THIS IS A TRUE STORY AND HAPPENED TO ME JUST LAST TUESDAY...I posted this on another forum but though I would see what ya'll would do in this case.
A buddy and I took my boat out to do a little fishing last night at a local lake. We also hunt this particular area and have actually taken the boat right back into the cove we were fishing in and let out before. We got there and had caught a few fish and were just enjoying a peaceful evening on the water. About that time I hear a few barks, then what sounded like a bay and everything went quiet. We didn't think much of it as we knew there were houses in the area all of which have dogs. About an hour later we hear what appears to be another bay but this time it's on the opposite side of the lake and further than anyone could walk without a boat. We listened for a while then I heard some grunting. I looked at my buddy and said "damn they got a hog caught out in the lake." Knowing that no one could have made it in there without a boat I decided to investigate. We reeled in the lines, fired up the boat and headed that way. As we got close I saw a red blinking light (tracking collars) and we could hear the catch. The dogs were 150+ yards out in the lake swimming in circles, bobbing up and down trying to catch the hog. I noticed several times the dogs were going completely under and decided we should intervien. We grabbed the hog and pulled it into the boat, then grabbed the three dogs. At that point we didn't know who's they were but we knew they would be tracking them. I killed the motor and gave a few yips to see if anyone would answer. After we trolled around a bit and figured out where the guy probably put in to hunt the bottom we found him. It turned out to be a guy I've hunted with and actually showed him the spot, which is another discussion all together because it happens to be public land....but....
Anyway we got the dogs back to him and gave him his hog still alive.
What would ya'll have done in this situtation?
**not sure how to post a picture from a shutterfly account but I got um.
A buddy and I took my boat out to do a little fishing last night at a local lake. We also hunt this particular area and have actually taken the boat right back into the cove we were fishing in and let out before. We got there and had caught a few fish and were just enjoying a peaceful evening on the water. About that time I hear a few barks, then what sounded like a bay and everything went quiet. We didn't think much of it as we knew there were houses in the area all of which have dogs. About an hour later we hear what appears to be another bay but this time it's on the opposite side of the lake and further than anyone could walk without a boat. We listened for a while then I heard some grunting. I looked at my buddy and said "damn they got a hog caught out in the lake." Knowing that no one could have made it in there without a boat I decided to investigate. We reeled in the lines, fired up the boat and headed that way. As we got close I saw a red blinking light (tracking collars) and we could hear the catch. The dogs were 150+ yards out in the lake swimming in circles, bobbing up and down trying to catch the hog. I noticed several times the dogs were going completely under and decided we should intervien. We grabbed the hog and pulled it into the boat, then grabbed the three dogs. At that point we didn't know who's they were but we knew they would be tracking them. I killed the motor and gave a few yips to see if anyone would answer. After we trolled around a bit and figured out where the guy probably put in to hunt the bottom we found him. It turned out to be a guy I've hunted with and actually showed him the spot, which is another discussion all together because it happens to be public land....but....
Anyway we got the dogs back to him and gave him his hog still alive.
What would ya'll have done in this situtation?
**not sure how to post a picture from a shutterfly account but I got um.
