Junior has been gettin' out with a few of his buds to do some hog doggin' lately...
The things we do for our dogs 'cuz we owe them... Last hunt found them on a private land huntin' lease that adjoins a MAJOR military installation (not Eglin and not even Fla...). Dogs got on a Nike wearin' runnin' hog that got on the Mil. base in a normally "open" area... Garmin Astro GPS dog tracker showed them cross into an "IMPACT ZONE" 900 yards later... Then the tracker showed "treed" which means they were stationary aka "Bayed Up"... Can't go and leave them dogs at the mercy of an unmerciful feral hog so they struck out headin' to 'em...
Now here is where it gets REAL DICEY... They hear a WHOOMP a whistle and an explosion close by... YEPPER they were within 100 yards of the "target" being fired upon by mortar rounds... Junior said "They sound just like they do in war movies..."
One boy "froze up"... Junior had the 2-way in his mouth by the antennae, both bay dogs in one hand and the bulldog in the other, the pig is now free and trying to get composure back, other boy is completely "shell shocked" standin' there with all the leads in his hand and the guy in the truck freakin' out 'cuz they ain't replied to his frantic calls on the radio knowin' he has to face me and mrs.hogdogs to explain how he got my only son blown to bits...These guys all decided they had to be the only American hog doggers who hunted under "hostile fire" conditions that day...
Junior told me it was...
1)The most scared he can remember being...
2)The most thrilling fun he can remember...
3)both were simultaneous...
Brent
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