No kidding, my 5yr old bluetick got into a porcupine the other night, 4 nights or so after I shot a coon out from her and acted like it wasnt hurt, all 3 of my dogs killed it on the ground. Free casted her the other night and she ended up biting a porcupine and getting about 15 quills in her mouth, 8-10 on her nose, 7 or so on her ears, bunch in her cheeks, 5-8 into/through her right leg, and about the same amount in the other leg, wasnt good to say the lease. Seems like training is always going on, its always fun though, another learning experience I suppose. Those walkers are doing damn good! Keep up posted on some more progress if you got any videos/pictures of them.
amen to that. hunting/training i guess its just about the same thing. bumped in to this porky about a month ago. not alot of fun pulling those quills. always something new to learn
amen to that. hunting/training i guess its just about the same thing. bumped in to this porky about a month ago. not alot of fun pulling those quills. always something new to learn
this pic was from the first encounter we had. my buddies walker must have jumped on the damn think cause we pulled over 150 quills from all over his body and face.i think its inevitable to run into porkys. fortunatly my female had enough after the first time. check this video out where she decided to leave the porky and stuck to the wood. one of my favorite tree videos.
Yeah its not a fun experience at all. Going out again tonight, she is still kind of sore, think infection set in, got her on antibiotics but she is ready to go, walking on her leg better, damn things went all the way through and some were sticking out the other side or her leg. I usually never bait set but I had 2 fish that no one was going to eat and I work for Fish and Wildlife so I decided to test it out to see what will happen tonight and see if one will hit the bait.
cjohnson1178 wrote:nice video, ive heard porkys can and have killed dogs.
you bet. if them quills get drove deep enough to where a guy can see em, they can move around, and hit the heart or if they get stuck in the nose they can get to their brain. you hate taken em to the vet to get x-rayed cause its a legal raping, but if they take good body shots from a porky i would take them in to get x-rayed. we got alot of money invested in these dogs and sometimes taking them into the vet is the best thing, even though i dont do it with a smile.