Where to stick a hog?

[jse0607]

Very good thread lots of good information

[Txjourneyman]

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[Horitexan]

Everybody loves those quartering away shots and they are good, if you go LOW. But the shot I like best, and have the highest recovery rate (for me), is a frontal shot - sliding the arrow between the neck and shoulder so it exits behind the opposite side rib cage. I only hunt hogs on the ground and I rarely shoot them over 25yds. Past that, I probably wouldn't take that particular shot unless it's the only one available. They can't take it, when you do it right. I've never had one of them go more than 30yds on that shot. On broadside shots I've had them go 20yds and I've had them go 400yds, even on shots that 'looked perfect.'

My opinion, people should experiment more with frontal shots and hogs are a great way to do it.

[Bowhunter1994]

some have a thicker shield than others but i think all males have "some" shield. I have seen some big ones with a thick OR thin shield. It all depends on how many male hogs are in the area and how much they are fighting...
However i have shot a big hog with a thick shield and I was able to make an exit wound with about 4'' sticking out. I am shooting 68# with a 450 grain arrow and a qad exodus.

I would STAY AWAY from expendables on big hogs (175+) and stick with fixed blades..

[Bowhunter1994]

[JW]

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Hate to tell ya but the lungs and heart are lower. Look at Texasboars.com. They dissected one.

[Csmith52779]

Bowhunter1994 that's a carburetor shot right there.

[super_dave]

The problem with hitting high, is typically hogs are covered in mud/dirt and any blood that comes out of a wound is soaked up before it hits the ground.

This is why it's very important to make different shots from different stands or elevations. When hunting from a ground blind, Buff's answer is spot on. When hunting from a tree stand, I like to make the arrow exit at the opposite front knee, that way blood WILL hit the ground and recovery chances go way up.

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I have seen this pic before, but I find it hard to believe that the lungs go that high.

[BOHICA]

take out the lungs, they don't go far, I do the same with deer, take out the lungs and they don't travel, to many people to to make the perfect heart shot and end up missing low, I guess the key is to know where the vitals are on the animals your hunting and practice, practice practice

[Jmh05]

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By your response it sounds like you don't think boars have a shield. If this is your thinking then your dead wrong. The shield has nothing to do with their hide or a meaty shoulder. The more a boar hog fights the thicker the shield will get as the shield is basically made of scare tissue. I have seen 200+ boar hogs with very thin shields and I've seen them with shields about 1.5 inches thick. I've heard stories of the shields getting over 3 inches thick but I have a hard time believing it since I've never seen one over about 1.5 inches and I've seen 100's of them.

In my experience killing and cleaning several dozen...maybe close to 75 pigs. Ive yet to see this shield. I've never skinned out a shoulder that was so deformed with scar tissue that it was any different than any hog I have cleaned.

Doesn't mean it may not exist, just relaying my experience.

[Bowhunter1994]

Bowhunter1994 that's a carburetor shot right there.

That shot was dead center of the heart, rage 2 blade tore him up. He only went about 30 yds.

[Bowhunter1994]

In my expierence the small hogs (under 50 pounds) have their vitals like a whitetail...
Notice I said small ones!!!

[Buff]

I like them like this
Video ........................... http://www.buffsblackwidow.com/oldvideos/welcomehog.wmv