Everybody is always asking, I mean we get phone call after phone call and we're at shows
or we're off hunting or whatever people come up to us and say "hey, what kind of dogs do
you like, what kind of dogs do you prefer?" Well, we like them all. If they can run a
hog, we like them. Typically we don't run open mouth dogs, everybody has their reason,
we have ours. We run mainly, all cur dogs. Predominantly black-mouthed curs is what we
like. There's a lot of them out there, you make your decision but right here is a dog,
his name is Hill Billy. He's a three-quarter black-mouth and a quarter walker. He is from
Texas we purchased him about a year ago and he was a great little dog, little bit on the
short range a little bit hot nosed but when he gets on a hog buddy it's on. He stays on
him until he gets it done. Got a lot of scars to prove he's got it done several times.
This is Big Foot and he came from Texas as well, and he is a black-mouth, pit and hound
cross. We have actually hunted with this dog before and he is one heck of a dog. We were
very fortunate to get this dog, we were all excited about it that he was added to our
pack.
This is Delta, come here girl. This is actually a puppy off our two main catch dogs, my two
American. She is a full-blooded American bulldog, she's roughly thirteen months old and she
is an unbelievable great dog. I love the Americans, their temperament is very good, their friendly
most of the time around all other dogs, easy to handle, just real big fan of the Americans.
This is Moe, this dog we purchased from a guy in Georgia. I'm not sure of his breed,
I know he is a cur. A cur, hound cross, I think. He is also silent and he is what we
would call a definition of a long-range dog. He hunts out five to six, seven-hundred yards,
when he gets on a hog he's gone. This dog here is Scoot, he is a black-mouth cur. He's
a dog that we've raised. TR's brother actually owns the mother and the father, the dad's
a bear dog and we've raised him from a pup. He is really greedy as you can tell, he's
got stars all over him, but once he gets on a hog he sticks unbelievably.
Mason is a cur, birddog cross. He is strictly a running, catch dog. He will take a hot hog
track or run a hog when he gets on it very well, but when he gets there, there is no
barking that goes on, he gets there. You've got to stay really tight with this dog, we
only use him in certain situations. We try not to run him with our bay dogs on long-distances,
but if we know he can get there quick? Hey, we'll turn him lose, nothing stops him. Thick
grass or something like that, and he definitely gets it done. But he is a running catch dog.
This dog is a catahoula. We don't have many catahoulahs, but this one right here is a
very good one. This is Little Bit, we purchased her from a guy in North Florida. Young guy
getting out of it, turned out to be a really good dog. She's got a pretty good nose on
her, we're pretty impressed by her so far.
Jim, come here boy. Jim is a cur hound cross. His daddy is actually a cur and the mamma
is a black and tan. He is a fairly long-range dog, silent on the track and when he hooks
up, he is gone. He takes a track, very old track, two or three hour track, so a very
good nose on the dog.
This is Preacher, he is a Florida black-mouth curry. He is pretty young pup, he is doing
exceptionally well. He's coming along pretty good, he's about nine or ten months old and
he has bayed a bunch of hogs already.
This is my main man. This our male catch dog. This is Tank. You've seen him on TV a lot.
He's got scars all over him, he is a big, big, big boy and very, very, very powerful
and I would trust him around anything he's like a big baby. There again, he's American.
I really love the Americans.
This is Diva. She's an American bulldog too and she's a female, this is the mother and
the father rof the other dog. Awesome dog, great temperament, unbelievably athletic and
great at the catch.
This is Daisy, she is a full-blooded crockett cross out of some bear stock. Very hard to
find, one of these dogs. She is a silent clock. She's only thirteen months old but she is
doing exceptionally well. Very friendly dog, great nose, little bit colder than a typical
hound but so far we're very pleased with her.
This dog here, he has a mean if you've talked to me much, you've heard this dog mentioned.
This is one of our better dogs as far as finding hogs. One heck of a locator, we call him Feist
Dog. She is not a feist, that is what the guy named her we got her from years ago. She
is actually a yard dog, rambling mutt. They don't know what the daddy is but the mamma
is a blue heeler. So that's typically used for cows.
These two dogs I got in Texas. They are, got them from Mr. Jimmy Hill out of Beaumont,
they are what you would call a Texas strand of black-mouth but they are his blood line,
he raised for forty years. They are full-blooded black-mouths. This is Sully, they're both
brothers, and this is Olly. They're a little over a year old, they're doing pretty good.
Got a lot of working to do on them but they're coming along pretty good.
I don't have enough time to tell you how good this little girl is getting. She's been wrecked
down a couple of times against a nasty boar hog, but she is a Florida cur too. That's
her brother down there, but she is doing exceptionally well. Be glad to get her going once she's
done with heat.
This little puppy is JJ. I got this little dog from Mr. Jay Metcher here in Alabama,
he's got good stuff with his bloodline going on. Very, very excited about this little fella.
I've hunted with all of his kin and parents and all of them. Man, they are some of the
best black-mouths that I've ever been around. So that will sum it up right now, that's our
kennel and as you can see, we've got plenty more room for some more. We'll load these
things down and hopefully keep producing some good dogs. But if you follow me, we'll go
in and I'll show you our room, our equipment room and we'll change these collars out for you.
We've got some new collars in and what we're going to do today is I'm going to show you
how to change out to these. Some people call them extended range antennas, some people
call them tough skin it just depends. I tell you, it really makes a big difference in our
lives. It's safety. Not only do they hold up better under fighting a hog or in the dog
box getting cramped and whatever, I've seen it happen a lot. They seem to hold up a lot
better under our circumstances. You don't normally have to do this with all dogs but
personally, in our application, when we use our collars and what they go through, they've
got to be as durable as possible. So what I'm gonna do is that I'm going to change some
of these out. I got two on my today, I've got several new collars. So, we'll show you
something else too. As you can see we've got name plates on all of our Garmers, we keep
them numbered like "dog one" "dog two". Now in our Garmin unit actually, what we do is
we have our dogs and their names as well as the number and that just helps keeping on
that dog, know where they are at all times. We run so many dogs out in the box, you know
what dog you're tracking instead of going "what collar's on this dog, what collar's
on that dog". Like telemetry they've got a number that you write down and we run both
collars on our dogs, we run a telemetry beat beat, longer range in case something happens
with it, it's kind of an insurance policy, but this is primarily what we use. Like I
said, a small screwdriver with a very fine, small tip to it, but you've got two screws
here located on the bottom of the collar. What you want to do is just go in, make sure
there's no dirt in there you'll strip these things out pretty easy they're small screws.
Remove both of these screws.
And then this backplate, it will only go on one way. If you see this thing not flushed
like that? When you tighten it down you'll know it isn't alright. It's just supposed
to go back on. So remove that back plate and this exposes the collar. Now you slide it
out of your little zip-tie there and you'll have a little cover over your other screw.
Blow that out. Make sure there isn't any sand or dirt in that. You've got one little small
phillips head right here. A little small screw, now like I said you only need a little small
screwdriver because these are pretty small. Firm press down and just ease it off.
Always work on a good clean area where you can keep up with your screws or whatever.
Make sure there isn't any dirt or anything. This is your factory antennae, like I said,
they work fine they're just not as durable as we need them to be. So, we're going to
change them out.
Make sure there is no sand or dirt in there. I'll tell you another thing to. You look right
here you'll see this metal ring right here. Well this is what makes your connection with
this antennae. If this is dirty and corroded and you don't have a good connection down
on this little metal flashing right here then you're probably not going to have a good connection.
So always make sure that this is clean and clear of obstruction and there's no dirt.
If there is just take a pocket knife or a flathead screwdriver or something and make
sure that you have a good contact, but I like cleaning the battery.
Lay that down in there. Drop your screw back.
Make sure you don't cross thread it. Take it easy. If it's going in fairly easy then
your good.
Put your protective plug back on.
Lay your collar back over.
Holes match up fine. Get your other screws.
I like to get both of them started first before I snug one of them down that way you know
your plate's not in a bind. Got them both started and simply give these about the same snug.
Good and snug, make sure it's flushed. I got it on right. Slide this back through your
zip-tie here. And you got it, extended range antenna. Tough, lasts all the time. Now always
make sure to save these. Now as soon if something goes wrong you've got to send it back to the
factory, just simply change this back out send it back to the factory, these only run
around ten to twelve dollars a piece. So you don't want to pay for both because they're
not going to send this back to you. They're going to send you another collar. So take
this off and put the same one back. So, we've got a couple of more to do and we're going
hunting tonight so I'm going to put these back on charge and repeat the process. And
like I said we've got several new ones so as my antennas come in I'm going to change
all of them out. You'll see a bigger difference in your range I think. A lot of people might
not but I think we do, we see a big advantage on them being durable and I'll tell you another
thing that comes with your Garmin. Garmin comes with a factory antenna as well but I
also keep an extended range antenna on here and you know, it helps, it helps a lot, it's
durable, really flexible. You can buy these at the same place you buy those antenna there
most of the time. So now, I'm just going to change those out, this other antenna since
I've only got two and we'll be ready for the hunt tonight.
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