riding horses hog hunting

[Silverton Boar Dogs]

My Mule will jump. When he hears a bay his heads to it at a run, I can step off and stick a pig while holding the bridle rein.

[Circle C]

Paul,
Is that the same mule you were riding at the tdha contest 2-3 years ago?

[treeingratterrier]

I just curious to see how you guys jump fences with the mules and if anybody was riding up to the hog and shooting them, anybody got a video of a mule loading up in th eback of a pickupbed with hog dogs??  Ones i had we used a bull halter and 20 foot lead rope, lots of times if we got behind a really tall fence we have to take out the tpost clips and then wrap the lead rope around the top 2 wires and then cluck him over after we pullled it down and wrapped it, I have seen some that wanted a saddle blanket on top of the wire but that is a bad habbit as they wont jump without it if you lose it and wastes time, I had some of those 16 hand mules that would jump a bobwire fence 5 wires with one still in the saddle, not cool at all, way to dangerous at night for sure especialy if its wet or a creek on the other side, one thing for sure with stirups i would get tapaderos in case something happens so u dont get drug with your foot thru the stirup vs a tap that will let ur foot come out after a ways usually.  Anybody got any pics of a mule riding in the truck bed with dogs??  Seems like if u get the right kind of mule who wants to work they will hunt like a dog and smell hogs and snort and go to the bay up even if you have fallen alseep in the saddle.  Any of you guys who ride mules do you hunt at night with them and do you use a NITElite headlight to shoot hogs or do you just get off and stick them??

[Circle C]

Terrier,
Have you seen James Land video? He has some jumping mules in it, and he is a cracker jack with a levergun. Best doggin video I have seen.

[treeingratterrier]

Terrier,
Have you seen James Land video? He has some jumping mules in it, and he is a cracker jack with a levergun. Best doggin video I have seen.

 


Got a link i searched utube, is it on here soemwhere?

[Circle C]

Here is a link to purchase the video. They might have some previews.

http://www.hogsanddogs.com/default.html

If I still had a copy of the DVD I would send it to you, but the one I watched belonged to a friend.

[Colby T. Brown]

Colby
 you got some nice young horses there..

Thanks!! I sold the bay colt last week. I've gotta put a little more time into the buckskin horse, but he is coming around pretty nice. 

[make-em-squeel]

How do yall keep the CD's from going to the bay from to far off?   

[Circle C]

I've hunted three different ways with horses and catchdogs.

CD loose on the ground, Tater (Craig's pit) would trot along with the horses, then head to the bay when he heard the dogs open. You just loped along behind him toward the bay. 

CD behind the saddle/tied to the horses tail.  CD doesn't get cut loose until you are ready to cut him.

CD on a four wheeler some distance behind the horse.  This has been the best of both worlds.  The four wheeler is there to haul CD, drinks, cut kit, and tote out caught hogs.   The four wheelers stay way back from the horseback riders, so that the riders can hear what's going on. 

I can't explain this, but it seems that when I am horseback, I am almost always within a couple hundred yards of the bay. We get to ride up and watch the bay, then call the four wheeler guys and tell them to send the catch dogs.  This past spring we were within about 30 yards of an entire sounder bayed up in an open field.  We watched the bay 5-10 minutes I'd guess, then sent the catch dogs.

[craig]

How do yall keep the CD's from going to the bay from to far off?   

i dont, if they here the bay they are gone. The best thing is on a horse you can be right behind the catch dogs.

[craig]

Chris is right the best of both worlds is catch dogs on atv and horses to drag hogs out .

im to crippled up to lead catch dogs thru the woods so running them on the ground behind a horse works the best for me.

[SCHitemHard]

we used a mule for a while but we had a dog bite the mule and that was the end of that

[ED BARNES]

we used a mule for a while but we had a dog bite the mule and that was the end of that

id tie that dog to a mule  n let them spend the day together, whether they get along or not, it will fix the problem one way or another

[Colby T. Brown]

How do yall keep the CD's from going to the bay from to far off?   

We want ours to stay with us until we send them. They will want to go to a bay as soon as they hear it, but they usually wait until we send them. If they act like they want to go before we are close enough we just call them back..... We try to keep a shock collar on them, until they are handling pretty well. Then of course, we have to remind them every once in awhile.

[jsh]

My cousin used to hunt some with James Land.  His mule would load onto a flatbed and tie to the headache rack.  I'll see if he's got some pics. 

I agree Circle C, that is the best video out there.  No Hollywood, no testosterone or egos - just good ole hog eradication.