I gotcha Judge, I guess I'm just trying to get at the fact that it doesn't matter how you do it, a dead pig is the only kind of good pig there is. Slim, kill him any way you see fit cause in the end if you're happy with the kill that's all that matters.
I have a ton of respect for my quarry.I kill hogs if I have to per landowners request but if I'm hunting my places in the woods I cut and release I'd rather manage then exterminate. If you're a real hog hunter and dog man why would you shoot a hog especially a big old bad boar.If you can't whip him with dog's then let someone else who can dog him for you.If a dead pigs the only good pig there is then you're the enemy to the great sport of hog dogging.When all the hogs are gone what are we going to do?