At 6 months of age, in my opinion he's too young to go on an actual hunt.....he's not mature enough physically to be on a hog in the woods. Doing a mock hunt wuth a pig would be great I say.....he doesn't need to encounter a hog that will hurt him at this age. It's real easy to ruin a real promising young dog by getting ahead of yourself with him. Better too slow than too fast. Good luck with him, sounds like he has the stuff.
i agree