Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Jun 12, 2023 6:57:46 GMT -5
Got back a couple days ago from a great weekend trip to Texas with hugedogleg (Gene). Two of my BILs and I drove down Thursday after work, got a couple hours of sleep, and met Gene and a few of his buddies for some hog hunting Friday and Saturday.
Friday was fun.. Gene's dogs bayed up a medium-sized spotted boar first thing in the morning, then a big black boar at midday. We moved spots for the evening hunt and caught a big silver-colored boar. We got them all in the trailer, got them back to Gene's house, and got them skinned/quartered, and in the cooler.
Saturday we went to a different spot and got into a group of hogs pretty quick. We saw a good sized sounder moving off across the creek, but the dogs had a sow bayed a hundred yards or so into the woods on our side. Since the trailer had dogs in it still, and it was a cool day, the sow was killed/gutted/loaded on top of a trailer. Next the dogs bayed another big black boar, which drug the dogs across a cold, waist deep creek. That one was loaded into the trailer live since it was emptied of dogs by then. We wound up building a fire to dry out while some dogs continued to work, then later the dogs caught and killed a little 10-pounder.
When we got done hunting Saturday we had a total of 5 good sized hogs and one little feller to eat, and came back to find another dead hog at the truck that one of Gene's buddies had dropped off for us.
We had initially planned to hunt Sunday, and I would have loved to, but we decided to spend the day finishing up butchering and driving home. We spent most of Monday cutting/wrapping meat, and wound up with 260#. Had some pork chops last night and they were great.
I really want to thank Gene for inviting us down, it was a great time and we all enjoyed it. Everybody was friendly and welcoming, his dogs were well trained, and we got all the meat we could handle.
No. I text him every now and again. I'd like to get back down there, but schedules haven't lined up yet. He is still getting after them.