Hog hunting NewZealand style

[ratherbefishin]

My frend in NZ sent me a hog hunting video-very diferent from the way we hunt.They hunt with dogs who corner a hog and then the handler has to get in behind the hog , grab his hind legs and attempt to flip him on his back where the next guy can stick him in the throat.The hogs have razor sharp tusks and although the dogs have wide heavy leather collars, the hog often gets a good lick in- and the hunters wear leather chaps as well for the same reason.Needle and thread for sewing up both hunter and dogs are part of the kit.
  It may sound sort of brutal, but it does even up the odds a bit , the hogs are pretty wild and vicious.A bit more interesting than sitting back and shooting an arrow at them

[shooter444002]

That is the same way we hunt, a lot of us dog hunters just use a knife if we kill them. A lot of times we catch and tie them and bring them home alive and feed out or sale to some of these high fence ranches. We have buyers that are always wanting hogs. But that isnt a new way of hunting to a lot of hog hunters I know, thats the way most hogs across the south are killed. We take way more than can be taken hunting over bait or with traps. We average over 100 hogs a year and are gonna be over 200 this year due to catching 80 in a 6 day period. It is a hell of a rush to put your hands on a live hog, and we dont use chaps. Thought he catch dogs have cut vests and collars.

[Wynn]

Yep; What shooter said! We do it that way in central Florida to. Carry a roll of duct tape and drag a big trailer to stuff em in. Don't use chaps but the dogs have cut collars and I carry a huge tackle box with plenty of sutures and anti-biotic syringes. I buy "cut and heal" antiseptic by the case.

[ratherbefishin]

They can sell the meat in markets down there too.I was surprised at that, because here any game meatcannot be sold- but there all their game[deer,goats and hogs] is considered feral and therefore  no seasons or bag limits

[shooter444002]

The good thing is hogs are not considered game animals in most states. You can sell them anyway you like, I also sale wild rabbits in the fall. Makes a little extra hunting money. We are also a walking vet supply!! You are gonna need it.

[ratherbefishin]

we had some european boar up in the frazer valley[british columbia] somebody released a few years back, probably to establish a population for recreational hunting.The fish and game dept published public notices to try and eradicate them because of potential crop damage , and they mus b thave been successful for nobody hears about them anymore.The cougars probably took care of them  too, as well as wolves- neither are considered endangered around here.I don't know of anywhere else in Canada we have wild or feral hogs, although they were quite commonly kept for fresh meat back in the logging camps years ago