shot placement on hogs

[kasey]

ok show me some pics on shot placement.i like pics so show lots of them.kasey

[fatman]

Check some of the "hog" threads under "Dangerous Game"....there's some great diagrams

[wtpops]

This was a quartering away about 45 degrees, arrow stuck in off side shoulder blade.. Boar went down in about 40 yards.

 

[robtattoo]

[Apex Predator]

The one above is the best one I've seen.  I've seen bunches lost when folks shoot them low behind the shoulder like a whitetail.  They can be very tough if you don't hit them in the goodies!  Unless you can hit them in the heart, I would try for a broadside shot.  I've seen them travel forever on one lung.  I also think the shield is over rated.  A good two blade will go through it with no problem.  All boars don't have shields either.  Just my two cents.

[Biggie Hoffman]

Nothing personal guys but that photo isn't very accurate. The lungs are waaaaaay too high on that pic. Especially on a bigger hog, 200# or more, there is nothing up that high but grisle and meat. Look where WTpops hit his and compare it to the drawing. I never shoot over the halfway up line on any but the smallest hogs.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I agree with Biggie.... I have taken hogs in Tejas with a firearm, we shot lower then the that pic that robtattoo posted....but looking at the pic it also looks to be realigned better

[rastaman]

Go to  www.texasboars.com.   They show a step by step autopsy of a hog peeling away to the vitals.  It is very graphic, but you won't have any doubts where the vitals after viewing.
Randy

[rastaman]

"where the vitals are" after viewing..sorry for the grammar.
Randy

[kasey]

i have shot pigs with my wheel bow.i just wanted to see your trad pigs and where you shot them.

[Jack Denbow]

Here is a link to a site I found. It should answer any questions you have.

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

Jack

[MRD]

Here's one.  The arrow was like this when pig expired.

 

[Biggie Hoffman]

The Texas Boars website is a good anatomy lesson on small pigs. I shoot for the shoulder on eatin size pigs like that but on BIG hogs, the anatomical structure chnages.

[Gene Roberts]

That texas boars site was pretty good.

[Fritz]

I always aim low and tight to the shoulder.  Broadside or very slight quartering away(aim to exit offside leg).  After shooting quite a few hogs, I have never had a problem.  In my experience if hit well, they "bleed like a stuck hog". Pun intented.

God Bless

[TSP]

That is one ugly animal.

The REAL question is, what do they TASTE like?  Don't say chicken...

[NorthShoreLB]

ugly they are,...good they taste