How to introduce someone to Boar/Pig hunting...

[gwhunter69]

Well, I guess crawling through the brush with a knife in your teeth like Rambo is out here in California.  Frankly, I prefer not to corner a 250 lbs tusker with only a knife...if you have ever skinned one then you would agree.  LOL! :wink-yellow:

 

[Rancho Loco]

(Edited by Rancho Loco at 8:17 pm on June 19, 2002)

 

[gwhunter69]

Rancho Loco: Tried that...it does not work too well...LOL! jk

 

[Kevin A]

 Well, here in TEXAS hogs are such a problem that you can take them any way you like.  You can bait them, trap them, shoot them, stab them, tie them, even spotlighting.  Also its not real hard to find places to hunt them for free, I dont know what Id do if I had to pay $300 or $400 each time.  

 As far as a perfect bay, I know here we get on hogs sometimes that not many strictly bay dog could shut down, because theyve had dogs on them before.  That is when the dogs that catch come in handy.  But, as far as my ideal hunt, I love the sight and sound of a good solid bay.  Just my $.02

 

[RIFLEMAN]

Guys, guys, guys!

    You are not giving it a chance...talk about a rush of adrenaline.  Like I always say, "You never feel more alive than when you are closer to death."  Going up against a hog with a knife is exhilerating to say the least.  Of course when their tusks are longer than your blade, it is time to unholster the pistol!

    Like I said before, sticking hogs and catching hogs alive are both very popular methods of hoghunting in Texas and the South.  DFG doesn't recognize it because it is not entrenched within our state's culture.  I don't think they used any logical reasoning or research to back up their decision-making at all.  Rather than a hunter having to try to justify why it should be an allowable method of take, DFG should justify why it shouldn't.  How is it unsporting, non-discriminatory (in case animal gender was the issue) or wasteful?

Kevin A,
    I'm in agreement with you.  I've had a catch dog or two (their job is to grab the ear for those who aren't familiar with the term) and they come in handy when trying to catch and release or anchor a rough boar that refuses to stop.  But I like to release them only when close to the bay.  I don't feel comfortable with the bay dogs mugging the hog.  It just doesn't sit well with me.