Yeah, well... I know why the handler kicked the dog. It was attacking from the side the broadhead was sticking out on and he was trying to get the dog away from it without getting too close to the hog himself. Kicked dog is better than dead dog or a humongous vet bill. That's a major drawback to using dogs on a bowhunt for hogs. If you don't get a clean pass through that gives the hog another weapon. Hounds can get hurt just as bad by running into a broadhead as they can by the hog's tusks.

Besides, it's not like he was trying a 60-yard field goal with the dog, for cryin' out loud. He was just getting the dog's attention and making him move. Those boar hounds get pretty excited and obedience goes to pot in the heat of battle. But try to explain that to PETA, especially when a hunter's knee jerk reaction is that negative.[&o]