That is a good description of exactly how I was taught to castrate boar pigs. The only thing I would add is that it was very important to have the patients' mama corralled really well--the only times I was ever really scared of our hogs was a couple of times when brood sows thought I was the cause of their pigs squealing in pain. I discovered that I could clear a 4 foot board fence, no problem at all!
We cut bull calves for a while, but then got a special pliers that could put a heavy rubber band around their scrotums. Doing it that way seemed much easier on the bull calves and also it was usually much easier for us to do. I even castrated a couple of little bulls standing up and working alone. The only trick was you had to make sure you got both testicles, or there would be a problem later that could only be corrected with a knife. I still have that pliers somewhere.
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