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Post by Robster on Jan 30, 2017 5:12:27 GMT -5
Going to South Carolina next month for my second of what I hope to be an annual hog hunt with some friends I met online. Last year I rode their Marsh Tacky horses, had a blast on those awesome horses. rugged and hardy. this year, my farrier friend and I are trailering my two Nokota horses down for the hunt. Spending some extra time riding to get them legged up for the hunt. Last year we did 16 miles in one day. This is a horseback hog hunt with hog dogs. Dispatch of hogs is with a knife, but you can be sure I will be packing one of my Ruger single action revolvers. You can see my pig sticker hanging from the saddle. it was made by our very own Tuskbuster from this forum and a local guy made the sheath for me. Even bringing my Black Mouth Cur down with me Couple pics of the ponies that are heading south with me    |
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Post by robrcg on Jan 30, 2017 7:26:42 GMT -5
Very interesting and sounds like fun. I haven't heard of hunting hogs this way. Can you describe how the planned process goes?
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Post by Robster on Jan 30, 2017 8:01:32 GMT -5
They hunt private land, free cast the dogs and when they hear one bayed, run in and one guy grabs the hog by the back legs and the other guy comes in with the knife to dispatch the hog.
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Post by Rimfire69 on Jan 30, 2017 8:12:17 GMT -5
That could get pretty exciting pretty fast, have fun.
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Post by cmh on Jan 30, 2017 8:25:55 GMT -5
Sounds like a absolutely great time!!!
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Post by contender on Jan 30, 2017 9:57:42 GMT -5
Sounds like a great time! Where in SC are you going?
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Post by sixshot on Jan 30, 2017 13:24:40 GMT -5
I can tell you first hand that it is a lot of fun taking them with the knife, I've done it twice. You will have a blast, just make sure you match the knife to the hog! On my first one I had more knife than hog, he was kind of small, maybe 80-90 lbs. The second time we were into lots of hogs & the other guy had the big knife & I had to use my own & it was small & I had a big hog on my hands & it got kind of western. I weigh about 290 lbs. & he was dragging me as I was sticking him & one of us was getting tired! I finally bled him out, what a rush, I couldn't even sleep that night, I was fighting hogs all night in my sleep. You guys will have a wonderful time & going on horseback is always fun. This is my bigger hog with the small knife, he probably drug me 20 yds. with 2 dogs holding onto him.  Dick |
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Post by BigBore44 on Jan 30, 2017 13:48:44 GMT -5
Rob Sounds like your off on a most excellent adventure! Good luck to y'all and be safe. Dick Looks like you was a using a toad sticker instead of a pig sticker on that hunt  Glad you got it done and only one was tired and one with holes in him  BigBore44 |
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Post by Robster on Jan 30, 2017 18:26:55 GMT -5
Sounds like a great time! Where in SC are you going? Florence SC |
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Post by Robster on Jan 30, 2017 18:43:00 GMT -5
I can tell you first hand that it is a lot of fun taking them with the knife, I've done it twice. You will have a blast, just make sure you match the knife to the hog! On my first one I had more knife than hog, he was kind of small, maybe 80-90 lbs. The second time we were into lots of hogs & the other guy had the big knife & I had to use my own & it was small & I had a big hog on my hands & it got kind of western. I weigh about 290 lbs. & he was dragging me as I was sticking him & one of us was getting tired! I finally bled him out, what a rush, I couldn't even sleep that night, I was fighting hogs all night in my sleep. You guys will have a wonderful time & going on horseback is always fun. This is my bigger hog with the small knife, he probably drug me 20 yds. with 2 dogs holding onto him. Dick Awesome story Dick!!! Glad you ended up getting the upper hand and was able to dream about it.....not in the hospital. When I went last year, There were 6 or 7 of us all together. aside from the dogs on the hog, we also had a guy holding the back legs and one guy on each side. Keeps us from getting the nightmares. This group is just a bunch of good old Southern boys enjoying their horses and hounds and helping out some of the local plantations It's going to be fun to get to ride my own horses down there and see how they do along the banks of the Great Pee Dee River!!! I'm second from left.....in both pics. Knife was made by Tusk Buster.      |
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Post by dougader on Jan 30, 2017 18:50:17 GMT -5
What's the story with the hat on a stick in the 2nd picture? Is that from the guy taking the picture?
Great stories all around!
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Post by Robster on Jan 30, 2017 19:35:36 GMT -5
What's the story with the hat on a stick in the 2nd picture? Is that from the guy taking the picture? Great stories all around! Exactly right!! the hat from the guy taking the pic! |
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Post by contender on Jan 30, 2017 19:59:19 GMT -5
Excellent! Y'all look like you are having way too much fun! I'll bet this trip is going to be another one to remember.
Dick,,, that knife looks like one I saw about 7 or so years ago,,, giraffe handles?
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Post by lah on Jan 30, 2017 20:10:55 GMT -5
Even bringing my Black Mouth Cur down with me Picture of the dog please. |
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Post by kings6 on Jan 30, 2017 22:10:22 GMT -5
Rob, what is the background on the Nokota horses and the Marsh Tacky name? Oh an thank you, I have been trying to figure out where to strap the sheath for a good fixed blade knife on my saddle and that rear cinch strap looks perfect!
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