I arrowed a boar yesterday

[bugleboy]

I sat my feeder yesterday afternoon for a nice sized boar that was sporadically hitting the corn. Just before dark, he made his appearance and I took the first opportunity I had to put an arrow in him. He was quartering hard left. The arrow entered in the paunch area and stuck in the off side front leg. Check out the pics and tell us what you think happened with the trail. Good blood, or not? How far did he go? How long did it take him to die? FYI, First pic is actually upside down. Shows the arrow stuck in the front leg.

[Drycreek3189]

Well, that was unlucky…….for him.

[BTLowry]

Short trail and walking blood trail

Seems like every time i shot something and arrow angled like that it is devastating to the lungs/liver/circulatory system

[bugleboy]

Short trail and walking blood trail

Seems like every time i shot something and arrow angled like that it is devastating to the lungs/liver/circulatory system

I need to clarify. Let me say I edited the original post to say the arrow stuck in the offside front leg, basically in the arm pit, not in the shoulder.

[breadman]

thats a good one , would make a good looking euro

[Gerald G]

I’m thinking he went 150-200 yards with a fair blood trail.

[Paycheck]

I'm with Gerald. That open area in the armpit would keep the blood flowing I am thinking.

[Browning270]

So refreshing to get some hunting content on the board in the off season. I bet that armpit was bleeding good and you found him around 50-100yards.

[Bisch]

Congrats on that stink nasty!!!!!

I’m thinking he didn’t go far and the blood trail was probably pretty easy to follow. But……..I’ve killed lots of pigs with a bow and seen how they have an extra will to survive that a lot of other critters don’t possess, so he might what went farther than we could imagine he could!!!!

Bisch

[EliteDriver]

I'm gonna go the opposite...barely a blood trail cause all the goodies plugged the hole but only went 75 yards

[Mike Fangman]

I'm also goin with faint blood trail and down in under 50 yards.

[PYBUCK]

Since you show a tracking dog in 1 Pic, I saw some blood for 50 yards then nothing. Dog found him 300 yards from shot.

[bugleboy]

Since you show a tracking dog in 1 Pic, I saw some blood for 50 yards then nothing. Dog found him 300 yards from shot.

Full disclosure on the dogs. Got these two pups last year. Had them on 5 deer trails last season. This is the first trail they’ve seen since January. To get them some work in, it did not matter to me how far the pig got, they were going to get to trail it.

[bugleboy]

[QUOTE=Bisch;n27110140]Congrats on that stink nasty!!!!!

I’m thinking he didn’t go far and the blood trail was probably pretty easy to follow. But……..I’ve killed lots of pigs with a bow and seen how they have an extra will to survive that a lot of other critters don’t possess, so he might what went farther than we could imagine he could!!!!

Bisch

I’ve got to give the most accurate response to Bisch. As many as he’s posted up, I’m sure he’s seen it all!

Answer: Blood trail was pretty good. As stated by some, most likely because the Exodus broadhead cut a hole in the front armpit area. If it hadn’t, those guts would’ve clogged everything up. Somehow, maybe shot was a little too low, the arrow managed to travel almost the entire length of his body without hitting anything to cause a quick death. Good thing I waited until the next morning to trail him. That trail was right at 500 yards! He bedded twice, and really wallowed out the last one like he was there for quite a while. He made it to the nastiest, gnarliest briar patch on the creek bed and set up his last stand. I was glad he was dead when the dogs found him. Quite a testament to their stamina and will to live.

[dustoffer]

This is my fave--

Here's the blood trail-



Here's the entry "gut bubble" and the exit was under the right foreleg--went maybe 12-15 yds