May 31st 2008 was my daughter Kassady's 13th birth day. Naturally she wanted to go hunting. I (Mama) tagged along for this hunt upon Kass' request.
We were hunting a place that is "high fenced" I " " because our dogs & the pigs could pretty much get in and out of this place at will due to the large gaps at the bottom of the fences...keeps the deer in I guess.
Not 45 minutes or so into the hunt we could hear Trappers bark, as well as Yuki & Lucifer. Of course the bay would have to be on top of a hill...there was no way I could keep up with the guys & Kass nor did I try. Once they reached the top of the hill and the catch dogs had caught (Maya & Diva) the guys & Kass got busy doing their part. I on the other hand experienced something I had not before during a hunt, I was mid way up the hill when I began hearing scurrying and squealing around me. Apparently there had been a sounder at the feeder the dogs bayed up at. All the piggies came darting down the hill AT ME!
I did not panic though, I decided rather quickly that if I just stood real still with my light off that they would not notice me and keep on running away. That worked and I only got bumped a few times.
What I couldn't figure out though is way the dogs let all of the other pigs go, until I came over the hill to see the boys putting hobbles on a 318LB Boar with thick ugly cutters. Kass was busy holding lights & checking dogs so I helped her ( I wanted no part of this big boy!) Then we heard some more squeals (Trapper had gone off to try to catch another and found him a shoat to add to his night) Did I mention they bayed up right at the traps that one of the fellows with us had set out ? Thank God the dogs didn't end up in there! But now the protein feeder is minus one frequent guest!
It was an adventure watching the guys load this big boy to take him to weigh him. I personally wanted to stick him because he left a pretty good cut on Diva and she is my girl!And he threw Brutus up in the air like a rag doll (he is a tough guy though so he never missed a lick..er ..bite...Brutus thinks he is a catch dog sometimes) But that was not an option...
All in all Kass had a great birth day & the dogs had a great hunt. Diva is fine...she healed nicely and that Boar? He went home with one of the guys to a buying station...would have been a nice head mount...well if we could have found his neck for all the fat ...
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