If you are killing the hogs it does not matter. Nosedogs ruin to many hogs by breaking the snout. I myself prefer a ear dog but if you have some earless hogs around, they could come in handy.lol
Cajun pretty much summed up how I feel about them. My bulldog has caught the last two hogs on the snout,
Or side of the snout more superficially. It hasn't hurt the hogs at all, but the first snout he breaks, I'll cull him plain and simple. I see no use in ruining future Barr hogs.
Same for me on both guys above. I did have one and you had to take the good with the bad. Didn't get cut up much, but broke a lot of snouts,
