You never want to hunt hogs with a single dog. Not unless you have no feelings for dogs because that will get your dog killed more than likely. I never hunt with less than 3 bayers and one catch dog. As far as equipment, I always kevlar vest my dogs. The vests aren't cheap but they aren't expensive in comparison to the cost of a good hound as well as the time to train one. The cutters on a big boar can and have killed many dogs. I also use GPS collars on my dogs. Well, "used", since I sold all mine. I just don't use dogs enough to justify the expense of upkeep of them as well as my rabbit hounds and my 2 guard dogs. 10 dogs is a hell of a feed and vet bill yearly I just had to sell my hog dogs. They weren't getting used enough and the poor things were getting restless all the time.

What state are you in Kai and I can probably direct you do a good breeder/trainer for a few good Cur dogs. You don't HAVE to have a catch dog as you can shoot a bayed hog fairly easily. I like to have a catcher to pin the hog down and make sure my other dogs don't get cut up. But you can get away without one.