catch dig trials?

[sandbank slayer]

Do they have em? Where? And how do they judge?

[Shotgun wg]

Nope outlawed


Shotgun
Arkansas

[sandbank slayer]

Was just wondering, an older man that hunted was talkin about em so thought I'd try to see what it was all about.

[halfbreed]

   lol yep it had to be an old man talking about them , they have been gone for a good while now  .

[sandbank slayer]

Ya it sounded kinda fun, woulda really liked to check it out. What was the reason for outlawing?

[halfbreed]

    peta , h$u$ , aspca , and all the animal rights organizations that funneled money into the democratic and a few republican traitors campaign funds .

[Hog Dog Mike]

Here is the way they worked. It was kind of like calf roping. A hog was cut loose and when it broke a barrier you could turn the bulldog loose. When the dog caught you had to get the dog off of the hog and raise your arm. It was a timed event and the quickest time won. They were alot of fun.

My buddy had a great catch dog at the time. He caught the hog in 16 seconds but the break stick fell out of their pocket as they were running to the hog. It took them several minutes to break him off the hog.

Some crazy woman out of Houston slipped into the one in Etoile, Tx. and nearly stroked out.

[sandbank slayer]

Sounds fun, guy was tellin us our CD woulda been good at it. Seems like there is always someone, somewhere lookin to take all the fun from someone else. Wish these were still goin on, sure woulda like to check em out.

[Scott]

    peta , h$u$ , aspca , and all the animal rights organizations that funneled money into the democratic and a few republican traitors campaign funds .

Not to mention some of the dumbasses that holding them...if it would have been handled the correct way...they would probably still be legal.

[Cajun]

    peta , h$u$ , aspca , and all the animal rights organizations that funneled money into the democratic and a few republican traitors campaign funds .

Not to mention some of the dumbasses that holding them...if it would have been handled the correct way...they would probably still be legal.

Nope, most states have laws against fighting any kind of animal & this would fall in that category. Fun or not, it brought to much negative attention to our sport. People better wake up. I see all kind of videos posted on Facebook with dogs catching hogs or cut up dogs. This can be used against you in a court of law.
  There is a case now in Mi. where somebody trapped a coyote & put dogs  on it. They posted it on insta gram. They were arrested for animal cruelty & might serve time in jail.
  Wake up people.

[Scott]

    peta , h$u$ , aspca , and all the animal rights organizations that funneled money into the democratic and a few republican traitors campaign funds .

Not to mention some of the dumbasses that holding them...if it would have been handled the correct way...they would probably still be legal.

Nope, most states have laws against fighting any kind of animal & this would fall in that category. Fun or not, it brought to much negative attention to our sport. People better wake up. I see all kind of videos posted on Facebook with dogs catching hogs or cut up dogs. This can be used against you in a court of law.
  There is a case now in Mi. where somebody trapped a coyote & put dogs  on it. They posted it on insta gram. They were arrested for animal cruelty & might serve time in jail.
  Wake up people.

Right...and when did those States create those laws...most came after a fella in SC and one in AL screwed the pooch...

I agree...too much negative attention was created and is still being created through the www and social media...

[Hutch33]

Wake up people.
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Agreed. It really "grinds my gears" seeing all the thoughtless videos and pictures that are posted for the world to see.  People are quick to post for their own image, but cant take the two seconds to think of the actually meaning behind the sport. But, I know that's not what this threads about...

[sandbank slayer]

Wake up people.

Agreed. It really "grinds my gears" seeing all the thoughtless videos and pictures that are posted for the world to see.  People are quick to post for their own image, but cant take the two seconds to think of the actually meaning behind the sport. But, I know that's not what this threads about...
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No sir it's not, just heard an older gentleman talkin about em, thought it sounded interesting so I figured I'd ask.

[Bo Pugh]

im glad they outlawed them. when they had them over here by the house you couldnt buy a bulldog under 500$. most of these people were breeding little fast dogs that really wasnt worth a number 2 for hunting just catching in a pen and being quick about it, but like i say someone that was hunting if you lost your bulldog you was out of business for awile they had the bulldog market messed up, and when they shut them down it was free bulldogs everywhere.

[hoghunter71409]

I wouldn't say that hog hunting and many other dog hunting sports were popular many years ago- but the internet and technology have made it poular today.  The internet and those that became crazy about what they post will cause this hunting we know of to go away.

[Reuben]

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Not to mention some of the dumbasses that holding them...if it would have been handled the correct way...they would probably still be legal.
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Nope, most states have laws against fighting any kind of animal & this would fall in that category. Fun or not, it brought to much negative attention to our sport. People better wake up. I see all kind of videos posted on Facebook with dogs catching hogs or cut up dogs. This can be used against you in a court of law.
  There is a case now in Mi. where somebody trapped a coyote & put dogs  on it. They posted it on insta gram. They were arrested for animal cruelty & might serve time in jail.
  Wake up people.
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Amen to that Cajun...I was at one of the first ones in Texas and I knew I couldn't support it because I also knew it was going to fly like a lead balloon in front of the non hunting public and of course it was quite a bit of ammo for the anti's...

the same with youtube, facebook and the huntings sites that support this type of video...

[Reuben]

I believe it might have been at Etoile but somewhere east of Houston maybe Lufkin...Some catch dogs pictures made it to the National Inquirer magazine and it was on the cover page about vicious pitbulls attacking and mutilating the poor pigs...and back then that magazine was very popular because there wasn't much internet in those days...that really drove some nails in the coffin...

We have to look at the big picture...

[cantexduck]

 I get dog piled on when I make a comment on videos that are posted on Facebook. You would not believe the crap people will post. Videos of a hog being caught in a pen/trailer and 10 dogs tearing a hog up in a pen. Let alone the pictures of dogs for sale that are sitting on mounds of crap in their kennel or at the end of a chain that has a six foot pile of crap at the ground stake.
    No matter what , catch contests were never going to last.

[sfboarbuster]

It's probably been 10 years since I've been to one. They used to have them on one of the indian reservations here in Florida. They didn't have to quit doing it and it's still legal there but it was bringing too much negative attention so they stopped it. It was still a dang good time. The best one was you had to catch the hog and put a t shirt on it.

[halfbreed]

I get dog piled on when I make a comment on videos that are posted on Facebook. You would not believe the crap people will post. Videos of a hog being caught in a pen/trailer and 10 dogs tearing a hog up in a pen. Let alone the pictures of dogs for sale that are sitting on mounds of crap in their kennel or at the end of a chain that has a six foot pile of crap at the ground stake.
    No matter what , catch contests were never going to last.

   that one all ways gets me riled up too duck  . dog for sale real good one here boys and the dog is on about a 4 foot chain with a beat up old barrel sticking up out of the mud and dog crap everywhere  lol  sometimes I get lax on pen cleaning but I damn sure ain't gonna take a picture for everyone else to see  .

   and the hog catching comps where the very next thing the anti's attacked after they finished off the cockfighters . one thing at a time is the way they work , now their targets are the bear hunters after that it will be the hog hunters , so I suggest everybody get involved in the fight regardless if you think it won't ever happen to you  .  the state of main bear hunters are under heavy attack as we speak and are trying to raise money for their battle   help if you can by sending a donation because they WILL  be after you next if they win and outlaw bear hunting with hounds  .