Minimum draw weight to hunt with a 3 blade broadhead

[Tradcat]

Ok gang.... I know a lot of factors come into play, but for a mild R/D longbow at my draw length (47 lbs), would you feel comfortable hunting for hogs with a 3 blade head ? Please give me your thoughts. Thanks

[Msturm]

yep. I have killed a couple decent sized hogs with a 45lb montana with a 500 grain total weight arrow (woodsman broadhead) Or on one occasion a 100 grain insert and a 100 grain montec.

Pass throughs. Get close be accurate. Eat well.

Mike Sturm

[Msturm]

I should also note that I live in Hawaii. We do not have boars with massive shields on their shoulders as I have seen from some of the mainland pictures.

[Schmidty3]

Most hogs aren't that big! I'd think youd be fine.

I'm carrying zwickey deltas this year, but I'm gonna have one grizzly in case a big hog comes by.

[Shadowhnter]

I think if I wanted to at 47lbs id do it without even thinking about it!

I shoot 49#, and stick with 2 blade heads. The 3 blade won't hurt you on smaller pigs, but you may have penetration issues on big shielded boars, esp if you happen to hit them a tad high!

Bisch