Hog bow?(opinions please!)

[Lee Lobbestael]

I'm going hog hunting at the end of this month for the first time. I have been shootin a 55# hackberry self bow and was planning on using that, but I just finished a 69" maple bow that shoots awesome. It only pulls 49# at my draw (26")but seems plenty fast with a 530 grain arrow. Is this strong enough to kill a hog? I will be trying for a quartering away shot on a smaller hog

[Apex Predator]

Yes, within the limits you mentioned.

[walkabout]

shouldnt have a problem at that draw weight,ive seen zebra taken with lower draw weights than that so im sure itll be plenty enough for hogs.i think their tough spot is their shoulders, so a quartering away shot should be fine.

[Lee Lobbestael]

good deal! I could shorten it to make it a little stronger but I love how smooth it shoots

[Mike Most]

Lee, the only issue that I found while hunting with my 68" longbow, as opposed to my 60" recurve was the fact that I kept getting tangled up in the brush with the longer limbs.

Shot placement is still the key, as I have had arrows bounce off of hogs (dead centered a leg bone) and the next time they fall over dead with a shot thru the heart.

Your set up looks great to me.

Good Luck

Mike

[Chester Thompson]

Either should work just fine, I saw this every time somebody asks about hog hunting, make sure you know where the vitals on a hog really are. If you shoot them like a deer you will not hit vitals and continue the myth about hogs being bullet proof.

 http://www.texasboars.com/anatomy.html

[David Holt]

Awsome pics Chester.  Is it teh same for Javelina?

[Chester Thompson]

David,

To be totally honest, I am not sure. Everybody I have talked to seems to assume that they are the some, but nobody can tell me for sure the vitals are the same. I would assume that they are pretty close though. I am not sure why people like to hunt giant rats so much though.

[David Holt]

Why do people hunt javelinas?  Simple, there are more of them than rats in South Texas!!