Question for you pig experts

[T Sunstone]

I have shot a few pigs and never had a problem with them jumping the string.  I shot and missed a large boar last week on a feeder and I'm not sure if it was me or the hogs reflexes that caused the miss.  The boar came in all jumpy and even ran off 3 times before I got the shot.  He had me as nervous as he was and I do have a touch of target panic at times.  I picked a spot but by the time I got to full draw he had turned to a real sharp angle changing the shot.  The arrow went high left over his rump at 16 yards.  The shot should have been just in front of his right ham angling forward.  My question is, can a hog get out of the way of an arrow like a whitetail?  I think this guy has been shot before by the way he acted.

[Bill Skinner]

They can and will when they are jumpy.  It was probably not that he had been missed before as much as he had been missed at a feeder.  He now associates a feeder with danger, anything and everything will now spook him.  I'm suprised he came back after spooking once.  When spooky pigs take off, they usually don't come back.  Bill

[Terry Green]

YES!!!

Loan boars at feeders will duck most times.  Groups of hogs at feeders aren't near as bad because they are making so much noise themselves.  I've had it happen to me TWICE in TX.  Once I witnessed it, and this year I just plain forgot to aim low.  He stayed around so long before he gave me the shot that I just plumb forgot!!!  

   

[Jerry Ragle]

just got back from s texas yesterday. i had a big boar on a trailcam 2 nites in a row same time both nites i set up with a good wind.the first time he showed hisself was for a few seconds then back into the cover about 30 minutes later he came out in about the same spot about 60 yds away crossed the open ground went over to a water hole stood there about 10 minutes then back in the brush he went the third time he came out he would come in a few yds stand a  while and come in a litte and stand aways looking toward the feeder over a 2 hr span he was within 10 yds the only problem was i was so worried about being spotted i didnt trim a limb that would have givin me the shot i needed.he stood there at 10 yds looking at the feeder i was thinking he was going to just go ahead and walk in broadside i had porkchops fryin in my head then he just trotted off i had beat his nose i was hidden well but he knew something was not right

[swampdrummer]

I shot at one this summer that got turned around 180 degrees before the arrow got there from 20 yards. Little sow about 60 pounds or so. Spun at the shot and the broadhead is still in the oak tree.

[T Sunstone]

Thanks for the replies, I feel a little better and will know to aim low next time.  When this guy was coming in the drool was dripping from his mouth.  Every time time he ran off, he would go 40 or 50 yards then circle back.  This one would have gone on the wall, big tusk.

[Benny Nganabbarru]

They sure can move erratically, and fast. I once lined-up on a boar and dropped the string, just as he rooted out of the way. Behind him was an unlucky little sow, who fortunately copped-it through her shoulders.

[Biggie Hoffman]

aiming low won't help much. Hogs spin rather than drop like a whitetail. Best thing is not to shoot at all if the animal is jumpy. Give him time to settle down. If he doesn't, pass the opportunity. That's what we do sometimes. It's bowhunting, not killing.

[wingnut]

Great Post Biggie!!

Sometimes the best shot is not taking the shot.  Forcing the situation usually ends up with bad results.  I've passed some shots on real nice bucks and a bull elk or two because it just wasn't right.

Mike