Feral hogs are a nuisance. Fortunately the feral hogs in my neck of the woods aren't descedent from European wild hogs which are bird dog killers and more aggressive than we have around here. Despite that, I had an unpleasant encounter woodcocking last winter when a sow bluff charged my dog and me.
I had put my gun down to leash my Britt and get the heck out of dodge. Abby had bayed the hog in a dense cane brake and for once, she came when I whistled. The sow was probably with piglets. I was on one knee leashing her when the hog charged and I got up and ran, hollering, towards the hog reflexively. The hog spun on her heels at 5 yards and skedaddled. I called it a day after that. When we hunt certain areas, she now wears a kevlar cut vest designed for baying hog dogs
We shared a lease on ricefields with a hog outfitter. We hunted ducks and he brought sports in to hunt "wild" hogs. I recall one hunt when we came out of the fields and spoke with his assistant who had his truck backed up to the dike with a large "kennel" crate in the back of the truck. He had just released a hog into the marsh ahead of the "sports" and the dogs. "Put and take" pork.
