look people i just love to hunt and have fun with my buddys. yes it sux that we lost a dog ,but thats why i raise more. dont judge a book by its cover , only until you read it then you can.lifes to short we all have to enjoy it will were here.i lost a good friend the other day. he was going home from work when a truck pulled out in front of him and he was riding a motorcycle.just think when he left work or got up that day dieing wasnt on his mind.RIP terry youngblood....
i think from this point on ill just post pics . why dont all you that are bitching about me and my dog, go hunt and post some pigs shot get out side enjoy the outdoors.got to go catch a hog tonight bye

Sorry a dog was lost it will happen eventually and everybody that hunts dogs knows that, but if you dont do it or have never tried why criticize? Dont knock till you try it.

thanks cmc ,,,,, AMEN

let me tell yall something I have hunted with Bennet many times and his dogs are VERY well taken care of. I don't even have it as good as his dogs. Monte goes where you cant with guns alot of times to do ranchers and people who might not be able to take care of the hog problem a favor. His dogs are very well trained and when in the feild his dogs as well as him self are focused on the task at hand. Monte I know this had to have been very hard to deal with but he died doing what he did best and loved doing.

No one gets out of life alive, even dogs.

Bennett, I'm not knocking the way you hunt. All I was saying is that I don't understand it.
Your the professional and know what your doing.My relationship with dogs is bird dogs. I can't imagine 1 of my dogs getting killed.
Like someone else stated, If I had the chance to hunt behind someone elses dogs, it would be a hard offer to turn down. It's just that I could not do it with my dogs.
I have only had 1 or 2 at a time, and yes I may get a little to attached to them.
Don't stop the way you hunt and I hope you kill every pig in Young Co.
P.S. I am sorry about your loss.

thanks to all of you, anytime any of you want to go behind dogs call me. starting friday im off work for 9 days and ill be in graham tx alot. ranchers out there are over run with hogs.

It is hard for them that dont run dogs to understand the sport.Vest on a bay dog restricts their movement also and can get in a bind.Vest arent kill proof just a protection.

strike dogs "bay dogs " man run miles to hot to run vest on them they will be dead in no time , monty takes good care of his dogs , i work in animal control belive me life as a hog dog anit bad at all, they get to do what they love to do , some times stuff happens , an i know trace is sick about that dog dieing , an all you people saying it anit worth it to hunt a dog , yall have forgotten dogs were bred to work not sit in the house an not do nothing an be fat an lazy , thats why so many breeds of dogs have been ruined because they have not been put to use , i am willing to be all you people saying it is cruel yalls dogs are prolly over weight an couldnt even last 5 min out in the heat that to me is cruel to over feed , an i bet most of yall are just complain because yall anit gotta enough nuts to grab a hog , i see all these post bout needing a side arm an a bigger bullet for hogs , i go to the woods regularly more than most on here , except prolly monty , with nothing but a knife an some dogs an a hobbles or some string, thats hunting sitting an shooting hogs at a feeder or a pond anit hunting they anit got no fair chance they gotta drink an eat in these heat , i mean its like shooting fish in a barrel , so is that not cruel ? atleast when we hunt they gotta fair chance , i been chaseing a 400 pound hog for months but he out smart my dogs, guess what its good with me if i never catch him thats the fun of it , most gun hunters would just shot an kill him , but he didnt get that big being dumb so if he can keep one step ahead of my dogs forever fine , so next time yall start through the cruel an bullcrap out there , come hunt with us an see if its cruel the dogs love it they dont wanna do nothing eles , an people when its your time to go no matter if you are in a car , plane or sittin in a chair when the good lord calls your name , you gonna go its just your time as it was that dogs night to go as much as we dont like it thats how it is

sorry to hear about your buddy and your dog Mr Bennet. I'll never understand why people have to criticize something they know nothing about. You are right, this life is too short not to be outdoors enjoying it. Enjoy the hunts. My dad is sick now and can't hunt any longer, but the memories we had together are priceless.

DH

I don't run dogs nor have I been on a hunt with dogs yet, as a person from the outside looking in this makes sense to me.

M Bennett, I dont care that you don't run gear on your loose bay dogs. I am sorry that you lost your dog.

HOWEVER!!!! FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING HOLY........

Please take an English class. Your posts' lack of punctuation, and run on sentences give me a headache. Seriously. It's painful.

If you hunt w/dogs...you are going to hurt and lose one now and again. We grew up hunting rabbits/varmints w/greyhounds. They got into hogs, badgers, skunks and all. If you hunt w/dogs...you are going to hurt and lose one now and again. These are hunting dogs, doing what they do. They live to hunt and scrap. If you only use your pet to hunt with, better dang sure protect it if that is your deal. To those of us that use dogs for their utmost talent, we know the risks associated with this activity. So many know NOTHING of our sport except what they read, dream or conjure up. So, they can do it their way, but damn sure stay out of the way I/we do it.

You missed an apostrophe in the first don't...

This is a hunting forum, not english class!

Not to mention, run-on. Not run on.

yeah an prolly should be a comma between seriously and it's with a lower case i. did i spell nething wrong?

People getting on a message board to down a man who lost a working dog. How many of you perfect dog owners have ever lost a dog? Oh you are so perfect that your dog will live forever. None of yall have ever had a dog die from heartworm, parvo, heart failure, heat stroke. That's because you didn't do or provide what that dog needed, but behind a computer screen you want to thrash and cut Mr. Bennetts throat. Worry about real life [censored] how many of you perfect dog owners have children? Do you know all their teachers first and last names? Their criminal history, work history? How about your wife or husbands co-workers? Rapist, maybe a history of violence on fellow employees. Give the man a [censored] break pick on something that will make a difference for our sport at the least.

for the red fish, i dont sit and type all day or sit behind a desk. so if you dont like my hunting stories dont read them.
maybe if i would have punctuation everything all these people might not be picking on me so bad. to all the people that think its cruel what i do im sorry.i take vets on free hunts and kids with me when i can. THANKS TO ALL THE HUNTERS ON HERE FOR STANDING BESIDE ME... god made dogs to hunt and give man the brain to train them to hunt the animal he chooses. so i think im just as close to god in the woods as my wife is sitting in church. gramma always said ,if you cant say anything nice ,dont say anything at all.bigman you got popcorn ,iv got the soft drinks

Sorry about the dog. Ive seen more than one bird dog hit by a passing car or die from a snakebite. You never know, just enjoy being around and watching them work/play.

sounds good amigo!!! this tread whent like my spanish tread of the subject...sorry for the loss..

M.Bennit,You ever get this way we can make a round.Tyler.

billy g,i sure will if you got a place over there were we can go. im off all next week if you want to make a run . hallor at me.thanks for the invite.

im going to be in graham tx hunting alot this week if any body wants to make a run.

Take it easy guys the dog died, I know it sucks but thats how it goes sometimes when you use dogs. Lets not try to bash the guy!