Taking big boars out alive?

[catchinpigs]

If we catch a boar we usually change him out unless we have to bring all hogs out. We always catch them alive though, never sell them either relocate to a different area, or eat'em.

[uglydog]

Once upon a time I consider it a challenge to myself, an Art if you want to call it that. Needed a few to train on, sell a few and so on, but to save one thats not all chewed up and have its ears torn off and hams ripped up, well it takes talented set of dogs to catch and tie consistantly wiothout having mangled hogs.

Alot of folks talk about NEEDING ROUGH dogs to stop hogs, well how you going to tie one thats not looking like hamburger with a rough set of dogs?
I undertand you arent going to catch every hog, but I aint trying to start an arguement either. If it was easy everybody would be doing it. That said I have not tied a live hog in a good while, mostly cause its alot easier not too, the art in it theses days I would rather get to a bay, hold back my catch dog and watch my dogs bay, take mental  notes, photos and see what my dogs are doing, set the catch dog up for a clean catch, if you got more than one hog bayed try and set up for multiple catches and take my time and learn something about my dogs.
If I get to the bay before all the wild indians get in a hurry and run in try to get it over with, well I am too out of wiond to worry about tieing one up its not a priority anymore.

[ARhogdogs]

The only time I will even attempt to take a hog out is in the winter time, Idc if it has 4 in teeth and 400 lbs (caught this past summer). I will barr them out but heat stress and all that will kill one quick and all you have is a skull with a whole lotta meat wasted. Now if I catch that barr in the summertime or something I wanna eat, its coming out alive and I will stick it and skin it  at my house. In the winter I will bring em out and sale em. Just what I do. Anyone been doing it long enough knows about blowflies and maggots in the warmer days, it's hard to keep em out of the superficial cuts a hog gets when caught.

[Wmwendler]

Boar ninja........Well I do know the reasons for sticking a hog after you catch it but was just making a point.  I've stuck my share when the dogs get unusual and catch and I don't have a tie rope because I wasn't planing on catching just shooting. I've ocasionally had the idea of getting a small dog like a JRT or smaller sized jag........ something that does'nt eat much.  Something that would catch and ofcourse then the curs would join in.  I'm like you I dont like wasting meat and If I could catch a few to bring out alive would bring my numbers up and have to clean less hogs.  My strategy would be walk up if its a toothy boar shoot it and if not catch it.

Walyon

[BigCutters4]

We usually kill all hogs that our dogs are on I find it makes a better dog jmo we went a year or to without killing hogs and you could see the diff in hunt in the dogs .The only reasons we remove a live hog is to turn loose somewhere else or put in the pen for pups

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[redneckrob]

I myself prefer catch and tie shooting or stickin is easy and helps pay for gas and such but to each his own.

[BarrNinja]

Boar ninja........Well I do know the reasons for sticking a hog after you catch it but was just making a point.  I've stuck my share when the dogs get unusual and catch and I don't have a tie rope because I wasn't planing on catching just shooting. I've ocasionally had the idea of getting a small dog like a JRT or smaller sized jag........ something that does'nt eat much.  Something that would catch and ofcourse then the curs would join in.  I'm like you I dont like wasting meat and If I could catch a few to bring out alive would bring my numbers up and have to clean less hogs.  My strategy would be walk up if its a toothy boar shoot it and if not catch it.

Walyon

I have to say, I am glad I have a place or two to go every now and then that will only allow me to shoot the hogs. I would probably never shoot them otherwise. I really enjoy slipping in on a hog bayed with one or two dogs and waiting for a clean shot. I like not having to worry about cut dogs so much and overheating catch dogs and such. The only pressure I ever feel on those hunts is spoiling meat or flys blowing but that's only if it gets hot. In the winter it's just gut and go.

[hillcountry]

I used to tye and pack out every thing there were sevarel ranches that would pay 2 to 4 hundred for good boars i was poor so we hunted every night. Now the hogs have over run the country and i charge the same ranches that wanted to stock hogs to remove the kinfolks of the ones i sold them.

[RyanTBH]

Once upon a time I consider it a challenge to myself, an Art if you want to call it that. Needed a few to train on, sell a few and so on, but to save one thats not all chewed up and have its ears torn off and hams ripped up, well it takes talented set of dogs to catch and tie consistantly wiothout having mangled hogs.

Alot of folks talk about NEEDING ROUGH dogs to stop hogs, well how you going to tie one thats not looking like hamburger with a rough set of dogs?
I undertand you arent going to catch every hog, but I aint trying to start an arguement either. If it was easy everybody would be doing it. That said I have not tied a live hog in a good while, mostly cause its alot easier not too, the art in it theses days I would rather get to a bay, hold back my catch dog and watch my dogs bay, take mental  notes, photos and see what my dogs are doing, set the catch dog up for a clean catch, if you got more than one hog bayed try and set up for multiple catches and take my time and learn something about my dogs.
If I get to the bay before all the wild indians get in a hurry and run in try to get it over with, well I am too out of wiond to worry about tieing one up its not a priority anymore.

You're right about not needing rough dogs all the time. I just like a dog that isn't scared to get down and dirty when he/she knows they can.  It all really depends on the moment, IMO. Sometimes tie and sometimes stick. I personally do not carry and gun in the woods anymore, and it will probably come to bite me in the butt one day... but for now, it feels pretty good to get on a big boar and kill it with just a knife, or tie it up and take it out.  maybe it's just me... but I sure am grateful that's still a freedom of ours. 

[cheapsidepigsticker]

hey shinerslayer, you have a name and # for this buyer??

[Miller Lite]

90% of the time we just barr them an cut them loose unless they kill dogs or tear them up bad then we just stick em but we dont tie the boars ... rarely take out sows so they can keep breeding on our leases  but we kill all barrs an make sausage

[dan]

On management land I never kill hogs. If I am hunting for a farm or timber company I take hogs home if the land owner will let me ( or doesn't see).  I live across the river from a management area and try to keep it well stocked.

[waylon-N.E. OK]

I've only caught one big boar, I keep'em alive and haul him to different locations around this area and take different pics at different times with different dogs that way it looks like I catch only monster hogs all the time and people around here think I'm a real go getter of a hunter 

Really, we only hauled out what was easy to get back to the truck and then we tried selling them, when we found no buyers up here we recycled them 

[cpasket]

We take all hogs out alive and  take to sell. If they have some color on them we will kick em back loose at a different place and get some more color in the heard

[bob]

in most cases we kill everything we get , thats why the land owners let us hunt , to get rid of the hogs  , if I run out Ill do something else for awhile

[Black Hog 69]

Everything alive,

[Lance]

IF THEY'VE GOT SOME SIZE THEN WE BRING EM OUT ALIVE. A 250LB. AND UP WILL BRING 50-60 CENTS A POUND. A 200- 250 LB. WILL BRING 40-50 CENTS. IF THEY HAVE COLOR AND GOOD CUTTERS THEY WILL BRING MORE.  WE CUT AND TURN LOOSE SMALL BOARS.

[hillbilly]

sell em

[Matt D]

Mark them and let them go! I realize not everyone is lucky enough and have places they can do this but it's what I prefer. There is nothing like barring a rank boar hog and turning him loose pissed off!  It's almost my favorite part of the hunt. It's also nice to catch these hogs again and see how they have grown or changed. I honestly hate killing any hog but we hunt a few places that want EVERYTHING killed sometimes we get permission to take them with us.

[M Bennet]

catch and ty to sale