I shot the big barr just not with my smoke pole

[Howie1968]

Howie, that's Dandy Barr... should make some great sausage.

yes sir mr eterry, he is on ice ith the drain open ill do this until all blood is out of the meat. when you do a hog like that even the big boars are good eating

 

[Howie1968]

Ya need to try dog huntin wholedifferent game! Nothin like puttin your hands on big hog n gettin him down and tying him up or if cold enough slipping a knife into his heart. The chase till they bay is always a adventure!, you never know where you will end up!! Down se tx most of guys bay n catch up here all the old deer dog hunters converted to hogs when deer with dogs was banned n we shoot most up here either running in front of the dogs or going in when he is bayed up, this method uses just bay dogs with no catch dogs. We use curs hounds little bit of everything, got 1 guy we hunt with uses Irish wolfhounds n another has jagd terriers. We usually load them n buggy or truck and ride till strike dog gets a good whiff then turn them lose. We use dogs that are silent on trail that way when you hear them you know they on meat. Whole mother game n a ton of fun just like huntin squirrels with dogs is. Good dogs ain’t cheap n run the risk of getting killed every cast on hogs. I prefer dogs n still hunting down the creeks which they use as highways these days, I will sit a stand n bowhunt, I’ve got a 11,000 acre block that I ride around n spot n stalk, sucker got 50 miles of rd n we have cut most of it n put it back n long leaf n burn it every year n you can see them out n about n put a stalk on them also trap snare n use night vision n thermal kill them every way we can

I may do that Mike, those jagd are some wicked little dogs, I know a lot of hog doggers that would allow me to join them

 

[Smokinfeathers]

Give it a try at least once! Yeah they are, use to go to the bay pens n was a jagd named cash money, because he won the money dang near every time

 

[Eterry]

My grandpa raised trophy winning Plott hounds, he was a diehard coon hunter.

We would go hunting 3-5 nights a week, g'pa liked to hunt the river, dad preferred casting a Plott gripe named Brazos River Honey on the dirt road and let her strike. She had a hot nose and when she struck the race was on.

Her father, Brazos River Warrior, was a beast weighing almost 80lbs, and was an awesome kill dog.

I traded for a flop-eared Redbone pup and he made a great coon dog.

Dad suffered a stroke in 97, his hunting days with hounds was over.

I have a friend who hunts hogs with dogs, he's invited me but i haven't gone.

 

[Licespray]

Most catch dogs are pit bulls they are trained to get the hog on the ground. Either by the ears snout or any price of flesh they can.

Over here we use Bull Arabs, another bully breed like the pit bull.

If they try and lug in anywhere other than an ear they get a kick in the ribs. Ears the safest place for them to grab and the only location they should go for.

You’re right, it’s jolly good fun though I do feel for the pigs. Sometimes you get em with no ears left from other people’s attempts at catching them. Those pigs are typically very mean and fighty lol.

Castrating a pig and letting it go again is poor form - sure they may not increase the population but they’re still doing damage whilst alive.

Anyways! Great pig! American ones are so much pointier in the snout then the ones here. And browner. It’s neat