tell your friend not to give up on pits. they're not all like that. i love pits myself, but when i come across one like you described, he's a dead s.o.b. dogs like him are the ones that give the breed a bad rap.
I don't quite understand this...the breed was selected for well over 100 years to do just that...what about that gives the breed a bad rap?
Also...dog aggression in no way shape or form correlates to human aggression.
Now can those dogs make woods dogs...for the most part, no. But, it doesn't mean that the dogs aren't stable and require being pts.
Most true APBTs that make woods dogs are at best considered "cold" historically speaking. Cold = never turned on regarding dog aggression.