HELP!!!Shot a Large Boar Hog.....But

[Archer23]

I was hunting for hogs last nite and stalked within sixty yards of a group of about 50 hogs. It was about 5:15 and I heard them moving in a thicket I have seen them in for the last week. As I was moving closer to the thicket I heard one stand up close to me. It stood up, looked around then laid back down. I waited for a few minutes a creeped closer. I got to within shooting range, forty yards or so and all of a sudden this HUGE Boar stands up and starts to move towards sevaral others laying flat on the ground. He nuges all of them up. I ready myself for a shot, knowing that at leat one would move into a clearing for a shot. The big boar did and I shot. I shot with my forty yard pin and the shot looked to be low but I couldnt tell for sure because of the grass. He ran off along with the rest of them. I waited five minutes or so and looked for my arrow. I finally found it thirty minutes later about thirty yards in this thicket. i looked at it and their was bllod on it but not much, just smear marks on the fletching and samll amounts of blood on the arrow. Not much at all. I moved in after thirty minutes to look for blood and thought I heeard something spook up and walk away from me in the thicket. Thinking it may be him I moved out to a logging road near the thicket and decided to wait and listen. About ten minutes later I hear what sounds like a hog moving thru the thicket. Ten minutes go by of hearing it then all of a sudden the noise of it moving just stops.

Now my questions are. Do you guys think it was a good shot with hat I descriped on the arrow? Can the arrow pull thru the animal and clean almost all the blood off and smear it on the arrow? Do you think that was him in the thicket?

Thanks for all your inout!

[Matthew]

I've shot pigs and have little to no blood on the arrow. I guess it just depends on where you hit them?? Did you find blood on the ground?

[TimHicks]

Its good if you hit him low and right behind the shoulder. It may have been him doing the death kick. Good luck and i hope you find him

[2050z]

Good luck and take your time tracking.

[Archer23]

I didn't find any blood. I moved thru the thicket the best I could looking for a few minutes after I found the arrow but then I thought I kicked him up so I moved out of the area.

[Buff]

I have killed several that didn't leave hardly any blood on the arrow. I figured the fat wiped the arrow clean on the way out. Good luck finding him

[glen]

By your post I assume you are in East Tx. If you were in the Central Texas area I'd be happy to come put my little pup on it for you. Good luck finding him

[bearslayer]

Good Luck! I want to see some pics of him

[Fowlhooked]

I'm with Buff. I have seen pigs shot in a good spot have very little blood on the arrow b/c of the layers of fat. Was the arrow greasy feeling?

[D12]

He is laying dead or really ****** off!! Take back up if you go in the thick stuff after him!!

[q2xlman]

I've shot several pigs that didn't bleed very well but didn't make it 60 yds. I hope you find it.

[huntresss]

crod888- I hope I'm wrong, but more often than not, when one of our hunters hits a hog too low (in the brisket) we will find very little, to no blood trail and an arrow just barely streaked with blood. If you hit the lungs and have a low exit wound you should have a fairly substantial bloodtrail. Unless they've found a high protein food source, feral hogs have very little subcutaneous fat. They do however tend to clot faster than most animals, but if you hit him in the vitals at all you should still be able to find some blood very close to where you shot him. Also, unlike deer that will go lay down and die, hogs tend to keep moving if they're not mortally wounded. He's either laying there dead, or he's long gone., but given the scenario you described I suspect the latter. Good luck though and I hope you do get him.

-Cheryl Napper

[Archer23]

I'm with Buff. I have seen pigs shot in a good spot have very little blood on the arrow b/c of the layers of fat. Was the arrow greasy feeling?

Yes it had a greasy feel to it