I don't believe you son will need a license if he's 12. And "with dogs" does not mean you have to hunt with dogs. It just means that if you want to run deer with dogs, you can during that season. As far as hogs are concerned, there's no special license for that as far as I know. Where I hunt, in the Mississippi Delta near Greenwood, we shoot as manyhogs as we can. They're a nuisance.