Another big sucker down! Warning graphic hunting footage.
It has been a exciting week with a new baby in the house with lots of sleepless nights. This morning I had a job interview and when I got home the wife told me to get out of the house a little and enjoy some time with my 4 year old son Yusuke. The first thing Yusuke said was that he wanted to go boar hunting so I packed up Taro and Koyuki and headed for the hills for what I though was going to be a nice walk and some time to blwo some energy.
As we hiked down into the creek bed, Yusuke started to get a bit cranky and said "Dad I dont think there's any hogs here" I tell him dude we just got here! All of a sudden I hear Taro give out a nice bark. I stop and listen again and now I hear Taro and Koyuki barking their mouth off. I put Yusuke on my shoulder and sprint over the hill back toward the creek bed.
All of a sudden I see a red hog in the 140lbs range with Taro inching closer and closer toward the boars face while barking. Koyuki is circling the hog trying to figure out if she should get closer or not but she's barking and keeping at it from a distance. The hog truns and goes back into the creek bed and Taro goes right after it spinning the hog around and baying it up again. At this point I'm frozen cause I was not expecting this and I have a 4 year old with me...
All of a sudden I hear the pig squeal and Taro catches the hog on its cheek trying to hold it down. I bust out the crapberry and start rolling film the best I could (this is where I need a hunting partner). This goes on for about 10 minutes with Taro doing a bad ass job keeping the hog bayed up and going in and catching the hog. I sneak down into the brush with my 41mag revolver and put a round in the hog when Taro moves out of the way. The hog soaks up the round and continues trying to escape from Taro but with no success.
While all this is going on Koyuki is still circling and trying to get into the mix. At one point she gets a little too close and with all other green dogs, she gets bumped by the hog. Soon Taro gets a good hold on the hog and I jump into the mud sludge and put a second round behind the hogs head. The hog goes down but still is struggling to get up so I take out my knife and put a blade through its heart, killing it instantly.
I get the dogs leashed up, check for cuts (Taro had a cut vest on), and grab gear and kid to secure all the gear. Once dogs and gear were secured in the truck, I hike back with Yusuke and make a back pack out of the hog and hike out with the big sucker on my back. At one point I also had Yusuke on my shoulder so now I think I pulled a muscle in my shoulder.
Pics and vid to come, standby...
As we hiked down into the creek bed, Yusuke started to get a bit cranky and said "Dad I dont think there's any hogs here" I tell him dude we just got here! All of a sudden I hear Taro give out a nice bark. I stop and listen again and now I hear Taro and Koyuki barking their mouth off. I put Yusuke on my shoulder and sprint over the hill back toward the creek bed.
All of a sudden I see a red hog in the 140lbs range with Taro inching closer and closer toward the boars face while barking. Koyuki is circling the hog trying to figure out if she should get closer or not but she's barking and keeping at it from a distance. The hog truns and goes back into the creek bed and Taro goes right after it spinning the hog around and baying it up again. At this point I'm frozen cause I was not expecting this and I have a 4 year old with me...
All of a sudden I hear the pig squeal and Taro catches the hog on its cheek trying to hold it down. I bust out the crapberry and start rolling film the best I could (this is where I need a hunting partner). This goes on for about 10 minutes with Taro doing a bad ass job keeping the hog bayed up and going in and catching the hog. I sneak down into the brush with my 41mag revolver and put a round in the hog when Taro moves out of the way. The hog soaks up the round and continues trying to escape from Taro but with no success.
While all this is going on Koyuki is still circling and trying to get into the mix. At one point she gets a little too close and with all other green dogs, she gets bumped by the hog. Soon Taro gets a good hold on the hog and I jump into the mud sludge and put a second round behind the hogs head. The hog goes down but still is struggling to get up so I take out my knife and put a blade through its heart, killing it instantly.
I get the dogs leashed up, check for cuts (Taro had a cut vest on), and grab gear and kid to secure all the gear. Once dogs and gear were secured in the truck, I hike back with Yusuke and make a back pack out of the hog and hike out with the big sucker on my back. At one point I also had Yusuke on my shoulder so now I think I pulled a muscle in my shoulder.
Pics and vid to come, standby...
Comments
Haha looks like you really are going to have to host a bbq~
Sounds like the dogs are really coming along. They're silent on trail, right?
Jesse
Anyways can't wait to see pics and video
Yeah, I can't wait for the video. Good on you for getting that! That's an amazing story.
Taro catching and holding the boar.
This video is where Taro and Koyuki has the hog bayed up in the creek bed.
& here I was thinking you'd take a break with the new baby here & all lol ~
@kevin: both dogs are silent on track and hot nosed although I have seen Taro track cold tracks before. Taro is more of a catch oriented dog and Koyuki a bay dog which makes for a great combo. Nice thing is both dogs have great drive and Taro is a great strike dog that is always willing to get into the thick brush.
I think the hog weighed a little more or at least that's what my back is telling me. I struggled a bit to dead lift it in the truck bed so I'm guessing possibly around 160 give or take.
Congrats on the boar.
i wish i had wild boar in my area, a boar hunt is definitely something i hope to try in the future.
What kind of knife did you use, Gen?
im going to have to look that up.