Catch & Release: Pros and Cons

we catch and release alot of hogs we catch and have to kill some hogs because the land owners want them dead its about 50/50 for the places we hunt, i use to hate killing hogs for no reason to me its not much sport in walking up and sticking one with a knife its way more fun to put the hand cuffs on a 300lb boar and even more of a challenge getting them back off and letting him go. i like to run hogs with dogs and every hog i kill is one less hog that i will get to run, i dont barr alot of hogs in the summer usually only in february and dont catch a whole lot of barrs usually about 1 or 2 a year but when i do its usually a stud and thats what i like to catch. we have turned backl loose several dog killers and i know most people would have killed them but if every hog you got on was a 50lb shoat it wouldnt be much fun then. so i guess the pros of turnign them back loose is especially a barr is when you catch them later in life their usually something to take a picture with and they will eat better than a boar, the cons is your dog might get cut or killed but thats just a con of owning a hog dog. just because you catch a sow thats about to have pigs doesnt mean you have to kill her let her go 9 out of 10 times shes goign to leave the area and two more years you will still have some hogs to run and wont have to sell out because its no hogs on the land you hunt. my motto is " catch and tie not stick and die"