Most Memorable Hog?

[BRUTE]

In my opinion, its a different kind of fun. If you have never tried it... try it... atleast once.

There is some thing about kind of sneaking up in there on a bayed hog, not caught, and positioning yourself for a good shot. I have had more close call hunting like that than with catch dogs. Also, if the hog is in no hurry, you can post up and watch the dogs work.

That is my all time favorite hunting... bay dogs, gun, early morning, grain season.

[Flatbroke]

We roll without catchdogs over here.  Not sure I would want to belly crawl into a thicket with loose baying dogs on large hog at night.

[Bryant]

I hunted for over ten years with a single bay/strike dog and a rifle and killed no telling how many hogs.  Both have their advantages, but once I was introduced to using a catch dog I haven't gone back.  Two of my main reasons I started hunting a catch dog other than the thrill were night hunting and grain fields.  Both are next to impossible to position yourself for a good shot.  I also used to break a lot more bays trying to get myself positioned than I do now.

I guess I hunted that way for so long that I still can't seem to make myself like hunting a bunch of dogs on the ground at one time like some people do.  I usually only hunt around 3 dogs at a time, but thats a whole other topic.  I was witness to many years of getting the job done with a single dog, and know that it can be done effectively.

[Sean]

what was this post about? different ways to hunt hogs, oh no-most memorable hog. well, here's one of mine. Mike and i were hunting one of our "city" properties when blue and cheyenne opened up on a hog close to us in the woods along the bayou. we started making our way to them and realized that this bad boy was moving and fighting them at the same time. the closer we got the more he kept moving them. they never could get him fully stopped, so when we finally got close, mike let clifford loose. then we heard nothing, silence! when we got to them they were all caught on him, and he wasn't so much as grunting. the whole area was covered in blood, the boar had cut every dog and was still giving them hell. just out of instinct i had my camera out, but mike said "drop the camera man we gotta get this one down!" mike finally managed to leg it and i stuck it. luckily none of the dogs were cut too seriously. the boar went about 200-225, nice cutters and a really bad attitude! 

[mley1]

I have two hogs that are the most memorable for me. I didn't get them on a dog hunt. But, the hunt is still vivid in my mind. I was on a hunt in West Texas with a friend of mine. We were hunting Aoudad sheep. As we stood at the cross section of two sendero's I spotted movement about 500yrds away, down one of the sendero's. It was a large group of hogs feeding in the sendero. It was my turn for a stalk. So, me and my partner made a plan. I began the stalk and it was slow going. I was still wearing long bulky braces on my legs because of my accident. They sure made it difficult to move without being detected. But, I went slow and kept to the side of the sendero. Several times I had to just sit and rest on my butt to keep from being detected. I finally got within about 100yrds of them. I had a few catctus spines in me for the effort, but I was close enough finally for a shot. I picked out the biggest hog and dropped her in her tracks. All the other hogs ran into the brush. As I was walking toward the hog I had shot I heard a commotion and grunting in the brush to the left of the sendero. All of a sudden a large hog came charging out of the brush towards me. She was about 30yrds out when she began the charge. I threw the rifle up and shot once. She turned to my right and was now quartering to me. She didn't stop though. So, I jacked another round in and hit her again. She came to a sliding halt right at the right edge of the sendero, about ten yrds in front of where I was standing. So, I now had two good sized hogs down in the sendero. My buddy joined me and said he loved the ringside seat to the show. We gutted both hogs right there and skinned them under an old oak tree by one of the ponds on the ranch. Sure made for a memorable hunt, especially as we admired the hogs as the sun set on the West Texas landscape.

[hogdoggin91]

I would have to say my most memorable hog was the first one i caught by myself. It was about a 150 pound boar hog, and i didnt even bring my lead strike dog(lettin the younger ones work a little bit more by themselfs). another good thing it was my first and my catchdogs first.  I was in some nasty briars and my dad told me to go ahead. i had a pistol just incase it was ol big, that we knew lived in that area(around a 400 pound boar hog)
Well when i saw it wasnt i legged and knifed him. ever since then there isnt anyone that could stop me from goin on a hog hunt, that just about comes first in my book especially when its with my dad and brothers or any family.

[Flatbroke]

mley1, great story,  you had me thinking how can to hogs be the most memorable but after reading makes sense.  Being charged like that certainly gets the adrenaline going. 

[capt jack]

i would have to say every hog i ever caught with a dog, was special and the most memorable.
i just love to watch the puppies work.