that one hog

[ArtHenrey]

Let's hear some stories and see some picstures of that one hog you'll always remeber. I actually have two. I'll remember the fight, the efforts, and the dedication from the two dogs lost!
This hog here was heavy, dog slinging SOB! killed 2 damn nice dogs that night.
 Second hog, was same way! He put the crew out for a good few weeks. No dogs killed. But I will never forget them 2 night!

R.i.p for the 2 dogs gone. I miss em all the time!

[ArtHenrey]

Come on, was hoping to see some older pics I'm sure that are still floating around

[Mike]

I'll never forget this no eared boar hog that wrecked us one night. It was supposedly a group of sows and shoats rooting up a golf course. We bayed pretty quick and sent our two catch dogs a from a little further than normal... that's when all hell broke loose. Every time I would get close, the hog would break and run. It happened over and over again, I couldn't figure out why the dogs couldn't hold him. This went on for several hundred yards thru some thick country. We finally caught up to a solid bay in a creek bed. My catch dog was laying about 30 feet away and Matt's was no where to be seen. About that time the boar hit Matt's Brandy gyp, tossing her out of the creek and she landed at our feet... that's a picture I'll never forget. We were screwed, no catch dogs and no gun... could have shot him easily at that point. Called the dogs out and surveyed the damage. Lost Matt's Jewels gyp, put Brandy out for several months and almost lost my Clifford dog... don't know how he survived that one.

They got this pic of the hog about a week later. You can see he's raw where his ears were supposed to be from the dogs trying to catch him... they were strait ear dogs and had nothing to hold onto. That's why I don't mind a snout catching dog anymore haha!

[Judge peel]

This hog was few yrs back. My friend mustangman aka Robert called and said they had a big boat they had bayed and caught several times but could hold long enough to get him. He said bring some rough dogs and see if we can catch him. Right out of the truck Clyde lined him and it was on we had him stopped and caught 600 yards from the truck. He knocked out red mans k9s and cut flashs man hood out. And that's the main reason it sticks out cuz took my best dogs man hood and had planed to breed him that next day

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[brad s]

Probably my most memorable hunt was Christmas Eve 2010 my wife bought me a smoker for Christmas so I wanted to catch me a nice sow to try it out. So I rode around that day and found some fresh rooting and around 10 or so that night I loaded up. Low and behold I bay about 250lb boar and catch him but came with a price I lost damn good dog to him that night. So I handcuffed the boar and tied to a tree so I could get my dog doctored up. Came back later he had broken the cuffs and got away. I lost dog and the hog. What's funny is the hog was caught couple years later in trap with cuffs still on his legs not once but caught twice in the same trap about year apart. After the first time the guy sold the hog and he got out of his pen an winded up in same trap again. I have posted this story before on here with pics but it's been while. I have the pics somewhere. Crazy crazy story it's hard to believe. Wish I hadn't have even hinted that night bc I lost great dog. Rip tuff

[ArtHenrey]

Those are both some nice hogs! Sorry for yalls loss mike. So that hog was never caught huh??

[Mike]

Those are both some nice hogs! Sorry for yalls loss mike. So that hog was never caught huh??

Yes, he was bayed and shot several months, maybe a year, later by the landowner and fella named Des that brought some dogs out. I think he went 290lbs.

We tried for him a few times after it happened. Thought we had him bayed one morning and was gonna shoot him. Eased into the bay and a big boar blew out... he had ears so we cut bulldogs loose. I think that one was 310lbs.

[ArtHenrey]

Good deal!!! That sure is good to hear!

[Reuben]

I once saw a hog that weighed at least 700 pounds...solid red and very fast...when he came out of the maize field he was running crouched because he didn't want to be seen...his foot print looked to be about the size of an 800 pound steer...We saw him Southwest of Victoria, TX at the O'Connor ranch area...back in those days I still didn't have a solid pack of hog dogs...and the guys I was hunting with didn't either...

[Pwilson_10]

Reuben I think there still Indians down there


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[Cajun]

This is a hog I will remember that I thought was pretty special because he evaded us for so long.






About 11 years ago a friend of mine, Dalton called me & told me his best traildog(Lemon) & his pitbull got killed by a big black & white boar that day. He told me where & Richard Jones & myself went there the following weekend. As soon as we pulled up we saw big hog tracks in the 4 wheeler trail & we walked them out to where he left the trail in the canes. I put Blackie, Hawk, & Belle 11 out & they started trailing. Richard put 2 of his dogs out & they went the wrong way. Anyway after a 1/2 mile they bayed the hog in his bed. Richard & I went in & cut my catchdog Tank loose. You could hear him when they made the catch & all the plotts had caught. We could not hear anything but the canes being beat down by the hog & dogs. We
got in there & caught the hog & thru him on his side & got the dogs off. We thought it would be funny to turn him back loose & let him keep the competition cut down. He was roughly about 300 lbs. with 2 inch cutters on him.He had the wool that is so charachteristic of russian hogs but he had a white list on his side. We were going to take pictures of him but during the transaction of me getting off him to let Richard get on him he thru us both off & took off. we were very lucky that he decided to leave as we were in thick canes with no trees handy. No big deal as we were going to turn him loose anyway.
When we would hunt that area we would avoid the area we knew he stayed in.This man Herman who takes every hog out that he catches lost 2 of his blackmouth curs to this hog & one of his catchdogs. well this hog started getting educated about dogs. When he was jumped he would run to the canes(about 200 acres of roso cane that is hell on dogs & hunters) He would only bay long enough to catch his wind & then break bay.
We were running a hog with Blackie & Belle 11 & they ran it thru the canes & split up. Blackie stayed with her hog & we heard Belle baying. A friend of mine got there first(Todd Demster) & dumped his 1/2 plott-cur cross named Rob into the bay. When he got there it got western as they say out west. We heard the dogs really getting pounded & we got there getting ready to turn the catchdog loose when the hog broke & crossed the levy right by us. It was the same hog Richard & I had caught a few months earlier. When Belle crossed she was dragging a foot of intestine & we bare got her caught as she was still trying to run. We went in & found Rob with his jugular cut laying down. We clamped it off & got both dogs to the vet right away leaving Blackie. Rob made it altho he only has 1 jugular now & Belle died 3 weeks later from infection. Well the war was on now as it had got personell. We went back & got Blackie later.
Talking to my friends about the hog I suggested that everybody kick a $100.oo in the pot for whoever caught the hog would defintely have to pay vet bills.We'll nobody kicked in but the name stuck. He was the BOUNTY HOG. We got on him several times but he would run all day. He would bay but he kept breaking & we would see him crossing the levy several times. We packed fresh dogs on him but it is amazing how far ahead he would get when he would cross the levy again. When dogs would get close he would stay in the canes & he could trot & the dogs would have to fight their way thru. On one of these bays my hunting buddy Pat Meyers got his good dog Bandit all cut up. He had a hair lip that hung down quite aways. Another time this same dog got cut up by the bounty hog & destroyed his sheath. The vets coud not repair it & if Pat wants to breed Bandit it is by artificial insemination. My Hawk dog looked like Frankenstine after that hog got thru with him.
This went on for about 3 years with a couple more dogs going down.
About a year ago Pat, His son Bubba, and a friends 12 year old son came hunting with me. Bubba called me on the radio & told me he found a big track. I put Trapper & lil Blackie on it & they started it. Pat put his dogs down & they went in & split. Pat & Bubba stayed with there dogs & the kid(I forgot his name) & I stayed with my dogs. We heard them jump & the hog was running parallel with the levy. We got ahead of the dogs by a 1/4 mile & stopped to listen. The hog bayed up right along side of us & I went to get the catchdog out of the box & Skinner(plott) hit the door so hard he knocked me back. Skinner, Tank(bulldog), ran to the bay but the hog broke.I told the kid to come on because now we had a bad situation with the catchdog loose running with the hounds. They ran him only about a 1/2 mile & caught him. I yelled at the kid to bring the dog leashes & headed in. As soon as I saw the hog I knew what boar it was. He was dk. brown with brindle dogs all over. I grabbesd him by the back legs & thru him down. I tied his back legs off to a tree & started getting dogs off. The kid made it in & we started tying dogs back. I then tied his front feet & we had him secure. All i could do is stare at the size of him. There was no doubt it was the Bounty Hog as he had the same white list on a dk. brown & black body. He was 375 to 400 lbs. by my estimate with 3" cutters. I called Pat & told him to hurry up that I had the bounty hog tied up & he just laughed until he heard the dogs baying over the radio.Pat & Bubba came on the run & we decide we were going to kill him & not turn him back loose.Pat & Bubba are big men that are 6'3" or better & It still took all of us to load this boar. Three of the dogs were cut pretty good but nothing serious. Who knows, we will be hunting Bounty Jr. in the future.My son was devasted that he was not on this hunt as he saw this hog several times when he would cross. One time we were right on him & Travis was afraid I would ride him over with the 4 wheeler & he hollared: dont do it Dad, he is too big.

Mike

[Judge peel]

Cajun that's one heck of a story


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[Pwilson_10]

That's bad ass cajun I like to read them kinda story's


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[Reuben]

Cajun that's one heck of a story


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x2...

Reuben I think there still Indians down there


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yep...I told this story when I first got on this website and got more than a few comments of disbelief...but I am only speaking of what I saw...the other three guys saw what I saw but it was no big deal to them...I had to go back and look at the tracks...those ole boys didn't think nothing of it...kind of like when a pup performs in a way that is unbelievable and most think nothing of it as well...

the most amazing was his size and agility...the second thing I thought was remarkable was his mindset...he was skimming the ground on his belly because he knew he was too tall and would be seen in the meadow...maybe he was a tame hog that went wild but he looked completely feral and he was a fast looking hog for his size...ever since the largest I have seen whether we caught or saw in the wild was maybe 375 or 400 pounds and those have been very few in my 32+ years of hog dogging...

and no I was not drinking nor was I smoking pot or even on a hit of acid...And I never did develop a taste of cow patty mushrooms...I was of sound mind...

[Reuben]

I have 3 stories that come to mind...

The first one is short and it was not a hog that had a story behind it...We went hunting in a place where there were lots of gators and we did not know this...I lost my best dog to one there and later found out it was a bad place to run dogs...another reason is that there is a light plant there and it makes all radio telemetry pick up in all directions so tracking dogs will not work...My buddy had lost a dog there also and we went hunting to see if the dogs would come to a bay if they were still around...We found out at about this time about the gators from other doggers that had hunted there that had quit on account of the gators eating their dogs and also the tracking issues to boot...

We got all our dogs back from hunting except for my buddies dog which was a walker and ridgeback cross...he was making a sure enough good hog dog...he never bayed much maybe 5 barks a minute when he was baying alone...We parked on the road side waiting on this dog. I Thought I heard him way on out to our left at about 10:30 from our location...it just so happened that this road would make a few left turns after we traveled straight for a little ways and it would hopefully put us close to the bayed dog...we already had taken off the vest on the 2 catch dogs on account we were leaving...

once we made our way around we slowed down and were stopping and listening. We heard a bark and we stopped to try and pin point his location when he pulls out in front of us...we agreed on a hasty decision to catch the hog...without vests would be ok so we thought...the bay was maybe 100 yards in and fairly open country and we didn't have permission on this place but it was about midnight or so...I tell my buddy to start running towards the bay and when he got close to wait on the catch dogs...The plan was to turn in the slowest dog first yet he was the best catch dog we had...then my American bulldog and cat cross and finally the Airedale I owned...the plan was to stagger the dogs in so that they would get there at the same time...

Well it seemed only a minute went by and my hunting partner was screaming for me to come help...I really didn't want to leave the truck because there was a plan B...So I could here it in his voice that I needed to get there quick...

When I got there my catch dog was no more and his red bull dog was as game as he could be...was off and laying on his side...he was crawling back for one more hold before he toppled over...I told my buddy that I was going to sic my Airedale on him and I was going to grab the rear legs and as soon as that was done for him to stick the hog...the Airedale was fairly good but not what you call a reliable catch dog...I sic'ed the Airedale and he grabbed the ear and threw his shoulder against the  hogs shoulder and I reached for rear legs and they were big around and he was heavy to pick up...especially because they were slightly muddy...I grabbed him and my buddy dispatched him...he might of weighed 400 pounds and he was floppy eared like a barnyard hog...he didn't appear to have quickness or speed but he was a brute... He had about 3 or more inches hanging out from both sides...

[Cajun]

Thanks guys. This is really a good topic & I am sure there are a lot more stories out there so let's here them.

[TheRednose]

Good lord Cajun, that hog had some cutters on him!!! Good story as well.

[ArtHenrey]

Good stories guys, good hog cajun. I'm excited to continue to read if yall would keep em coming. I'll dig around see what I can't find

[Semmes]

I got a decent story of one me and my son will not forget...

I don't want to tell it without adding pictures tho. I can't figure that part out as I only have cell phone and just can't figure photo bucket out. So if someone would pm me and post my pics I'll tell the story.

Really got a couple of unforgettable ones but this one is my most unforgetable...

Anyone up to helping?