To shoot or to catch, that is the question

Years ago and I am talking 30-40 years, I used to really get pissed off if anybody killed a hog and that was always with a knife. We never permitted anybody to shoot over our dogs and like said above, we got to hunt a lot of places because we did not carry guns. seems like the last 15 years or so, the only way we get t hunt certain areas is if we kill them so I had to change my attitude. lol Like Goose said, some of our cutovers are so thick, you just are not going to get a clear shot unless you are 5' or closer to the hog and then you will probably make him break.Since we have been hunting Management areas, we have to kill them there also but we use a knife after the bulldog has caught the hog.
That being said I see certain advantages to shooting over bayed hogs. I have lost 3 good dogs over the years to hogs that when we sent the bulldog in, they caught also and got cut down and died. I have had a lot cut up at that point also. If you shoot the boar, thats it, he is dead and no dogs hurt.