Dog the Bounty Hunter sweetly calls new girlfriend ‘babe’ 10 months after wife Beth Chapman’s death

Dog the Bounty Hunter no longer cares there are plenty of fish in the sea because he already has the catch of the day.

The 67-year-old reality star – real name Duane Chapman – recently posted an Instagram video during a fishing trip in which he could be heard exchanging some sweet banter as it has been revealed that he is dating a new woman  10 months after the death of wife Beth Chapman. 

Though his new ladylove, Francie Frane, is not seen in the video their cute conversation was captured in the clip.

She said: ‘You gonna catch the big one today?’

Dog replies that he is and that his is going to be even bigger than hers.

Francie replied: ‘I don’t know about that. Mine’s pretty good.’

Dog then teases her as he joked: ‘Let’s see yours. Where’d it go? Oh, it floated away.’

The flirtation didn’t stop there as his new love-interest quickly fired back with the same wit.

She said: ‘No it didn’t. It’s in the basket for everyone to see.’

The couple then walked over to the basket and before Dog pulled the two fish from it he said with a smile: ‘Oh it’s gone, babe.  Good Lord!’

Frane concluded the sweet conversation as she said: ‘Check it out and weep, baby.’

This came just days after their relationship was revealed as Dog’s daughters have rallied behind their dad’s new relationship with Francie on social media. 

His daughter Lyssa posted a picture of the new couple on her Instagram account, along with the caption ‘How cute are these two ?! [HEART EMOJI]’

Frane is a 51-year-old rancher from Colorado, The Sun has revealed, and have been dating ‘for a few months’. 

The pair allegedly bonded after helping each other cope with the grief of losing their respective spouses, with Francie’s husband Bob passing away ‘several months before Beth’. 

Meanwhile Beth’s biological daughter Bonnie Chapman took to the post’s comment’s section to launch a full-throated defense of her dad’s romance.

‘Everyone who’s judging my father should sure pray that they never have to lose their loved one and get judged for trying to fill the void,’ wrote the 21-year-old. 

‘Your opinion is invalid. My mother would’ve wanted him to be happy. Now please shut up and let me my dad live in peace.’ 

Duane tragically lost his wife of 13 years to throat cancer last summer. 

Beth’s health ordeals began in September 2017, when she was diagnosed with Stage 2 throat cancer.

After treatment, the cancer initially went into remission, but it later returned and spread to her lungs.

Nevertheless, Beth continued filming Dog’s Most Wanted at her husband’s side in early 2019.

During filming on June 22, she suffered a medical emergency and had to be hospitalized and placed into a medically induced coma, before dying four days later on June 26. 

Duane’s new romance comes weeks after his fake proposal to his longtime assistant Moon Angell on an episode of The Dr. Oz Show.

The bounty hunter appeared to propose to Moon, which she turned down on the spot in front of a flabbergasted Dr. Oz.

Earlier in February, Dog told Entertainment Tonight that he carried on the fake proposal because: ‘I am very lonesome.’

According to him, his assistant was a source of comfort because of her long association with Beth.

‘She talked about Beth constantly, “Remember what Beth used to tell us,” and of course I would light right up when she’d say that. I was infatuated with a dream,’ he explained.

Duane has subsequently denied ever having a real relationship with Moon.