Hog Hunting - Close Combat!

Hog hunting with dogs and a knife?

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The dogs do the work. Get some catahoulas to flush them and a kill dog (such as a pit bull) to strangle it.
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Curs can do a good job, but many don't have the smarts for it. (They get into to big a hurry and get got!) In my experience good plots or plot crosses work better as bay dogs (have had some real good plot/redbones before), and a good pack of them will catch all but the biggest hogs pretty well.
 
We didn't have any hogs where I lived when I was young and foolish enough to hunt one with a knife. I had to find other ways to get busted up.

But.... if we did have them I'm darned sure I'd have been first in line to do it. That has to be a real adrenalin rush! :D
 
My junior year of high school was in Manila, in 1949/1950. My mother had some friends who went on a hog hunt on Palawan Island. Thick jungle. Huge mahogany trees. All the Hollywood movie stuff.

The deal was that the hogs were wild boars with serious tusks. 300 to 400 pounds. They had tunnels through the underbrush; at most, waist high. The Intrepid Hunter had a spear. His backup had a Garand or a GI-type BAR.

The spear had a cross-piece to keep the boar from working forward down the shaft and doing Bad Things to the Intrepid Hunter. Apparently somebody had learned from experience.

The method was to squat walk along until you got into hog home. When a hog approached in his charge, plant the butt of the spear on the ground and hold with a foot, aiming the point at the hog. A good aim was essential, because a miss meant you had to rely on your backup buddy--and not get shot. Sure, you can hold the spear in your hands, but when you stab that hog, you're gonna take a backwards trip. You're not gonna stop 400 pounds of POed pork chops just really quickly...

They were successful, and it took a lot of bourbon for them to get through all the war stories...
 
I've never got a wild hog, much less one with a knife. However, I did grow up on a hog farm. I can tell you from personal experience that a hog is pretty much helpless if you hold their back legs off the ground. They have virtually no power in their front legs.

We had hogs in confinement that didn't want to go up a loading chute. While it's much easier if they decided to cooperate, the piggy wheelbarrow is a viable option. It does, however, get tiring rather quickly. The hog seems to see little humor in this activity. Fortunately at that time, I was bailing hay most every week and was in quite good condition.

I met a guy that had a game ranch in Florida. They would catch wild hogs, casterate them, and let them go so the meat would be better when they finally shot them. Holding the hind legs in the air was the answer.
 
Curs can do a good job, but many don't have the smarts for it. (They get into to big a hurry and get got!) In my experience good plots or plot crosses work better as bay dogs (have had some real good plot/redbones before), and a good pack of them will catch all but the biggest hogs pretty well.
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Interesting...a safer way to handle it is to setup a pen. Have the dogs pick a fight with the pig, run into the pen, and jump out when the hog goes in.
 
I'd try it if I had the chance, but I'd probably be more comfortable with a spear.

Hog hunting with shotgun+dogs, now, that's a good time!!!
 
Interesting...a safer way to handle it is to setup a pen. Have the dogs pick a fight with the pig, run into the pen, and jump out when the hog goes in.
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I guess that would work in some instances, but most of the hunting we did was out in the woods. A lot of work to carry a pen out into the boonies and try to lure the hogs in. A lot easier just letting the dogs bay and taking care of the hog where you find'em.

BTW redneck2, I was raised on a hog farm myself, and you are right you get the back end up you take their power. used that fact to our advantage when live catching some off a few big farms. Get a couple of guys on the backend and wheelbarrel it to where you can get a big 4 wheeler, jeep, or truck. We had a small trailer to pull behind the 4wheeler, or jeep, or loaded them in the back of the truck. Ended up having to carry a few out or real rough stuff. Parachute cord is your friend then.
 
I've hunted some big ones with a bow, in tight scrub oak and saw palmetto.

Older now, I realize that was too close with only one realistic shot. Now, though, I do prefer a .357 wheelgun for up close, or a .375 Win 94 for the longer shots.
 
Yes I've done it multiple times. There is nothing "macho" about it. I use dogs to track wounded hogs and when they catch one it is the safest way to dispatch a hog with the dogs lives in mind.
Occasionally they will catch a non wounded hog and I've dispatched those with either a spear or a knife if a clean shot isn't available, once again with the dogs safety in mind.

Like most dog hunting threads most do not have faintest little tiny clue as to what goes into hunting hogs or other mammals with dogs. Dog hunting is usually by far the most physically demanding form of hunting possible. People have preconceived notions of what it is to hunt with dogs and they are 99.9% wrong.

It is good to know however that the PETA PC message is starting to sink in with some of you hunters out there. It starts with the division and infighting of different forms of hunting and eventually it ends with us cutting our own throats.
 
I have a standing invitation to knife hunt hogs, and as soon as I can afford the plane ticket, I'm going to take him up on that offer. Nothing stupid about it. It's just another way of putting meat in the freezer.
 
I voted yes I have done it and yes I would do it again!

As has been said it is not that crazy or macho. I love watching the dogs work!!

Here is a picture of one of my "Ultimate Boar Knives" in pumpkin G-10

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Here is a shot of me and the last hog I killed.

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Tom
 
I'm currently in Texas for the holidays.
An extended family member on my wife's side invited me on to a dog & knife hog hunt just a couple days ago, so it looks like I'll eventually do this. He has a team of pits that are trained, so all I need is a good knife... any suggestions? When/if I get a pig, I'll post back to this thread (might mot be until summer).
 
TCB said:
I could not care any less about your opinion.
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Good, I could also care less about yours. Just isn't my cup of tea. It was part of the OP and the poll, so I reckon we are supposed to advise our stance.

So *** is the problem with me thinking it is stupid? I haven't joined PITA over it. I also don't dig bow hunting, so what?

You guys who like it, most likely you are doing it respectfully. Youtube is full of people doing it and 7 out of 10 of the video's have heavy metal playing and teens mobing a hog and jamming the camera in it's face as it bleeds out.

Just sickens me that people put video's up there that damage our cause... Doubt you guys are one of them, but there you go.
 
I'm currently in Texas for the holidays.
An extended family member on my wife's side invited me on to a dog & knife hog hunt just a couple days ago, so it looks like I'll eventually do this. He has a team of pits that are trained, so all I need is a good knife... any suggestions? When/if I get a pig, I'll post back to this thread (might mot be until summer).
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A good old K-bar from your military surplus is the cheapest way to go. Now I am not talking about one of the new short ones but the standard old USMC K-BAR with the long blade.
 
Youtube is full of people doing it and 7 out of 10 of the video's have heavy metal playing and teens mobing a hog and jamming the camera in it's face as it bleeds out.
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mbt,

Do you often formulate opinions based on Youtube videos? I try to actually have some first hand knowledge before I formulate an opinion about something much less do so before expressing that opinion on a public forum.
 
H&Hhunter said:
Do you often formulate opinions based on Youtube videos? I try to actually have some first hand knowledge before I formulate an opinion about something much less do so before expressing that opinion on a public forum.
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It would be impossible to formulate all your opinions on "first hand knowledge" further to that, it would be crazy to do so.

Regarding hog hunting with a knife, I haven't done it, don't want to. Do I dislike people who do, not necessarily, I can tell you that there is a whole RAMBO death culture behind spearing and knifing wild hogs.

I have a problem with that depiction of it.

and H&Hhunter, be careful in cultivating your "first hand knowledge" otherwise you might not be in a condition to post on a public forum. :p
 
Good, I could also care less about yours. Just isn't my cup of tea. It was part of the OP and the poll, so I reckon we are supposed to advise our stance.

So *** is the problem with me thinking it is stupid? I haven't joined PITA over it. I also don't dig bow hunting, so what?

You guys who like it, most likely you are doing it respectfully. Youtube is full of people doing it and 7 out of 10 of the video's have heavy metal playing and teens mobing a hog and jamming the camera in it's face as it bleeds out.

Just sickens me that people put video's up there that damage our cause... Doubt you guys are one of them, but there you go.
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Again there are plenty of ways to express your opinion w/o being offensive. Just because I don't like something doesn't make it stupid, or like "hunting porn". When I was growing up we learned to make home made bows and arrows, spears, as well as making more than a few crude steel knives, knapping some flint, and using bone to make spear, and arrow pointns. I grew up small game hunting with a bow, as well as a gun, and have taken a few squirrels and rabbits with a thrown spear, as well as a sling and stone. I loved reading about the native American hunts and did my best imitation of them in many cases. I do not consider taking a boar with a knife to be a macho thing. I do think it takes courage, but don't think any less of anyone who doesn't want to do so. Hunting boar with dogs, baying them, and killing them with any weapon is an exciting, and physically taxing endeavor, and it is certain not one that is for just everyone. My thing is that each of us should do as we see fit, and would hope that we could discuss it here on the HR in a polite way.
 
H&Hhunter, be careful in cultivating your "first hand knowledge" otherwise you might not be in a condition to post on a public forum.
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mbt,

Thanks, I'll try and be careful.:)
 
What do you need a knife for? A friend of mine that has hog hunted for many years, hunts them with dogs and handcuffs. They carry them out and put them in pens behind his house.

BTW I think they are borderline insane. They got a good case for it if ever prosecuted for any crime IMO. I voted No, and I don't care to. Them things got knives attached to their head, and know how to use 'em.

Wyman
 
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