Shafts and BH choices for wild boar hunting

[Lincoln Ribeiro]

Hi everyone,

I just ordered a 54" R/D center shoot longbow 55#@28". Is it enough to hunt a around 100 pounds wild boar? What is the best arrow choice? 2216 shafts with 125 gr broadheads, or 2317 shafts with 200 gr broadheads? Any other better setup?

Thanks,

[Vig]

I think your bow with either setup will work well. Just use whatever arrow and broadhead fly best and pick a spot.

[JimB]

Lincoln,your bow will be fine.I believe the two arrows you listed will be way too stiff.There are many variables but 2016 or 2018 would be more like it with 125 gr heads,depending on arrow length and other factors.

Go to bowmaker.net and read the tuning information and aluminum arrow chart.

[Bjorn]

The bow is plenty powerful, STOS is a great BH for killing hogs.
Get a well tuned arrow  and don't forget the pics!

[Lincoln Ribeiro]

Thank you guys,

Jim, I forgot to say. I'd like to cut the shafts to 31", and my draw lenght is 29". I used the dynamic spine calculator, by Stu Miller, to find these setups. I'll read the bow tuning section at bowmaker.net for better understanding.

Thanks again,

Lincoln

[JimB]

Well,31" does change things some.Make sure you check the exact amount of center cut after you get your bow and don't forget to add the thickness of your leather side plate.

I prefer the narrower 20 diameter shafts like 2016,2018 or 2020.The narrower shafts will help with penetration.

[Bob B.]

Sounds good to me, I shot a 53 pound longbow with a 515 grain Beeman hunter with a Zwickey 4 balde.  At 17 yards, I blew through a 250 pounder, ever with a shield.  The last bit of the fletches was the only thing keeping the arrow from leaving the body on the opposite side.  Stos is also a great choice, my buddy smoked his hog with a wood shaft and a Stos.

Good Luck,

Bob.

[Cromm]

OK please tell me what a STOS is?
Thanks for your time.

[ChrisM]

STOS a 3 to one two blad broadhead that is tough as they get and fly great and sharpen well.  Hey guys hogs arn't made of steel, it seems that people think that you need 100 lb bows to take a hog.  except for the rare monseter (who was cut and released) they can be taken easliy by any whitetail setup.  Usually the problem is shot placement as there vitals are forward and low of a deer and a double lung on a deer would get you a flesh wound and some cracked rips on a hog.  Also a one lung hog can live for days so too much angle will lead to a wound if the heart is missed.

[Horne Shooter]

Like Chris said.  Arrow placement is key.  Low is better as the blood can get hung up in their hair when hit high.  Also, they seems to "seal up" quicker than any animal I've taken.  Sounds obvious, but REALLY get your heads SHARP.  I have found with hogs that razor sharp really makes the difference in the amount of blood you'll get to track.  Put the arrow in the right place with a wicked sharp front end and you'll be fine.

[Javi]

Ace STD or STOS, started using the Ace many moons ago and it will always be my "go to" BH.

I've been playing with the STOS some lately and it's a good BH too, especially for lower poundage bows..

A 10 to 12 grains per pound arrow with good FOC and a sharp BH are the ticket for even the largest hogs..

[wtpops]

Well tuned and sharp make that setup ready for hogs.

I use the Razor Cap but have some VPA Terminators on the way to try.