Hogs are a formidable game with gun, bow, primitive firearm or hand gun. Feral hog hunting with dogs is a relatively new sport to many areas of Oklahoma and north Texas. But dogs have been used in pursuit of feral hogs for years in other parts of these states. Trained dogs have proven themselves to be efficient at catching feral hogs. Like trapping, hunting hogs with trained dogs has been a proven way to remove feral hogs from suburban areas, golf courses and other populated areas where discharging a firearm may be illegal.
Hunters using dogs generally ride horses or mules in order to keep up with the dogs.
Often catch dogs are led by the hunters until the other dogs bay the hog and are then released to go in and catch and hold the hog until the hunters arrive. Using trained dogs to hunt and catch feral hogs provides a unique sport as well as a means to help control problem feral hogs. Once caught, hunters can move in to dispatch of the hog or tie it up and remove it as well as any problems it may have caused. Randy Reed Feral hogs can be, and often are, successfully hunted with mules and dogs. Captured hogs can be sold for slaughter or butchered at home.