Where to stick a hog?

[JackFlash]

I have lost several nice hogs and have take several nice ones. The blood trails are always faint unless I hit the heart which is only accessible in a quartering away shot. My question is this: Where is everyone sticking their pigs for the most success at recovery? I lost a very nice 300lb plus hog this weekend on what appeared to me to be a high lung hit. I had 10" of arrow in him, found my blood soaked arrow and no discernible blood trail. Looked for 4 hours. suggestions?

[AntlerCollector]

I like to stick them in the smokehouse for 10 hours

[JackFlash]

I like to stick them in the smokehouse for 10 hours

yes, this is the goal.

[AntlerCollector]

Boar or sow? That's a big one. I would only try a quartering away shot on one that size. A boar has a near bullet proof shield when they are that big.

[billfromtx]

Right behind the head in the neck! Ive been shooting my hogs there and the last 7 or 8 have been pole axed. No blood trail required

[Csmith52779]

Low and tight. You have to have a super sharp BH too, IMO you cant throw junk at them and expect to kill the big ones! Big hogs you need a quartering away shot if you can get it. Hogs vitals are forward and lower than a whitetail. So if you hit high you probably didn't get vitals. If you do pop the air bags on an animal they cant run far I don't care how tough they are!

[Buff]

Right above the elbow, straight up the leg.

[AntlerCollector]

Also I don't trust expandable on big boys like that. You want a complete pass through. The fat on a big pig can plug a bleeding hole and its hard to recover the kill

[Bayouboy]

Low and right behind the front leg joint.

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[JackFlash]

I was using a Griz-trick. he broke off 10" of arrow. I saw pig man make this shot and recover it saying it was a high lung shot also. I think you are right. I shoulda aimed low just behind leg. I was gonna mount that thing he was on my game cams for a solid year and very smart. I had an 18 yard "gimme" shot. I'm so disgusted.

[Speedy]

Slick Trick right in the shoulder crease while quartering away.

[JackFlash]

Boar or sow? That's a big one. I would only try a quartering away shot on one that size. A boar has a near bullet proof shield when they are that big.

it was a huge boar.

[N.DaWoods]

Big ones quartering away, med ones low and tight, little ones in the head or through shoulders. Depends on the size. They are tough critters, but as mentioned above, take out their lungs they cant get too far. Bummer on not recovering the big one, lucky for you there are 3.5 million other ones out there if you hunt in Texas. Hope you find another trophy real soon.

[CastAndBlast]

I will rarely take anything but a quartering away shot. I am on #21 so far this year with 1 loss. I aim for back of the opposite front leg. One thing that I recommend is that when you draw your bow, drop your sight pin into the dirt below the animal. Then slowly bring it up the back of the opposite side leg. As soon as you get a 1/4 of the way up, trip the trigger. This is one way to avoid a high shot. Most people, when they draw, will go above the animal while setting their anchor point. Then when the begin to drop into the kill zone, excitement takes over and the trigger is tripped too soon. If you get in the habit of pulling your sight pin up instead of down, it will help keep your shots in the lower half of their body. I hope this helps!

[DTala]

"high lung" tells me you are shooting em way too high. Low and thru the shoulder or as tight to leg as you can get.