To shoot or to catch, that is the question

My favorite cd is a little 40 pound gyp ton of heart but the one time I seen her getting it handed to her I went and got another one just for back up. What seemed like minutes was only like 4 seconds before my strike dog spun him and she grabbed an ear. I don’t think I could ever shoot over my dogs but my main ones are pretty lose. Just seems like guns bring another worry. But at the same time a comfort. There’s been quite a few people I won’t take hunting because they will not go without their ar15. And if they bring a pistol I tell them every dog has a high price tag on it so if number 2 hits the fan they better be a dead eye. All of the hogs I’ve killed has been with my kabar that I ended up dropping this weekend on the sand bar. But after the incident with my dogs floating down the river after a hog I definitely am sighting in my rifle this week. I live in Arkansas but hunt mostly in Texas whet it’s legal to transport them I believe and killing them on the spot is easier than dragging a live hog back to the truck. But whenever I get my tab trailer set up and my bike done I could see me bringing them in Alice