Tank and Diva are 205 pounds of hog-catching muscle wrapped in Kevlar. Years ago, Brown switched from using pit bulls to American bulldogs because the latter are larger and can hold their own better ...

Dogs show off their wild-hog skills at bayings, also known as bay trials, which are held most weekends in rural towns across Texas. A wild hog is released in a large pen and one or two dogs attempt to ...

(The 2010 event was canceled because of disputes among the organizers.) But bayings continue to take place on a smaller scale elsewhere, as do bloodier hog-catch trials in which dogs attack penned-in ...