Ned Makim 116 Posted March 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 This is Loki the bull mastiff. He is used to take the dance out of big pigs. Surprisingly easy to manage and get off the pig once it's caught. Owned and worked by Chad. And this is Wolfgang a wolfhound x deerhound owned and worked by Josh. Very fast, very tough and a good nose. I'd own him. Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted March 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Black mouth cur breeder David Thoms with a couple of BMC pups destined for Oz. A mate of mine is importing two bitches and a dog pup to see how they go on scrub cattle and pigs. Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted March 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Chad and his jagd terriers with a raccoon they caught during a crop pest patrol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Ned Makim 116 Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Inside Cabela's in Austin... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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skycat 6,173 Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 I'd heard about Cabelas: must be an awesome place to visit, and a place to spend a fortune if you were so inclined and had the money! Interesting to see the Wolfhound/Deerhound. Is that an F1 or line bred from good hogging dogs? Be difficult to imagine that cross doing that job if it was bred from UK stock: no one has worked Wolfhounds for many years over here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted March 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 He's a straight cross and no pig chasing heritage. That sort of thing is done in Oz all the time. You'd be amazed what lurks in even purely shopw bred dogs once you cross them and put the pups in the field. You get some shit but there is almost always something hot. Then you just pursue that blood and forget everything else that came from the cross. A lot of pig catching is about exposure...and the handler knowing how to bring a dog on. Specific breeding sppeds all that up and increeases the odds but hard work can make the difference in the end. Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 13,103 Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 He's a straight cross and no pig chasing heritage. That sort of thing is done in Oz all the time. You'd be amazed what lurks in even purely shopw bred dogs once you cross them and put the pups in the field. You get some shit but there is almost always something hot. Then you just pursue that blood and forget everything else that came from the cross. A lot of pig catching is about exposure...and the handler knowing how to bring a dog on. Specific breeding sppeds all that up and increeases the odds but hard work can make the difference in the end. Cheers. Great pics mate some good looking dogs there any on the hogs?? I'm envious as fec :laugh: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted March 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Nothing too much action wise. There's a couple but a bit messy from a photographic point for view for forum land. It was a get trip and I can't say enough about how well I was treated by the Texans. Then on the way home I saw Kimbo Slice in LA airport. Any of you UFC and street fighting fans will know who he is. Impressive looking unit I can tell you... Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted April 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 (edited) This is a trail cam video of a few pigs that have been coming into some ruined grain on one of my hunting properties. We've picked up one out of the mob before we set up the camera and since then it's been rain, rain, rain and I'm still waiting for a crack at them. Cheers. Edited April 1, 2011 by Ned Makim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickey Finn 3,014 Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Hi Ned. Just looking threw your pics from Texas. Sounds like you had a great time. Glad you made it to cabela's. They have better taxidermy than the Smithsonian musuem. Definetly worth a look. I was just thinking, when I lived in texas in the eighties. Feral hogs were kind of rare. Now they out number the deer I'm told. Looks like the hunters did a good job of bringing them in. Did you find the country any way similiar to Australia? ATB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 South Texas was a bit like some of the country just an hour or two west of here around Mungindi and Collarenebri. Flat, prickly and a river or two. Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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