To shoot or to catch, that is the question

I agree with everything you mentioned.Down here in the marshes and palmettos it would be damn near impossible to shoot at a bay most of the time we have to get within 2ft to even see the hog and alot of times bust through the bush only to find out your at the wrong end if I didn't have dogs I trust with my life on the head it could get ugly real fast.My other reason is it just seems like a pussycat way to go about it there's something primal about getting in there with your dogs and going toe to toe with the beast hell I feel like stabbing them is cheating when I have to do it but some have to be killed we as hunters don't always have the option to cut and release.To each their own but I'd never let someone shoot over my dogs like you said to many variables.Not knocking anyone that does just how I choose to do things.