Great Hog vital pic.

[PondPopper]

[PondPopper]

Disclaimer:
if it is a old pic or was taken at a state park,I DO NOT CARE...

[Keith Donohue]

I wish it were that easy!! My problem isn't killing them, it's not seeing them when I actually get to go hunt piggys.

[Quackedup]

I have seen this pic before. I have to get me one of those X-ray Cameras. HAHA

I use this pic a lot to show new pig hunters about where to shoot. Most of them don't realize the upper leg/shoulder angles forward at the elbow. They want to shoot above and behind the elbow which, IMO, is why some many pigs aren't recovered. They get a little far back, and end up in the guts.

[PondPopper]

I have seen this pic before. I have to get me one of those X-ray Cameras. HAHA

I use this pic a lot to show new pig hunters about where to shoot. Most of them don't realize the upper leg/shoulder angles forward at the elbow. They want to shoot above and behind the elbow which, IMO, is why some many pigs aren't recovered. They get a little far back, and end up in the guts.

Guts are easy to do on pigs if you are unfamiliar with the anatomy. I wish I had seen this before my first 3 or 4 shot opportunities years ago. I thought they were perfect shots but they were low and a little back. I was trying to shoot them where I shoot deer but the outcome was much different.

[ryanwood08]

Nice. I didn't know it was that far forward either

[Bazo]

I have seen this pic before. I have to get me one of those X-ray Cameras. HAHA

I use this pic a lot to show new pig hunters about where to shoot. Most of them don't realize the upper leg/shoulder angles forward at the elbow. They want to shoot above and behind the elbow which, IMO, is why some many pigs aren't recovered. They get a little far back, and end up in the guts.

I'm guilty of that. That explains why I track until dark with no recovery.

This should put an end to that.

[Randy]

Ill kindly disagree with the sketch.. The heart lays right on the breastbone at the armpit.

[PondPopper]

Ill kindly disagree with the sketch.. The heart lays right on the breastbone at the armpit.

I was thinking this also. The broadside lung shot was the one that used to get me. Now I just angle it in behind the shoulder and out of the base of the neck on the off side. Its a bloody mess and they dont travel far.

[Playa]

Ill kindly disagree with the sketch.. The heart lays right on the breastbone at the armpit.

I agree. The heart would be right about where the "elbow" joint is. WIth a rifle aim for elbow, with a bow, wait for forward step.

And if you are using tannerite, aim for the tannerite container!

[AntlerCollector]

Old pic
Looks like around 2009

They have evolved since then!

[Graysonhogs]

On www.texasboars.com there is a very good section on the anatomy of a wild hog. He used a real hog.

[SaltwaterSlick]

Yep, for a heart shot, you cannot shoot too low. If your arrow passes inside the cavity at the elbow, you'll get the heart. In this pic, there's way too much space between the bottom of the heart and the bottom of the chest/brisket. Unless it's a big ol' boar with a huge shield, the best shot on a pig is almost mid way up and right in the shoulder (center of the "deadly V"). I've shot hundreds of hogs with a bow and IF I can hit where I aim, they don't go 30 yards most times. I aim above and in front of that elbow joint. If you hit a hog "back a little" you better hope it is high as opposed to low... the lungs go pretty far back, but they are also pretty high in the cavity. A hog is probably the best animal to shoot a quartering to you shot on as well. Because the vitals are so far forward and low, it's a pretty high percentage shot to shoot between the shoulder and center body in front of the shoulder. When I take this shot, they usually don't make it out of the feeder circle. And it is also a very bloody mess too.

[PondPopper]

Yep, for a heart shot, you cannot shoot too low. If your arrow passes inside the cavity at the elbow, you'll get the heart. In this pic, there's way too much space between the bottom of the heart and the bottom of the chest/brisket. Unless it's a big ol' boar with a huge shield, the best shot on a pig is almost mid way up and right in the shoulder (center of the "deadly V"). I've shot hundreds of hogs with a bow and IF I can hit where I aim, they don't go 30 yards most times. I aim above and in front of that elbow joint. If you hit a hog "back a little" you better hope it is high as opposed to low... the lungs go pretty far back, but they are also pretty high in the cavity. A hog is probably the best animal to shoot a quartering to you shot on as well. Because the vitals are so far forward and low, it's a pretty high percentage shot to shoot between the shoulder and center body in front of the shoulder. When I take this shot, they usually don't make it out of the feeder circle. And it is also a very bloody mess too.

I totally agree with the "quartering to you" shot angle on a pig. ONLY a pig. It is lethal.