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Hesseltine Kennels - Hog Hunting with Dogs, County Road 1144, Sinton, TX (2025)

10/13/2025

It's been awhile since we have had a hunt and one of my hunting buddy's family came out. He turned loose his dogs up in the front. Dogs went in different directions. Finally a few opened up. Two to the south and one to the east. After a good 30 minute chase, the ones to the south were bayed. We headed to them. They had a sow caught which they dispatched. I then decided to turn loose my dogs and road them back towards the front. I get to the gulley crossing and I see Bambi, Fiesty and Rocky throw up their heads and head into the middle section. Within 5 minutes, you hear the squealing. I turn loose Goose and CJ to help them out. We get to them and they have a nice young boar caught which was quickly dispatched. Really fun and quick hunt. The family had a great time as did I.

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04/12/2025

We had another exciting hunt this morning. Some guys that used to work for me on the base texted and said they had a friend who is hearing impaired wanting to come out and stab a hog. So we loaded up Alex, TO, C**n, Fury with catchdogs Draco and CJ. I invited one of my hunting buddies Tyler along with his girlfriend and cousin. Tyler brought out his pack of dogs as well. We dropped the dogs in 4 or 5 different places and had a few shorts races but dogs would loose them and drift back in. Plus it was hot, dry and no wind. Around 1030 (as its really heating up), I run back to the kennels and swith out dogs. I load up Bambi, Ty, Apache and Wyatt. We head back over to the ranch and I decide to turn loose right down from the pond. I wanted the dogs to go North into the middle section but you know how that goes. Ty, Bambi and Tyler's dogs go the way I want them to but Apache and Wyatt go south. About 10 minutes go by and I hear Wyatt baying which is unusual for him as he usually just catches. Then I hear a big grunt and I knew he was caught. Look at the garmin and Apache got there and caught which made Wyatt catch. We drove down the middle sendera behind the pond. Tyler and his cousin Eric head into the east thicket. My wife said drive around to the east fenceline which I did and sure enough, the dogs are caught about 40 yards in. We turn loose Draco and CJ. My wife is already in there and tells us to come on as my other dogs are showing up to help. Tyler gets there and legs the hog. Our hunter gets up there and makes a great stab and drops the big boar in his tracks. Our hunter was ecstatic. It was great seeing my working buddies and of course I couldn't have done it without the help from my wife, Tyler and Eric.

04/12/2025

We had a great hunt this morning with our good friends, Josh, Harvey and his wife along with a family member and her fiance who has never done any type of hunting. I loaded up Ty, Alex, Apache, TO, Fury, Wyatt with catchdog Draco. We turned loose on the middle sendera east of the pond. It wasn't long till we hit a group of hogs and of course dogs going in every direction. We couldn't get any stopped so we started catching and loading up dogs. I decided to turn loose on the big sendera. Didn't take long as Alex, TO and Apache caught one about 20-30 lbs. Our new hunter got in the thicket and took out the young shoat. Turned loose again but the dogs were hot and tired. So I went back and put a few dogs up and grabbed C**n, Fiesty and Bambi. Got back to the property and turned loose on the southwest corner. Dogs made a circle with no luck so I roaded them north. I noticed Bambi and Fiesty roll out quickly and were headed northeast. We drove to the front pond. As soon as I got out of the truck, I heard a loud grunt coming from the northeast corner. I knew one of the dogs had caught a good one. We drove around to the small sendera in the front section and about 5 foot off the sendera Fiesty was caught. About that time, Ty, Bambi, Alex and Fury show up to help. Josh who is one hell of a hand, cuts Draco loose and is right behind him headed to the bay. Josh gets to the hog who is in between two small trees trying to knock dogs off. He almost does. Then the hog turns towards Josh as he is fixing to leg him. Josh goes around the othe side and is able to leg him after he pushed the hog around with his boot. Our new hunter who is a little nervous at this point, gets in there and takes the beast down. Checking the dogs, I notice Fiesty has been hit in the arm pit and along the checkbone. With Josh's help, I get her stapled up. She is doing great now and no other dogs were hurt. Great hunt with great friends and a big thanks to Josh for all the help.

04/08/2025

We haven't posted much lately. We have been training pups, breeding dogs along with a few other projects. Here is a training session with one older dog Ty (BMC) and a few young catch dog prospects. All the young catch dogs did well for never seeing a hog before or being on a hunt. We still have some openings so come on out and enjoy a hunt with us.

02/08/2025

Dogs have been on fire lately. We had a veteran come down from Indiana to hunt with us this morning. We loaded up Bambi, Fiesty, Apache, Wyatt, Fury, Cubbie and catchdog Draco. We had a slight breeze from the southeast and I wanted to hunt the dogs into the wind, so I decided to turn loose by the west gulley and head them that way. It only took a few minutes, and Bambi was caught. I have noticed Bambi will catch the hog and make it stop then sit back and bark only twice and wait for the other dogs to get there. Apache, Fury, Cubbie and Wyatt were there in no time. As we are driving toward them, Fiesty comes running out of the brush and heads that way. We pull up and can see the dogs have another big toothy boar caught. Our hunter makes a good stab and takes the beast down. Another great hunt and no dogs hurt which is surprising with all these big toothy boars that we have been catching. Plus we made another good friend. Love the hunts with veterans.

02/06/2025

We had a hunt for the books today. 3 good boars with good tusks and 1 good sow. We had some of our hunting buddies from Illinois come back down and hunt with us. They always do a good job and they always seem to get a good boar.

I loaded up Ty, Alex, Wyatt, TO, CJ, C**n and catchdog Draco. We got to the place and started driving around. I noticed Ty and Alex who were on top of the box, start winding. Stopped, turned them loose along with the others and they didn't go 25 yards and were caught all within seconds. We got to them and our hunter took down the first big boar. We loaded up and went to the north strip and turned loose. Dogs rolled out, and then headed east and then south very quickly. We could tell they were trailing hogs. In about 5 minutes, I looked at the garmin and it showed TO caught in the east thicket. We drove toward them and I looked at the garmin and it showed the hog had broke and was headed east. We drove around and TO, Alex, Wyatt had the sow up against the fence. I turned loose Draco and CJ who charged in and helped seal the deal. It was starting to get a little hot so I went and changed out a few dogs. I kept Wyatt and Ty while loading up Bambi, Fiesty, Apache, Cubbie and Fury. I decided to turn loose on the west side by the big gulley. Dogs went about 100 yards and had a few barks which is unusual for mine as they mainly just catch. About that time, we see lots of hogs crossing in different directions on the senderas. About 5 minutes later, I look at the garmin and it shows Bambi is caught in the middle section. We head that way and I take a quick look at the garmin and it shows all the dogs there. We head into the thicket and we notice right away the big tusks the boar has. Our hunter gets in there and dispatches him quickly. Give the dogs a short rest then head to the southwest corner. Turn the dogs loose and hogs bust out everywhere. After another 5 minutes, it shows Bambi as caught again, this time in the east thicket. We head that way. I look at the garmin and only have Bambi, Apache, Cubbie and Fiesty there. So I turn out Draco to help them out. You could hear it when he smashed into the hog. We had to crawl for this one and of course another big boar with cutters. Our hunter took him out swiftly. What a hunt and no dogs hurt or cut.

01/19/2025

I had time for a quick hunt with a veteran this morning. I loaded up Bambi, Fiesty, Apache, C**n, Cubby, TO and Drake. Not much wind this morning and everything is still dry, so I decided to drop the dogs at the big oak tree on the south end of the property. Dogs rolled out. After 10 minutes, we got two quick barks and then silent again. I looked at the garmin and I had 4 dogs at different distances to the north and 2 dogs to the south. I told my hunter, let's drive north a little ways and listen. After another 5 minutes, my hunter goes did you hear that and I said yes that is a hog grunting and he is caught. Looked at the garmin and seen that Apache was caught about 300 yards to the north close to a sendera. We jumped in the truck and headed that way, as I am driving I look at the garmin and see that Bambi, Fiesty and Cubbie are there with him. We locate the dogs about 10 yards off the sendera. The hog is in a little cubby hole with a downed tree in front of him and a large tree behind him. Dogs are trying to catch him by the ear but cannot get to his ears. Cubby keeps grabbing him by the snout but cannot pull him out and he keeps shrugging her off. I decide to let me big catch dog Drake loose. He bails off the truck, sees just a small side of the hog and hits him broad side a full speed, completely knocking the hog off his feet (looked like he tackled the hog). When the dust cleared, Drake had his entire body on the hog and had him completely pinned down while holding onto the ear. Hog tried getting up but could not with Drake on top of him. The hunter gets in there and makes a good stab on the hog but the hog struggled for a few more seconds before succumbing to his wound. Boar was not real big, close to a hundred pounds but he had some cutters on him. Luckily no dogs were cut. Another good hunt along with making another good friend.

11/30/2024

We had a good hunt this morning on Black Friday. We were hunting for pork instead of gifts. Our nephew Colby had a couple of his college buddies in town and they had never been hog hunting with dogs and they wanted to give it a try. We had a good cool morning with a good north breeze. We turned loose and within 5 minutes my dog Ty was caught a couple hundred yards away. By the time we got to him, the other dogs had shown up. Everyone followed us in to the bay where they had a nice sow caught. One of the young men dispatched the hog. We drove a few hundred yards more and turned loose Ty, Apache and Alex. About 10 minutes later, Ty was caught in one spot and the other two caught in another spot. We get to Ty and he has a 20 lb. shoat caught. One of the guys takes him down. We hurry to the other two dogs. They had a 75 lb. boar caught and they took care of him. Really good hunt, met some fine young men and had a blast.

11/11/2024

We had a little cool weather and a couple of hunters wanted to come out for a hog hunt. We started early in the morning. After going over everything, we turned the dogs loose. It didn't take long for the dogs to find some hogs but we had dogs going in different directions. Dogs would bay individually and the bay would break before we could get there. Finally two dogs got together and shut one down long enough for two other dogs to get to them, resulting in a caught hog. Our hunter did a great job in dispatching the sow hog. We hunted for another good hour but weather was really warm by then and the dogs just couldn't get another one stopped. Lots of fun as usual and we made some new friends.

10/19/2024

We had a great hunt this morning with 3 veterans. My wife, Tyler, Wyatt and his girlfriend all showed up to help. I loaded up my dogs, Wyatt brought some of his and so did Tyler. I turned mine out first on the big sendera going west from the pond. In a matter of minutes, Tyler said he could here some grunting and I knew we had a caught hog. We all crashed brush and get to the hog, a silver colored sow. Ty was on ear, Apache and Wyatt were on the other. I looked at my garmin and noticed my other dogs had another one caught 50 yards away. So my wife aka hunting partner had one of the vets to get in there and stab the sow that my wife had legged. We get to the other hog which was a smaller sow and the dogs had already killed it. We load up my dogs and turn out Tyler's and Wyatt's dogs. About 30 minutes later, Tyler lets me know they have one caught in the back gulley. We head that way and another one of our vets takes down another sow. We talk for a few minutes then we head to the north end of the property and turn mine loose again. After a good 10 minutes, we hear a squeal as Cubbie has caught one by herself and the other dogs come flying to help out. Our last vet gets in there and takes down another sow. I can't remember the last time we caught 4 sows in one hunt and all of them perfect eating size. We always have an awesome time when we have our vets out for hunts along with making good friends.

09/09/2024

We had a good hunt this morning with the cooler weather. Tyler and his buddies came over with his pack of dogs and I took some of my young dogs to get them some work. We turned loose into the north wind and it didn't take long for the dogs to strike. After a 20 minute race, his dog June and my dog Patsy went to baying right behind the cow pens. Then we could hear the fight as my other young dogs got to them. Tyler got in there and said they had him caught so he grabbed a hind leg and had one of his buddies stab the beast. Big boar down. So we loaded up everything except for two of his dogs. About 30 minutes later, they went to baying. We got to them and they were right off the road. I turned my catch dog loose and he went after another hog. So, I turned loose my 5 young rough dogs who went in there and caught the sow. His other buddy made a good stab and hog #2 was down. Took a few action photos but they didn't come out to well due to the brush. The photo of the boar doesn't do him justice. He was a thich hog with a broad front end with big cutters. Hopefully it stays cooler as we have more hunts lined up.

02/25/2024

We had a hunter and his 88 year old dad show up Saturday morning for a hog hunt. I took out veteran dogs Cubbie and Wyatt, along with young dogs Rollie, Pache, C**n, and Freckles. Catchdogs were Tuff and Bumper. My helper Tyler came and brought out his dog June. I turned loose on the west sendera and Pache went south and the rest went north. After about 20 minutes Tyler called and said he could her one grunting up in the front section. I knew then it was caught. I checked my garmin and it showed Cubbie, C**n and Freckles caught. We jumped in the truck and headed that way. I looked at my garmin again and seen that all the dogs were there and caught expect for Pache. Our hunter followed Tyler and me into the brush. The dogs had about a 100 lb. sow caught. Our hunter dispatched the hog. After standing around and talking, our hunter asked his dad if he would like to take a hog. After some deliberation, he said sure. We loaded up all the dogs including Pache who finally showed back up. We headed to the back of the property and as I was driving along, we see this big boar hog crossing the brush sendera. I stopped and turned the dogs loose. My old dogs Wyatt and Cubbie along with Pache and June went left while my other young dogs went right which was back trailing the hog. About 5 minutes later, Pache was bayed solid. We drove around and could here the fight, Dogs were caught in some thick catclaw bushes. About that time, we turned the catch dogs loose, the young dogs had caught a shoat that was squealing which got the catch dogs attention and they headed that way. The dogs with the big boar are having trouble holding him and he breaks out of the brush into the roadway. I ran up to him and grabbed him as he was heading toward our hunter. Tyler came in and grabbed a leg. Our hunter had to stab him a time or two before the beast would drop. Really good boar and our hunters did awesome. Made some great new friends and as you can see, you are never too old for a good ole fashioned hog hunt.

I had some better photos but something happened to my phone and they were deleted.

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