Land owners usually make that choice for us. But they never say release it some where else lol. Small boars we try to release but not if it chewed up bad. But if a hog cuts one of our dogs bad to where the dog can't hunt for a few weeks, his a$$ is grass. We will pen him and train dogs with him and if he lives thru that I will cut em and let em go behind my house. Had one caught and was tying it up one time and my cup was jus walking by and the hog latched on to her leg. I wasn't thinking and slapped its head to get him off and it got ahold of two of my fingers. Needless to say when I got my fingers out he jus bought a free ticket to heaven with my 14" homemade sticker! Eye for an eye!!