What is the better knife for hog hunting?

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edmundl

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Entrek 14" Ranger Bowie, 440 C 9" blade 1/4" thick. With the top of the blade sharpened. Or the 12 1/4" Blackjack Halo, D2 7 1/2" blade 1/4" thick. Non-sharpened clip point.
 
neither a .270 win or bigger, depending on where you are and the size of the hog.
 
edmundl said:
Entrek 14" Ranger Bowie, 440 C 9" blade 1/4" thick. With the top of the blade sharpened. Or the 12 1/4" Blackjack Halo, D2 7 1/2" blade 1/4" thick. Non-sharpened clip point.
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You don't need a thick knife, you aren't going to have to chop at it, you need a thin narrow knife with some reach to stick the hog in the heart. I've even seen someone cut a hog's throat with his SAK after the dogs had him.
 
Out here the boys hunt them from horseback with dogs, then "hog-tie" them with rope. Transport to the processor is all that's needed after that. No knife required, except maybe to cut the rope into the right length. See:
http://www.blackmouthcur.com/HA03.htm
 
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Kabar JAB Baconmaker-- that's what it's designed for. I have one, it's wicked as hell. I wish I had the money and the gonads to put it to its intended use. LOL.

Just about any of the larger knife designs from Kabar (yeah, I'm a fan).

I like the Entrek knives, but I think that I'd go with the Commando for a boar hunting knife. It's going to penetrate much easier, IMO.
 
From my experience with wild hogs, I'd say the perfect knife would be the one used to field dress it after you put a few bullets in it! You are one brave dude if you are killing them with only a knife! Are you using dogs to catch it first? That's the only way I've ever seen people kill them with knives.
 
One of the older makers here did a lot of hog hunting and had models specifically for that purpose. His recommendations were wider is better, length was secondary, and double edges was not 2, but 4 times better than single. Since you only have 1 knife mentioned that is double edged, I'd say that one. After seeing one go through a mail covered hog carcass, I'd say something like a Katar would be excellent. 10" long, 2.5"-3" wide blade, extremely powerful stabbing ability, no chance of hand slipping onto the blade, all sounds like an ideal combo to me.
 
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