i was watching TV and i saw these people hog hunting so i started to watch it. I saw that they were using dogs which i have seen hog hunting with dogs where the dog locates the hog then the hunter shoots it but this show was different. when the hogs cornered the hog the so called "hunter" would grab the hog by the back legs and wrestle it down and cut it. Idk where they cut it i tried to look at the neck but i didn't see any blood so i only assume they must cut the artery that runs in the leg. When she cut the hog the thing just started to scream. If any of you have wrestle farm pigs that's how it sounded. Just watching this made my stomach turn and gave me a sick feeling. I know i would never try that type of hunting but i just want to see how many people support it and who doesn't.
I'm not into hog hunting, but from what I have watched, i've never heard of or seen what your explaining.
I didn't know they did such a thing either but i saw it on tv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DVdXP-C28Q this is a video of kinda what they did but they didn't wrestle the hog
Tred Barta did something like that a few years back on his show. Not for me, but if its legal, I'm for it.
I guess the deal is not to try and define various legal methods of killing critters under one criteria. When I hunt deer here in IL, it's primarily on public land... where I'm trying to get a deer within my 25 yard range. No bait, no minerals, no food plots. So, when I see a guy in a video taken out West shoot a mule deer at 400 yards... it hardly seems like hunting to me. Same thing for a guy who shoots a deer over a bait pile. Heck, even private land seems a bit like 'cheating' to me. So, anyhow... I believe most folks describe what you saw as 'hog catching' not hog hunting. If you don't want to do it, that's fine. I'm not sure it really matters to the hog whether it was shot or stabbed. (they stab them in the heart by the way) I've shot hogs using bay dogs. On fenced property no less. I refer to it as inter-active grocery shopping, it's not really 'hunting' to me. It's the hardest you'll ever work for a piece of pork. It's also a load of fun... for me, but not everyone.
The "sport" of hunting has grown to the point that people forget why people hunted in the first place. At some point, using dogs to locate hogs was probably the most efficient way for them to hunt. Now people still hunt this way out of tradition. I don't see anything wrong with that. I believe the vast majority of hunters don't want to see animals suffer. The hog in the video died pretty dang quick. Much faster than if it was gut shot with an arrow. Just sayin... This isn't Disney. Animals die when we hunt. At least we hope they do.
I think it's great. I have always called that hog hunting. I have seen that kind all my life. Infact, i've seen a video where a kid stabs the hog where an artery is. Just another way to kill them in my eyes.
If it's an effective way to kill the hogs then I suppose I'm alright with it. I have no idea how big of a nuisance hogs are down south being as I'm from Illinois, but I know they're a huge problem and multiply quickly. Sometimes you have to do whatever is necessary to kill as many as possibly if they're ruining your land.
I've done it multiple times and have friends who have hog dogs. It's a lot of fun to me. Why did it give you a sick feeling? Do you get a sick feeling when you run an arrow through a deer? Don't knock something until you try it. Christine is right, you stab them behind the sholder, just like where you'd shoot them.
I don't think anyone would disagree that it is tough watching an animal in pain but hunting isn't pain free. I would call this hunting more than someone shooting the hog from 200 yards with a rifle. At least this way the hog has a small chance to draw a little blood too.
Not a big fan of holding a squealing animal down and stabbing it and also not a big fan of putting my dogs or anyone dogs in danger but i mean i just wanted to see what people said anyone can do what floats their boat but that just sinks mine have no interest in trying it
Not trying to condemn anyone's beliefs, but you asked for opinions and I'll give mine. I'm firmly against anything like this being called "hunting." I think it goes against every aspect of what I consider to be the "art" of fair-chase hunting, which is outsmarting your quarry one-on-one in nature... studying your prey, listening to the elements, playing the wind, and frequently going home empty handed but never disappointed. That's the reason I'm a bowhunter and not a rifle hunter. That's the reason I'm personally against running deer with dogs. That's the reason I'm personally against hunting bears over a bait pile. That's the reason that I personally refuse to hunt high-fence areas. I'm no animal rights activist. I hunt. I eat meat. I love pork. And I know exactly what happens in a slaughterhouse to put that pork on my table. I've even personally slaughtered many an animal in my grandparents' farmyard for food when I was growing up. And I think that in many ways it is probably a more humane way to kill an animal for food than a misplaced arrow would be. The death of the animal is quicker and easier with a well-placed slice to the throat any day. But, in my view, this is NOT hunting. It's killing for food. Exactly like in a slaughterhouse or on my grandparent's farm. The only difference is that it's dogs holding it down instead of a slaughterhouse gate or my grandpa's strong arms doing so when I was a kid. I don't disrespect anyone for doing it if it's legal in their state and they want to put food on the table. However, I do take offense to it being called "hunting."
And LongBeard... please don't let anyone make you feel badly or unmanly for feeling a twinge of sickness when you watched that video. It's tough to watch. And, in my book, it shows that you truly respect the animals that you are hunting. After 30 years of hunting, I still feel a twinge of sadness and remorse when I take an animal's life, and every time I let loose an arrow I say a little prayer to God that the animal doesn't suffer and that it's death is quick and as painless as possible. Death is never an easy thing to watch, nor should it be. There is an awesome article in this November's Outdoor Life magazine called "Last Rites" that I suggest you read (p. 25 in the Eastern edition). Respect for your quarry, and taking time to think about the dignity of its death is an age-old tradition.
