My buddy and I have been hog hunting this year and have shot five hogs so far and only recovered 1. Each time the arrow has full pass through and placed right behind the sholder. It seems the hogs are a lot harder to kill than a deer with a bow. I was watching a huntin show where the host was saying he was having the same troubles. He said that on a hog you have to wait for a quartering away shot because the vitals are furter foward (or it may have been the sholder blades are larger, can't remember). We have been waiting for broad side shots when I guess we should have been taking quartering away shots. What is everyone's thoughts on this.
The kill zone is a lot further forward, lower, and smaller than a deer. You almost have to shoot one in the leg to hit the heart. Plus a hog is built like a Rhino. I lost one this year in bow season, and I lost 5 last year
heres where the heart is. Very easy to do a pass trough. What i did and now do is if your in your stand. shoot through the backstrap from the top and get it in the blood oven. they will run maybee 20 yards.. or drop right there.. i hardly ever see a hog drop right on the spot.. even on tv shows.
Good diagram pic's! Any bow set at around 60 lbs with a good quality broadhead will do the job as long as placement is correct.I have shot many with a 45 lb recurve as long as your shot is true it is dead!With the small area that the vitals are in shot placement is most critical so stay focused on the kill zone.
Shoot it low and threw the front leg and wait. Let it lay for an hour before tracking it. Once you jump a hog up they tend to run for the thickest crap they can find.
