fun and funny

Not really much of a story from today's hunt. We got on the first big boar on the outskirts of the big corn field and right into some saw briars. Turned 4 bulldogs a loose and all 4 caught. Charlie got 2 minor holes in his shoulder again. So, we unloaded him and went after another one. We got on the second big boar not to longer after the first. He was in the middle of a cudzoo/vine forest. It took forever to tie him up and get a four wheeler in to him.

This might not be something yall want to read about but i thought it was funny so im gonna share it anyway. While we were riding around, Tanner's bulldog decided he couldnt hold it any more. He pooped all over Tanner's buddy. He had to strip his shirt off and put on his long sleeve. He through to poop covered one away in the cudzoo valley. :)

Good teeth

So, we took our puppies, Candy and Travy, on a practice run Tuesday. They did pretty good for their first time in the woods. So good that we decided to take them again today. We jumped a pretty good hog outta the bed and we heard the bay dogs catch. On a wild hare we turned our younger bull dog a loose just to give hime some practice. Little did we know that a big ole' boar was waiting on him.

my dad :)

this used to be a pic of me and dad together but my photographer (mom) chopped my head off so i cropped the rest of my body out.

 

 

We finally called the puppies into the bay and Candy fit right in, bayed a long with the rest of them. Travy, however, stepped on the hogs head and when the hog flung around to bite him he tucked tail, growled, and left.

We were headed back when another hog ran across the road in front of us and we turned the dogs loose on her. The caught her with no problem.

The littler one is her ;)

After we got back to the truck we realized that Travy was still gone. We unloaded the hogs and the dogs and went on the hunt for Travy. We found him right back in the same spot where we caught the first hog.


It was a good day, and we are very proud of the dogs. We thank God that he kept us all safe.

a workout

Well, yesterday's hunt was very intense to say the least. We turned a loose while it was still dark in a corn field. Huge hog tracks all the way around it, they had this field tore up! The dogs bayed right off the bat. However, the dogs split and got on seperate hogs. Tanner turned his bulldog loose on his dog bay and the hog broke. The hog run right by us with all the dogs right on his ass. They bayed him again in the middle of the corn field. I turned Charlie loose and he went to them. But they couldnt hold him long enough and they started the run. 500 yards later they bayed him again. We drove straight down hill as far as we could, but we still had 300 yards to go. The running began. Tanner called to me and asked how many bulldogs were on him and i said 2. He told me his bulldog was not with them so i told him one, my Charlie :). Next thing i knew Tanner had turned Jase loose and he flew by my like a bat out of hell. Anyway, we run through the thickness straight down until we hit a creek. What waited on the otherside was the worst thing ever. A straight up mountain. We started the climg in the slickest mud ever. Tanner and dad were the first to the top, then matt and ivey. I made it to the very top and went to take the last step and slid all the way back down to the bottom. So, I just oppted to stay there. Brindle came back forst and layed down in the creek. Charlie was next. His head was covered in blood and his cut vest had migically disappeared. One by one the dogs and the guys started to reappear. Jase also didnt have his cut vest when he got back either. All the dogs collapsed in the creek. Tanner and dad said on top of that hill was 2 more hills and a cudzoo jungle. The cudzoo was so thick that 3 bulldogs couldnt get in to catch. They ended up stabbing the hog and leaving him behind. Then we got lost trying to get back to the rangers. We finally made it back and we made a pit stop by the trucks to get some drinks and then we were at it again. They bayed again agross a fence under the Tombigbee River bridge in some more thick stuff. After that we were all hot and tired and called it quits with plans to try again next weekend. Sorry no pictures, so ready to go i just let him go without a picture. :)

2 little pigs and a plan for tomorrow

We did a little better today. We ended up with 2 little pigs.

 

Dad got caught in a wasps nest and lost his cap and glasses. Guess who had to go back and find them... yep, me! He loves me so much!! Excited to go back and try to catch the monsters tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

 

A couple a weekends ago we got skunked, but we did find this really interesting shooting house... and a red balloon.

pretty boring

it's been pretty boring in our hunting adventures lately. We scouted out a new place Saturday in Butler. One bay dog caught but he couldn't hold him and we spent the rest of the day running him. We never could catch him again. I do want the thank Mr. Gregg S. for treating us hunters to a terrific lunch at Ezell's Fish Camp in Lavaca, Alabama!

On Sunday we planned way to hard. One group of us turned dogs aloose 2 miles from blue rock road and another group was sitting on the road waiting for this hog to cross. (we've run this same hog 3 times prior so we know his track well). Anyway, the hog crossed and we turned another pag loose on him. We run that hog for at least 3 more hours. Me and dad had to leave early since we had to be back in time for church. The rest of the crew hunted past lunch and caught 2 pigs, but we still couldn't catch the monster we wanted.

I have high hopes for this weekend. Wish us luck!! :)

JALAPENOS!!!

So, my wonderful father was trying to find a "home-made" jar of jalapenos. In the process of moving around the jars in the pantry he dropped a jar of pickles and, of course, they shattered.

 After the pickle disaster he proceeded to tell me to get the peppers out of his truck... this is what i found...

 

Now, i asked myself why you would need this many jalapenos. Here's the answer... the little jar stays in his icechest in case we need a little kick while we are eatin on the sandbar, the big jar is for the guys night at the camp tonight; they are going to fry them up! Sounds like they are gonna have some heat tonight. Jalapenos in the hushpuppies and fried jalapenos, too!!

6 hog record

We tore the hogs up today!!! We caught 3 and killed 3 more. We went swimmin twice and caught in the woods only once. Will give props to my huntin buddies; Justin, Morgan, Will, and Hamner. Hamner brought his bulldog for the first time today, he caught with charlie on the the last hog that was in a DEEP slew. Means to say we were all happy to get home to showers and dry clothes. We finally pulled into the drive way at 2:30pm.

One the first hog we sent the guys out and they immediately hit the pond. Morgan hit a hole and lost both of his boots, which he later recovered. They gave me hell for not goin in to that hog so i had to show them how it was done on the last 2. The last hog broke his tusk off so when we loaded him up Clint finished pulling it out... lol :) Here are the pics!

Justin and Will

Justin, me, and Will

Justin, Hunter, me, and Will

random

Just a couple random pics lol :)

our big yellow cat, Stinkey lol

Fourth of July

There's nothing like a good hog hunt of the Fourth of July!
 The morning started off slow. We went to a fellow hunters place and there didn't seem to be any hogs. So, after wasteing a couple hours there we loaded back up and went to our usual place; the river. For a while we thought we were gonna get stumped again. We had all but given up. We decided to unloadthe dogs and let them run back to the truck and about 5 seconds later they had a sow bayed and caught.

 

 

After we got the hog loaded up, we were headed out and had left Big Gregg and his 2 boys, Hunter and Justin, a little behind. When they caught up Gregg was yelling something about a dog so we hit the brakes. Turned out we didn't have any brakes. When we finally coasted to a stop we realized we had been dragging Charlie for about 300 yards. Luckily he still had his cut vest on, the ground was muddy, and his collar is too big so it slid off of him. He was fine, but when we loaded him back up he laid down and didn't get near the edge. So we were ready to start again, or so we thought. Big Gregg's four wheeler decided it wasn't going to crank. We spent a good half hour trying to get it to crank but failed miserably. It is now 11:30 and we are all gettin kinda hungry. So, we just decided to chain it to the ranger and drag it the rest of the way to the truck. We got to the truck loaded the dogs, loaded the hog, and rehoooked the broke down four wheeler to the running four wheeler. Big gregg and his boys went on out to the road to where they had parked and me and dad went on in the double gates to leave our brakeless ranger and trailor. On our way out we met some people comin in to go to the sandbar. We rushed home, unloaded dogs, unloaded the hog, changed clothes, and went back to the river to hangout on the sandbar. We had a pretty good crowd. We left about 8:30 pm and went to the camp and it's a ggod thing we did because it started flooding. We played one game of Texas Hold 'Em at the camp and we called it a night. I was the big winner in the end, so I was happy. It was a good day: caught a hog, ate good food, and won the card game! 

Skunked!

I'd love to be able to tell y'all we tore the hogs up yesterday, but sadly, we got skunked. However, on the positive side, it's the first time we've been skunked all year!

We had a blast on the sandbar. Sorry, no pictures this time. It was way to hot and i had to get in the river! Lots of tubing, and good food was enjoyed by all who wanted it. I'll try to be better with my picture taking next time. :)