The short answer to this is that yes, swords were used in hunting. I haven't found explicit reference to a matador style of hunting, where the hunter would deliver multiple smaller wounds as he danced repeatedly out of the way. The preferred strategy was to kill the animal all at once, if possible.

What I have found is that swords used in hunting can be divided into tow general categories: Boar Swords and "Hunting Swords," which served very different purposes.

Boar swords functioned similarly to boar spears. Basically, the idea was that you stand more or less still, let the boar charge you, and it impales itself.

The "hunting swords" were carried by hunters primarily as a means of finishing off animals that had been wounded, especially after the introduction of guns into hunting, as a means of conserving shot when possible. These shorter swords were also used to cut and hack through undergrowth as necessary.

Source: Blackmore, Howard L, Hunting Weapons from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, (New York: Dover Press, 2000).

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