Dogs have always been a big part of hunting and they provide a great utility. They are often used in wild boar and hog hunting. If the hog is not able to be taken after the first shot with a bow, they dogs are often sent in to wear down and tire the animal, making it easer to take. Wild boards can be vicious when corner and the dogs work as a barrier between you and he wild animal.
In this video Southeast Adventures takes us on a wild hog hunt with dogs. Dogs are a popular tool used in hunting wild hogs. The dogs have the ability to lure the hogs into a position where it feels cornered. The dogs nip and wear away at the hog until it becomes to tired that it can not fight back.
There are very few hunters that are alllowed to hunt at night and you have to have the proper registration to do so. USAMUs MSGT Pinkston is so authorized to do so in Georgia with his thermal scope. Do not try this at home guys.
Bill from Wildworks shows off his bow hunting skills on some wild boar in this video from HuntingFootage.com. He manages to get off a clean shot right in the sweet spot behind the shoulder. Allowing the arrow to penetrate into the vital organs, which means the hog wont be able to run as far and will drop faster.
These bow hunters in Oklahoma are wanting to hunt some hogs and find a treasure in the process. They stumble across a large pile of hay and upon further investigation by walking into the pile they discover a massive wild boar that weights well over four hundred pounds.
Using dogs to hunt wild hogs has always been a popular method here in America. Using the dogs as a tool rather than a weapon, they cause the hogs to panic and eventually tire themselves to an exhausted state.
Three women from Cleveland Texas are helping control the local hog population. They call themselves ‘Hogs, Dogs, and Lace’, or The HDL Girls. They show off their hog hunting skills in this video. As you can see they use dogs to wear down the wild hogs until they can no longer flee. They then take the hog while still alive and hog tie it. It is a brave strategy.
This wildlife hunting tour in Okeechobee Florida has a group of hunters in seek of some wild hogs. One of the hunters manages to get off an amazing shot on a wild hog at over three hundred and fifty yards with his open sight Mosin Nagant. A very impressive feat for any marksmen. One shot kill from the back of a truck at over three hundred yards is something to write home about.
Wild hogs herds can grow to large sizes and due to their abilities to destroy land they are often seen as a pest. Many farmers put a bounty out on them because they tear into their fields and cause loss of crops.
There are some nice kill shots in this wild boar hunting video shot in Hungary. Using dogs to sweep the wild boars out of the woods and into the open, the boars charge out of the brush at full speed.