I loaded up three pups and two old dogs at 10 pm last night and headed for some corn fields and a freshly planted peanut field. Struck out on the corn but when we pulled into a freshly planted peanut field, I could see two pigs feeding along the edge of the field with NV. I let the curs loose and watched in the NV while they found the first pig. I then drove up close to the bay and let out the catch dogs. They caught in the edge of a retama thicket and it was a 150 lb sow. We got her out and the curs rolled out and entered the retama thicket with about a foot of water standing. In about 10 minutes one of the pups opened up bayed. After the other curs got to the bay, I let the catch dogs go and they immediately caught. It took awhile to weave our way to the catch, because that retama was thick as hair on a dogs back. After we got there this is what we found;







After it was over we all had to go and get a blood transfusion because of the thorns and mosquitos including the dogs! He weighed in at 238 lbs dressed at the Los Cazadores contest.
I was taught by my Grandpa that you should never tell someone that your dog will or will not do something because sooner or later he will make a liar out of you![

Very Nice! Lots of adrenalin in a short amount of time!

Looks like you're doing all the good.
Thanks for posting the story and pix.
I can relate to getting a blood transfusion.
Saturday evening I popped a hog under a feeder. Didn't go get him then. Rather went on into camp. Unloaded my 4 wheeler. Went and loaded up two feeders before I went to get the hog I'd shot. In the meantime, a group of hogs had come back to that feeder and pushed the dead hog down into the muck. He was so stuck that I could barely pull him out. Did that, then I had to load him on the feeder. By this time I was sweating like a pig, had mud all over me. Between the mud and blood on both me and the hog, I couldn't lift him up without him slipping out of my grip. Ended up poking holes under the leaders of the hind legs and tying off a bungee into a loop. Laid down on the front of my four wheeler and got him up a ways then stood on the deck and pulled him up the rest of the way. Only weighed 80 lbs or so, but by the time I finished even my cap was soaking wet with sweat. Man I was sweatin' worse than a politician telling the truth. Plus, the skeeters were doing high fives and waitin' in line for the other guy to finish.
Best
GWB

Nice boar, you must have some good holders.

Nice shoat, good to see some young folk using cur dogs instead of............. well foot, I'm gonna leave that one alone I guess. It's just one of my soap boxes.

Good Job duckman, and your GrandPa is a wise man.

Jed

Nice hog. Good work.

Nice work -- retama thicket doesn't sound like much fun though!

Nice hog duckman!!

Nice pig....