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Nice! Congrats.
Here is the deal,
I run catahoula dogs. all of mine are papered. my brother-in-law (skinny guy in the pictures has the tan dog cat pit cross). My bro in law got the kill this weekend.
We started hunting at about 6:30 am and had the dogs riding in the flatbed while my 10 year old son followed behind at a distance on the quad. My strike dog started getting real excited about 4 minutes into the hunt and jumped out of the truck when we stopped . he ran a track for about a min before taking off at a run. I drove he quad up another hill to see if I could see or hear anything. when I reached the edge of a canyon I could hear and see my strike dog bayed hard on this hog on top of the far side of the canyon. I relayed the info and told my other hunters to get their behinds up with the other dogs.
They soon arrived and cut three more help dogs in. the hog was killed shortly after. the dog pictured on the left is the strike dog. he is jamb up. the grey leopard and black and white dog center are not too far behind but are less experience at shorting tracks out. the tan dog is well on her way to being an excellent dog.
I run catahoula dogs. all of mine are papered. my brother-in-law (skinny guy in the pictures has the tan dog cat pit cross). My bro in law got the kill this weekend.
We started hunting at about 6:30 am and had the dogs riding in the flatbed while my 10 year old son followed behind at a distance on the quad. My strike dog started getting real excited about 4 minutes into the hunt and jumped out of the truck when we stopped . he ran a track for about a min before taking off at a run. I drove he quad up another hill to see if I could see or hear anything. when I reached the edge of a canyon I could hear and see my strike dog bayed hard on this hog on top of the far side of the canyon. I relayed the info and told my other hunters to get their behinds up with the other dogs.
They soon arrived and cut three more help dogs in. the hog was killed shortly after. the dog pictured on the left is the strike dog. he is jamb up. the grey leopard and black and white dog center are not too far behind but are less experience at shorting tracks out. the tan dog is well on her way to being an excellent dog.
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good little story and photo's thanks for sharing, some nice dog's Flatbroke. I would like to do a wild boar bowhunt with dogs someday, that would be a great hunting expieriance to do with dogs who love to hunt wild pig's as much as we do................tra
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Hope this isn't too much in the way of dumb questions, but here goes.
What does a "strike dog" do? Does he come into direct physical contact with the prey?
What does "jamb up" mean?
I have seen bird dogs work pheasants and quail. I have seen dogs moving sheep and goats. I find the seeing dogs work is utterly fascinating.
Thank you for the pictures and story.
Jean
What does a "strike dog" do? Does he come into direct physical contact with the prey?
What does "jamb up" mean?
I have seen bird dogs work pheasants and quail. I have seen dogs moving sheep and goats. I find the seeing dogs work is utterly fascinating.
Thank you for the pictures and story.
Jean
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Dang. That makes me want to move up to hog country and get some dogs and do what you're doing. I'm sure it's not that easy. And, it probably gets expensive caring for the dogs. But, I think it would be a cool lifestyle, even if you are flat broke.
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Jean,
The term "Strike dog" identifies what the dog does, generally there are 3 kind of dogs, 1-dogs that find the hogs 2-turn in dogs- dogs that are not as good at finding the hogs as the strike dog but help keep the hog stopped by baying and pulling hair making the hog want to hold its ground until you get there.
The last one is Catch dogs. Catch dogs usually are larger type dogs, pit bulls, American bull dogs dogos etc. and their sole purpose is to grab on to the hog and hold it. Catch dogs usally are not built for endurance, meaning they don't run long distances, therefore they are usally lead in to the hog and cut loose from the leash at a relatively close distance.
The Strike dog must find the Hog and get it stopped until help arrives. Strike dogs must be broke from running trash (cats, deer cattle etc) and be a seasoned hunter. In my particular situation I do not run catch dogs in my pack. Therefore all my dogs have the ability to become Strike dogs but the other two catahoulas picture need more exposure with pigs before I will consider them to be strike dogs. each of the dogs have struck their own hogs but still need exposure.
Hope this helps.
Jean,
The term "Strike dog" identifies what the dog does, generally there are 3 kind of dogs, 1-dogs that find the hogs 2-turn in dogs- dogs that are not as good at finding the hogs as the strike dog but help keep the hog stopped by baying and pulling hair making the hog want to hold its ground until you get there.
The last one is Catch dogs. Catch dogs usually are larger type dogs, pit bulls, American bull dogs dogos etc. and their sole purpose is to grab on to the hog and hold it. Catch dogs usally are not built for endurance, meaning they don't run long distances, therefore they are usally lead in to the hog and cut loose from the leash at a relatively close distance.
The Strike dog must find the Hog and get it stopped until help arrives. Strike dogs must be broke from running trash (cats, deer cattle etc) and be a seasoned hunter. In my particular situation I do not run catch dogs in my pack. Therefore all my dogs have the ability to become Strike dogs but the other two catahoulas picture need more exposure with pigs before I will consider them to be strike dogs. each of the dogs have struck their own hogs but still need exposure.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for the awesome story and great pics. I cannot imagine the amount of time, effort, and money that goes into raising and training dogs to handle pigs consistently. Maybe someday when the kids are grown and gone will I have the time to tackle that prospect.
Again, congrats on the pig.
Frosty
Again, congrats on the pig.
Frosty
