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Head shots to hogs with 70#+ compound bow?

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kilboars
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Anyone do it? And if so where do you aim for?

I'm shooting a Mathews MR7 set at 70# for now with cut on contact two blade magnum stingers. Had a nice boar in front of me at 20yd for an hour yesterday but he never gave me a good quartering away shot. I was tempted to just drill him between the eyes but I've heard of bullets bouncing off their heads.

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born2hunt
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Ive head shot several hogs with my bow at fairly close range. Just at the base of the ear like you would with a rifle and they go right down. Im sure the margin for error is larger but if there inside 25 yards its been no big deal. If Im gonna shoot a hog thats where I try to shoot it regardless of what Im hunting with because...Blood trails suck.. :death

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I have way more success with the lung shots. I put arrows right thru the head giving them the Steve Mlook and they run run run. I taken a 252 lb bore with a lung shoot. yes you will lose some it hunting

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kilboars
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Ive head shot several hogs with my bow at fairly close range. Just at the base of the ear like you would with a rifle and they go right down. Im sure the margin for error is larger but if there inside 25 yards its been no big deal. If Im gonna shoot a hog thats where I try to shoot it regardless of what Im hunting with because...Blood trails suck.. :death

Yeah, they'll make you blood trail them through some crap. I also heard through the eye socket?

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kilboars
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I have way more success with the lung shots. I put arrows right thru the head giving them the Steve Mlook and they run run run. I taken a 252 lb bore with a lung shoot. yes you will lose some it hunting

I like an extreme quartering away shot for big hogs with shields. I try to slip it behind the shield and through the heart.

Smaller ones I'll take a quartering away shot and aim for the far shoulder. Find them 20 ft away.

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