Post by juniorseffern87 on May 31, 2013 13:13:14 GMT -5
Nice crystal river hog caught 2013may30. Had a 5 minute shower at 1830 and headed out at 1900. Loaded up Tusk, TarBaby, Pearl, Dixie and Houdini. Got in then gate about 1945 and started tracking a road in a area where a bunch of hogs have been lately. Seen a pretty good track crossing the road and decided to put on it since it was fresh. Tusk and his daughter Pearl took the track struck him about 100 yards off the side of the road. Both dogs tried him and the cuts began! Hog broke and headed west to the river. Sent TarBaby, Dixie and Houdini to them. They all met together about 400 yards out, they got him stopped again at 520 yards on the Garmin. Started driving the mile around to get to them and shut off 200 yards away and listened. SOLID BAY! NO GOOD! I run catchy big stocky Florida Curs that will catch just about any hog. My pack is young and old though so we're still working on them figuring out the team thing. Anyhow we walk to the bay and it sounds like a damn hound race boiling on the side of the road. Finally make it to the bay in the middle of a nasty beep swamp and see the hog. It was a goodn and all five dogs were covered in blood, my old man Tusk was barley standing but I knew we had to get it caught so I hollered catch him and he caught just long enough for us to get own hands on a leg and get him flipped and hobbled. Checked dogs and Tusk gotmitnthe worst, shoulder cut out, Dixie got a belly cut and guts hanging out, and Pearl was cut between the eyes and above the cut collar under her neck. Loaded dogs and hog and headed out. Roaded my Pearl dog own the way out and she stuck and caught a 50lb sow. Made for a good quick night in the woods and another long night of tending to dogs.
