Not taking anything away from the dogs mentioned above, but IMHO they don’t have ANYTHING on the boar-hunting dogs I hunted with about three weeks ago in S Georgia.
There are two types of such dogs, the “bay dogs” and the “catch dogs”. We let the bay dogs run until they smell and eventually corner the hog, then the “catch dogs” are let loose. In our case there was a bulldog and a pit bill for the catch dogs. Both dogs were amazingly calm until they were let loose to go grab the ears of the hog.
I have hunted a good bit, been around dogs my whole life, but have NEVER seen such ferocity in an animal. The pit bill went from a fairly serene female to a manic bundle of hell on four legs, making a beeline for a mad-as-hell hog 10 times its size, and clamped down like a vise on the left ear and part of the face of the hog. The bulldog then dutifully ran up and clamped on the other side of the hogs face/ear. You have never heard such a racket.
The dogs had protective gear on, which made them look sort of like little warriors.
I saw this four times in one day and even the last time I about crapped in my pants.
I would pay good money to see those two dogs go after some Ben Laden wannabe.
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I suspect that some of the pit bulls from this particular breeder would make short shrift of any boar.
Fantastic story, freedomlover!
Please TELL me you have pics you can post of that. Sounds like an amazing experience.