Before I get to crazy writing, we outta clear up some of the terminolgy hog doggers like to use, or words you will hear from fellow hog dog men! Bare with me, some of this “lingo” might sound a little backwards, but hey, hog doggers are a different breed of human (no pun intended).
There are several classes of hog dogs or should I say styles! These are not breed specific, and any dog may posess one or more of these desired styles.
Bay dog: a dog who will keep distance yet agitate and hold a hog with its barking and movement.
Strikedog: a dog who will find a scent, track and trail a hog and open up as soon as it has “struck the hog”.
Catchdog: a dog who will physically hold a boar until you have arrived to dispatch it.
Open up: to bark on a trail, or at the site of a hog.
Run dogs: not at the park, out in the woods.
Cut ‘em loose: to release or unsnap the dogs when in some fresh sign, or a good area.
Bayed Solid: dogs have that hog in a solid bay, hog is not going anywhere.
Good God: You have chased your dogs over too many canyons and draws and killed a big pig, you say “Good God” now how do we get this thing outta here.
A Yard: Where you keep your dogs, ie. “How many dogs are on your yard Mike?”
Load ‘em up: to kennel your dogs in your truck or quad, beginning, during or at the end of your hunt.
Feed out: to go out and feed your dogs, ie, “I am gonna go and feed out!”
A Dud: a dog who will not work out as a hog dog, better off as a pet.
Dog Broke: a term we all use, a lot of time and money goes into these dogs, but it is absolutely worth it!
Hogdogaholic: a guy like me who sleeps, eats, breathes hog hunting with dogs. For this there is NO known cure. If your wife lets you go, she is an enabler, so she too is guilty. Once you start you can not quit, so maybe getting into hog hunting with dogs is not for you.
These are a few terms we like to use, hope they were fun and informative, I am sure there are a ton more, some are custom to the particular guy using them, but these are some common terms. As always “Cut ‘em loose”!
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Good stuff and also a little humor added, I like that Torrey!
You forgot “Dawg Tired” When them puppies (also referred to as feet) are hot and sore and ready to turn three circles then lay down and go to sleep
Which is also where the term “One Good Turn Deserves Another” comes from
P.S. If I am the Mike you are referring to the answer is: Way More Than I need To Be A Feedin’
Ha ha, Riddle, I forgot to mention “skunked” too, but thats another time, “Skunk boy”!
Whoa Ho! now,
You and me both know who the skunk boy here is, and he got skunked real good over at Hart’s Ranch up in that canyon goin’ to the water trough one evening a few years back! L.O.L.
I still think about that one and chuckle out loud to myself!