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Hesseltine Kennels - Hog Hunting with Dogs, County Road 1144, Sinton, TX (2026)

We guide on multiple ranches in the South Texas area.

03/30/2026

We had another really good hunt this morning with a a few young kids from Wyoming. They did great.
I loaded up Bambi, Alex, Boy, Charlie, Bolt, Moose, R***r along with catch dogs Draco and CJ. We turned loose on the sendera going west from the pond. Dogs made a few small circles before Alex and Bambi lined one out as I was watching them on the garmin. In about 15 minutes I heard the fight going on way up in the front part. I looked down at the garmin and it showed Alex and Bambi caught but none of the young dogs could hear them as they had went the other direction. We headed that way. I stopped on the big pipeline sendera where they had the hog caught right inside the brush line. I turned loose the catchdogs to give them a hand and about the same time, the young dogs showed up to join in. I get in there and grab the hog and the young man makes a good stab to take down the sow hog. We give the dogs a little break as its getting hot and no wind. After the break, we are driving around to the soutwest corner when I see 3 hogs in what we call the pretty area due to the really nice trees. I have Moose and Bolt up on top the dog crate. My wife cuts loose them loose and I tell one of the parents to turn loose the others inside the crate catchdogs and all as I had put the catchdogs on the wrong side earlier. Moose and Bolt shut the hog down a couple hundred yards from us right behind the back pond. We get in there and one of the dads legs the hog. The young lady makes an excellent stab and drops the hog immediately. We give the dogs another break and then turn loose a few more times but they were done. I go back to the kennels and switch a few dogs out but it's really hot now and we never get anything stopped, so we called it a day. We made some great new friends and these young kids did awesome. It was a joy having them out.

03/01/2026

We had a good quick hunt this morning with a young girl who is 9 years old and wanting to get a good hog. I loaded up a few young dogs and my hunting buddy Tyler brought over his. We turned loose on the south end of the east thicket. We hit a small herd and dogs went in every direction. Finally some of the young dogs were coming back in when two went to baying a few hundred yards from the truck. Within a few minutes, the other dogs got there and the fight was on. Tyler had his young catch dog on the ground already and he helped to hold the sow as she was throwing the young dogs around. We headed to the bay which included crawling on our hands and knees for almost 200 yards. Thick thick brush, I told her just stay right behind me which she did. We got to the hog and Tyler got his hands on it and the young girl took out the good sized sow. She never once complained with all the thorns in her hands and knees from the crawl. She wasn't nervous and didn't panic and followed instructions to a tee. Awesome job. Some of my favorite hunts are watching young kids get out and enjoy the woods.

01/28/2026

We had some hunters come out again to hunt with us. They had hunted with us 5 years ago. It's always awesome to have hunters return as well as becoming good friends.

It was cold and windy weather which made it rough on the dogs. I loaded up Frisky, Wyatt, Alex, Spade and Lucy along with catch dogs Draco and Goose. I decided to turn loose on the west sendera and hunt the dogs north into the strong wind. It didn't take long and we jumped a large group. Bad thing though each dog took after their own hog in different directions. We never got any of those hogs stopped, so we loaded up the dogs and headed to the back of the property and hunt the dogs into the east thicket and into the north wind. Didn't take long and we jumped another group. Dogs went in different directions again. Lucy finally lined one out after running it for about 30 minutes. The hog actually made a huge circle and came right back into the east thicket. As she went to baying, Alex and Spade got to her and caught the hog. I dropped the catch dogs. It took us awhile to get to the dogs as we were on our hands and knees trying to get to them. Once we get there, I notice the hog is missing an ear as all the dogs are there. Our hunter makes a good stab and takes out the boar. We dropped a few more times and only caught a couple of piglets so we decided to call it a day. Once again great hunt with some great friends.

01/03/2026

We had our last hunt this past Monday morning before we started a new year. A veteran and his son came out on that morning which was less than ideal as a front had blown in and the wind was blowing 30-40 mph from the North. My hunting buddy Tyler showed up to give me a hand. We loaded up the dogs and headed over to the ranch. We turned loose on the west side across the gulley, so we could hunt the dogs into the wind. Dogs jumped a small herd but after a few minutes of running lost the scent due to the heavy winds. This happened to us for a few hours as we turned loose in different places. Finally we turned loose at the south end and hunted the dogs into the wind in the east thicket. Older dogs shot out through the brush. I have a young catahoula named Spade who is still trying to figure everything out. He went out about a 100 yards and let out a yelp (which I thought he had been cut but later realized that it was his excited/bayed bark). After one more bark, you could here the hog grunt. The older dogs had swung back around to help. We crawled on our hands and knees for about 200 yards before we could reach the hog. Dogs had a young sow about 75 lbs caught. Our hunter got in there and took out the hog. After dragging the hog out, we hunted for a few more hours but were not able to get anything else stopped. In all, another really good hunt and made some great new friends.

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County Road 1144
Sinton, TX
78387

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