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Originally Posted by 3rd_gear_Ted
Guns have been around a while, but purpose bred dogs have been doing the job a lot longer and way better.
I'll take my 90 lb Boxer, (whom were bred for close quarter combat with Boars) over a side arm any day.
Being on your own in their environment with one of them critters is a huge risk.
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Have you actually done this?
I have never hunted boars with dogs, but I've sure chased my share of black bear with them. The operative word here is
dogs - plural. At least four or five. The only way dogs survive close encounters with black bears, when they bring them to bay or tree them, is by working as a team and constantly having a different dog jumping in while the bear is focused on killing the one in front of him. Even then, I have seen dogs severely injured by black bears. I've never seen one bad enough to have to put it down, but the houndsmen I hunted with assured me that happened more than they liked.
If you have a pack of 90 pound Boxers at your disposal, by all means, yes, they would present some formidable opposition to a wild boar. Your lone dog, by himself, would be killed in short order by any sizable boar. The notion that having him with you in wild boar country affords you better protection than having a sidearm is simply foolish, and would cost him his life. He may engage the boar long enough for you to make your escape, but he will pay for that with his life.