First hog hunt recommendations

[huntsmanlance]

I have been lucky enough to be able to book a hog hunt with a friend for this following Wed and Thur. I will be going with a fellow ganger....Hawken.... and it will be a medieval recreation styled hunt. We have been trying for the past few years to get together and have one but the time and distance has always gotten in the way.....But not this time!!!    

Because of the time of the year we will probably be the only two out there so the only ones we have to worry about laughing at our clothes are the owners (and maybe the pigs)   :D    

This is my first hog hunt so i have a few questions. I am shooting a Jay St. Charles Pacific Yew Classic that is 66" and 56# @ 28" which is fairly new to me. (thank ya again Gene!            ) I have been using spruce shafts with 125 grain tips with a total of 572 grains. I have some two blade Zwickey Delta 2's which weigh 135 grains.

Are these going to be tough and heavy enough for hogs? or should i go to a heavier head for more penetration? I dont want to waste the time getting these tuned if i am just going to have to get heavier ones.

We will be able to spot and stock but if that isnt successfull we also have the option of useing a stand over feeders so we dont go away empty handed. I have only used a stand a few times and never on a hog so where should i aim to get the best penetration?

Thanks for the help and i will post a thread after we get back.

Lance

[the Ferret]

Lance a hogs vitals are lower and further forward than on a deer. Your eqipment is plenty good unless you run into a big ol boar with a thick fighting shield, in which case you will want to shoot it behind the ribcage angling forward to the opposite arm pit.Shoot them like you would a deer and you have a liver hit hog. Low and tight is the aiming spot.

Good luck and have fun. Hawken has done it successfully before so he should be able to help you while in the field.

[robslifts]

what ferret said I shot two pigs one that was 300 and another 225  with no prob 15yds broadside and got pass thrus with a 50 lb longbow with cedar shafts at around 10.5 grains per pound  so your setup sounds great  and the vitals are lower as ferret said

thanks and good luck on your hunt

rob jones

[Talondale]

Looking forward to the report.

[Woodduck]

Don't forget the camera.