I know, I’m on and on about MyOutdoorTV, so don’t get me wrong… I’m not a shill for the website or company, but I really do like what they’re offering.  Besides, I don’t have cable, and wouldn’t pay for it anyway, so the programming on MyOutdoorTV.com is where I get my fix of hunting shows. 

Anyway, I’m always browsing for shows featuring hog hunting, and every time I drop in I find more and more of them.  Most of them follow the same old, same old, but I stumbled over this program from Steve Huber’s OutdoorFrontiersTV, and it rang a bell.  The episode opens with Huber, family, and friends on the blood trail of a feral hog in, of all places, Wisconsin!  “There are no feral hogs in Oneida County,” says Huber, dubiously… although, of course, there obviously is.  This opening episode is the best part of the show, in my opinion. 

I like what he has to say about finding the pig in that part of the country, and his perspective on hunting them when and where you can.  The only thing I can add is, if you’re in a place where hogs are just becoming a problem, get out and get hunting permission now.  As soon as landowners find out there’s money to be made off of tresspass fees or guided hunts, the days of just asking and receiving permission will be over. 

He heads down next to Georgia for some hunting over dogs.    He’s skeptical, at first, about the sporting aspect of hunting with the dogs, but he soon changes his tune as they head out on a couple of high-octane chases through the Georgia bottoms.  The only problem I had with this episode was the choice to use a bow with the dogs.  Maybe this isn’t that controversial to some folks, but to me it just looks like a really bad idea.  Just how bad an idea it is is illustrated after he takes his first shot, and suddenly the boar is armed with a razor-sharp broadhead jutting out of his side.  Now not only can his tusks rip the dogs to bits, that broadhead is a major risk as well.  Seems to me if you’re gonna hunt with dogs, a knife (where legal) or a firearm are much better choices of weaponry.

All that said, I still really enjoyed the show, along with several others over the course of the morning.  None of these hunting shows is quite perfect, but then, I’ve never been on a perfect hunt either. 

 

 

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