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12-10-10 Tournament Hunt
Well I got a call from buddy of mine Mason House ( Dig-Em-Down ) to come over
and hunt in a little smal tournament. It was a catch and tie 24 hour deal and
all the hogs had to be caught with dogs and brought to the weigh in Alive. Why
he invited me and my ol junky dog to be on his team i dont know. Still trying to
figure that part out. Anyway on our team was Mason House, Clint AKA Honey
Bunny , Chad White, and Myself. I met up with them at Masons house and we all
went to the sign in. Turned out to be 5 teams show up . After meeting some
good folks and BS'ing for a little while we all set off to try and catch some
pigs. We hunted the first 3 places and couldn't find a hog. Finally the 4th
place Mason and Clint walked the dogs into the woods. Chad and I stayed at the
wheelers with the Catch dogs DE'Angeloand Masons Red Leapord, Red Man. The dogs
struck some hogs and in just a few minutes they were bayed. Mason Hollered "
turn the catch dogs loose there bayed ". Chad and I looked at the Garmin and
they were 750 yards away hammering. So we turned them loose cause Mason said
so. LOL . After a good little jog we got the first one caught and tied. It was
a Sow 145 lbs. Clint and I was walking back to the truck to get some rope so we
could drag the hog out. While walking back the curs struck again and had another
bay going. So we turned DeAngelo and Red Man loose and in short order another
caught hog . A Decent boar 195 lbs. By the time we got them drug out and loaded
up in the truck it was getting late about 2 am. So we headed back to Masons
house and got in the bed at 3 am and back up at 5:30 am. Headed back out and met
up with the land owner. Dogs hunted good and after checking a couple places
Clints dog, Cob, struck and had one bayed . Turned DeAngelo and Red Man to em
and Sealed the deal. A nice sow 215 lbs. We took this hog back to the trailer
and the land owner took us to another place. Ol Cob struck again and rolled out
. After crossing the county road it showed him to be bayed at 1 mile. We had to
go all the way back out, around and down the county road. We got to 550 yards
and had to walk the rest of the way in. We turned Red Man and DeAngelo to him
and caught hog. BUT just as we got there we saw it was a really big hog. And she
went under some bodark trees and ripped loose from the catchdogs. and the race
was on again. They only went about 100 yards and Sealed the deal . I was
coaching my three team members to hurry up and get to embefore she broke loose
again. LOL. We got her flipped and hobbled. And then the work began. we had
to drag her out and she was heavy. We hunted a couple more places and didnt get
on anything else so we headed to the Weigh In. Met up with all the other teams
and ran all the hogs through the scales. Rickys team came in first I dont
remember the exact numbers but they weighed in a little over 1000 lbs of live
hogs. Our team came in second weighing in a little over 700 lbs. And had the
biggest hog weighing in at 300 lbs. Total hogs weighed in was a little over
3000 lbs. I didn't get many pictures as we were busy trying to get the hogs tied
and back on there feet so we were in a bit of a hurry. I had a really good time
and got to meet some good folks and put some faces with some names from this
board. I would like to thank Mason and his wife for such fine hospitality and
inviting me to hunt with him . It was a good bunch of folks at the weigh in
and a good time. Even though I was pretty done after all that hunting.
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