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When for a hunt Sunday morning with Flatbroke, and some other family. It was verry muddy, so we had the quads. The plan was to walk in, and leave the quads at the gate. My father in law stayed behind to bring up one of the quads. As we were walking he called on the radio to let us know there were hogs up on a ridge to our left.

We began to work our way up the mountain. As we aproached the 3/4 way mark the hogs busted us. about the same time the hogs busted us, the dogs winded them. The hogs blew out at mach 1. I began running side hill to head up the canyon. A few hundred yards later I could hear barking.

I then sent another dog to help. I arrived at the hog. I noticed I was missing a dog. I could then hear barking further up the canyon. I finshed the hog with my pistol. Just then Flatbroke comes on the radio. He could see another hog headed in his direction. I will let him tell the rest of that story.

My father in law drove the quad up and around to try to get to the other dog. When I got the dogs off the hog I had killed, I could not hear the other dog barking any more. Flatbroke had just heard him. We could not tell where he was. My father in law found him shortly there after. He had some blood on him. So he was fighting one of the hogs. Being a young dogs he needs to learn to stay with it until we can get to him.

I started down and out of the canyon with the dogs, and the hog. Along the way, I found a skull with some pretty good teeth. It was a good day, We were loaded up and headed home by noon.
 

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sancho

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why do you release the dogs a few at a time?
 

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why do you release the dogs a few at a time?

Sancho, the concept is this. If you get on a bunch of hogs, the dogs may not end up on the same hog. They could all go in different directions. You then might end up with nothing, or several miles from where you start. If you turn dogs out when other dogs already have one started, they will go to the bark. They know that means the other dogs found a hog already. Team work. Its how we maintain some control over the dogs.
 

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strong work gents,and an extra steak or 2 for the dogs:toast-yellow:
 

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bigworm. thank you for the explanation. i assumed the pack would stay together. sounds awesome! i guess you have dogs you regularly send out on the first wave? the dogs you hold back must be so jazzed up. holding the leashes must me insane.

maybe one day i can come along just to witness the whole deal? i think it sounds facinating. watching a dog point a quail gets me worked up. having dogs run down a hog must be another level entirely.

cliff
 

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:toast-yellow: Congrats guys,A day out on the ranch is better than a day at home on the couch.:smiley_green_with_e
 

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Nice work guys!

Love the skull as well, great find and even nicer cutters.
 
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