Starting a young dog

Thanks guys! The dog is a big tall lanky bird/AB mix that my dad has as a yard dog. He wanted me to take him out with us Saturday with some older dogs. The pup has never seen a hog but will get out and hunt with our JRT in the woods. He winds stuff and will take off on a track. He's good about coming when called and checking back pretty often. I didn't know if I should show him a pig in a controlled environment before I put him in the woods. I'm pretty new to hog doggin' and I know hog hunting is completely different than rabbit hunting but I know when we'd train rabbit dogs we'd put a young dog out and let him follow the older dogs. One day it would just click.