I dont mind catching hogs with dogs have done it many times it gets boring to me.
I feel sorry for you. I have never in my life heard anyone say catching hogs with dogs has become boring for them. I don't care how many times I've been hunting or how many hogs we catch, the adrenaline rush is no different. To this day, the split second the CD's show up and the bay goes from pretty music to brutal ass gang warfare the hair on my neck stands on end. If I ever lose that feeling I'm walking away from the sport.
As to the original topic, I don't carry a gun much anymore for two reason. 1. Most of the properties I hunt have a no gun policy. 2. We roll with 2+ CD's on every hunt. If a hog is man enough to whoop 2 CD's then we have 1 or 2 more to feed him. And my lazy answer is.....it just don't like having the added weight strapped to me.