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It's a carbine in .223 .... why would you need an optic? Particularly one costing as much as the gun or more?
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I will put in my $0.02 here. Shooting hogs with an AR means changing targets very quickly, and that is done much easier with an optic as opposed to iron sights. The optic also makes the shots more accurate. I like using the higher end red-dots because I have not had good experience with the "cheaper" ones. Buy once, cry a little, then after you shoot it you will know that it was worth every penny.
That idea of changing targets is applicable to any type of hunting when you are shooting multiple targets, and especially to competition. You don't see many people shooting 3-Gun without an optic; and you never see an iron-sighted rifle in the hands of the high scorers (at least I never have, and many actually run two optics on the same gun).