Question for Bisch and others shooting 50# trad bows

[jerp]

What is the biggest hog you have killed with your set up? How often do you get pass-throughs on hogs? In my compound days, I usually tried to shoot the biggest one in the bunch but to increase chances of recovery I'm not sure that is wise with my 50# longbow. I am shooting 545 grain arrows with 20% FOC. I'm using a 3 blade (Woodsman Elite) for deer, but when hunting exclusively for pigs I will go with a 2 blade.

[bjstockard]

I'm interested to see everyone's thoughts on this.

[JTeLarkin08]

I have shot some pretty decent ones.. Def go with a two blade tho.. I actually had to up my arrow weight last year bc of bad penetration.. After that no problems.. I barely ever get a pass through tho.

[Buff]

Bisch has killed more critters than Parvo.
50 will kill any pig out there if you hit him right.
That is from someone that does 90% of his hunting with a 74# bow.
As far as pass thrus go, even with my heavy bows I rarely shoot thru them to the point of the arrow sticking in the ground

[Bisch]

I don't normally shoot the big hogs. They just don't eat as good as the smaller ones. The biggest one i have shot was pushing 200# and i have shot several in the 150#-175# range.

I nearly never get a complete passthrough on the bigger pigs and probably get a passthrough on maybe 50% of the smaller ones. Complete passthrough is not nearly as important as having a low entry AND and exit hole.

I use a 1 1/2" wide broadhead on the smaller pigs, but always have a 1 1/8" wide BH in my quiver incase i decide to shoot at a big one.

My set-up is 50# at my DL and I shoot an arrow that is about 10.3gpp and 22.5%FOC.

John, that set-up of yours will work just fine The key to hogs (esp. big ones) is GREAT shot placement. You have to stay low and tight on the big ones. You hit a big one high and you more than likely just lost a pig. You might kill them but finding a big one off a high hit is not a very high percentage outcome.

Bisch

[BowVista]

Bisch has killed more critters than Parvo.

Trad quote of the week!

[Featherflinger]

I've shot a lot of hogs but I've had 1 pass thru on a hog and he was about 200 lbs. i say pass thru but it buried the feathers and fell out the other side as he ran off. It was with a 2 blade Magnus.

[Bisch]

BTW, John, those Eclipse BH's you were looking at in the other thread would work great on the big pigs. Still though, shot placement is everything when shooting the big pigs.

Bisch

[Ron]

I'm with Bisch on this one, two blade works better for me on pigs. I have gotten complete pass through on a couple with Woodman's Elite, but I was shooting 275 grains on the front end of those arrows and there wasn't much going to stop them.

[SAM STEPHENS]

The last 2 nice hogs I have killed was with a 52@30" bow and a 600gr arrow with a 2 blade heads. Arrow was up to the feathers on the first one broadside shot , second hog was a quartering away shot at 18yds broadhead came out just behind the off shoulder.Stay off the shoulder and stay low and your set-up will do fine.....

[huntinpool]

Take the quartering away shot and you will be fine.

[jreyna920]

I killed a 450+ with 43# curve and sniffer, shot was 8 yards... I'll dig up a pic when I get home... Squared his 2" thick shield and got past it by 7 inches. He went 30 yards

[jreyna920]

That being said if I had know he was that big I would have second guessed my equipment, I shot him at night

[Bisch]

I killed a 450+ with 43# curve and sniffer, shot was 8 yards... I'll dig up a pic when I get home... Squared his 2" thick shield and got past it by 7 inches. He went 30 yards

That being said if I had know he was that big I would have second guessed my equipment, I shot him at night

You also got REAL lucky he only went 30yds! On most BIG boars, if you hit them in the shield, you are not gonna have a blood trail and (wether he lives or dies) he is gonna go far enough for you to lose him.

JMHO,

Bisch

[n8vtxn1]

Thanks to all for sharing the information. It will be helpful for us all.