Post by Dave1 on Nov 24, 2003 13:29:19 GMT -5
I have been deer hunting all this hunting season so far and have left my Cur dogs at home. They probably think I have divorced them like a bad woman.
This past weekend I invited a hog hunting friend over to the hunt camp and he brought two of his natural bob-tailed and very experienced Florida Cur cow/hog dogs. We took them to the woods and cast them into some fresh looking hog sign at about 10:00am Saturday morning. His gyp trailed around for a few minutes trying to sort things out, then left out like she was on a mission heading off into a big thick bottom bay strand area.
These dogs are completely silent when hunting and only bark when the hog (or cow) is found and stopped. There was complete silence for about 15 minutes. All we could hear was the birds and the breeze. We waited nervously like an anxious father outside the delivery room. Suddenly, far off in the distant swamp, she broke the silence going into a hard wide open bay bark, barking hard every breath. She had the hog found/stopped and was baying solidly. The big male Cur dog, that has jaws of steel, went to her at a dead run and the catch was instant.
The young 100 lb. boar was trying to fight and hold his own but he wasn't going anywhere. The dogs did their job well. Once the hog was caught and the dogs tied, the scene settled down a bit, and with a sharp Case pocket knife and the skill and touch of a surgeon, the young boar was converted into a barr and released within minutes. Within a year or so that young hog will double or triple in weight and will taste like a Publix pork chop to any lucky hunter that may catch him. :-)
Sunday afternoon one of the deer dog hunting groups in my area told me about seeing a big group of large hogs on one of their deer dog hunts so after stuffing myself with turkey, dressing, gravy, and pie on Thursday, I will load my Cur dogs up and head back to the woods. Hopefully I will have some stories next week.
Dave1
This past weekend I invited a hog hunting friend over to the hunt camp and he brought two of his natural bob-tailed and very experienced Florida Cur cow/hog dogs. We took them to the woods and cast them into some fresh looking hog sign at about 10:00am Saturday morning. His gyp trailed around for a few minutes trying to sort things out, then left out like she was on a mission heading off into a big thick bottom bay strand area.
These dogs are completely silent when hunting and only bark when the hog (or cow) is found and stopped. There was complete silence for about 15 minutes. All we could hear was the birds and the breeze. We waited nervously like an anxious father outside the delivery room. Suddenly, far off in the distant swamp, she broke the silence going into a hard wide open bay bark, barking hard every breath. She had the hog found/stopped and was baying solidly. The big male Cur dog, that has jaws of steel, went to her at a dead run and the catch was instant.
The young 100 lb. boar was trying to fight and hold his own but he wasn't going anywhere. The dogs did their job well. Once the hog was caught and the dogs tied, the scene settled down a bit, and with a sharp Case pocket knife and the skill and touch of a surgeon, the young boar was converted into a barr and released within minutes. Within a year or so that young hog will double or triple in weight and will taste like a Publix pork chop to any lucky hunter that may catch him. :-)
Sunday afternoon one of the deer dog hunting groups in my area told me about seeing a big group of large hogs on one of their deer dog hunts so after stuffing myself with turkey, dressing, gravy, and pie on Thursday, I will load my Cur dogs up and head back to the woods. Hopefully I will have some stories next week.
Dave1
