the dogs and sean it was really a great test on this new hip i got back in june....i only got a few pics of the beast camera was full....weighed 296 lbs  2 3/4 on one side and 2 5/8 on the other....i live for that kind of action but would really like to catch a few in the orchard next trip..LOL  Pigstkr

[hogdoggintexas]

nice hog

[Scott]

That's a fine hog there 

[OutdoorGirl]

Great Pic of a Fine Lookin Hog! Good Job!

[Clay]

Good hog there. glad it didnt turn out worse them vines can really help the hogs out

[grunter_hunter1]

real good hog nice job

[Sean]

sounds like some kind of hunt jw! looks like you got a great hog out of it though. glad to hear all that paid off. and even happier to hear that your new hip passed the test! great story bud

[Mike]

Helluva hog JW!

I'm glad you got him... a lot can go wrong in them thick briar patches.

[nothing]

good story and a mighty fine hog very big.

[clint]

Nice story and nice hog.... Congrats

[pigstkr]

thanx guys.....it sure feels good to be back out in the woods with my kids....lol....for being cooped up for the last 6 months or so they sure are doing good....my lead dog Yella will be 10 soon....but i can see this 2 year old catahoula Mac taking lead of tne pack in the very near future...i just thank God that the 2 catch dogs got thru the vines as fast as they did or it could of been real nasty....the rancher called today and his brother on the other piece of ground that we did not hunt saturday seen another as big if not bigger he said....wants me back this weekend.....but got some family time to do.....but i will try again soon.....JW