Large hogs

[Terry Green]

How much does a hog have to weigh to dwarf a 300 pounder?

[Basinboy]

You have plenty enough bow!
I shot this 200# boar with a 35# Longbow

[Terry Green]

Perfect shot placement Corey! You hit the softest spot!

Great job avoiding the shield's arrow pinch I mentioned earlier.

 Nice.

[Basinboy]

Perfect shot placement Corey! You hit the softest spot!

Great job avoiding the shield's arrow pinch I mentioned earlier
 Nice.

Thanks Mr Terry

[Terry Green]

Tim, Sorry, we don't allow gun kill pictures, and you should know that being a member for 12 years. And your analogy does not address in any way arrow pinch the shield conducts.

[Tim Finley]

I know you don't allow gun pictures that is why I havn't put it up even though it hangs next to a hog I shot with my longbow. I've hunted hogs every winter for 20 years I've shot hogs in  three different states . That still doesn't give me the experience and knowledge that a lot of southern boys have at shooting hogs, we have none in N.D. TXcookie wanted to know if a 55 # bow was enough for large hogs and I certainly think it is from what I've seen I think it will shoot a Razorhead through any shield.
  I think perfect arrow placement is the most important thing in killing hogs, they have a small kill zone even the big ones , the diagram that Terry displays has helped me with some short blood trails, I even keep a copy of it in my shop !

[Terry Green]

I concur Tim...and agree with you.  55 is plenty...but need everything right to minimize a one lunger.  I just wanted to help make sure he had his ducks in a row for the best chance at success. 

[txcookie]

TJ

I was torn between Zwickie 4 blades and WW. Went with the woodsman but am curios of your opinions on the heads you have? Its gonna be hard to get me away from razor heads but I started with zwickie deltas and if I ever run out of Razor heads have thought of zwickie as my go to.

[txcookie]

Perfect shot placement Corey! You hit the softest spot!

Great job avoiding the shield's arrow pinch I mentioned earlier.

 Nice.

 Thats a great hit Brother! I had one like that this year at 25 yards from me knees after crawling across an open filed for 75 yards.  Love hitting that pocket.

[Terry Green]

TJ

I was torn between Zwickie 4 blades and WW. Went with the woodsman but am curios of your opinions on the heads you have? Its gonna be hard to get me away from razor heads but I started with zwickie deltas and if I ever run out of Razor heads have thought of zwickie as my go to.

Not sure if TJ is me or not...depends on which Z.

WWs for sure...all day long.  Zwickey No Mercy 4 blades as well....

Deltas might be an issue...no need in chancing that....probably not much of a chance  but for sure the others all day long.

[Skates 2]

Good info.  Shields are conductors of arrow pinch.  No way around it. 

[pavan]

My hog farmer friend rarely, if ever eats the hogs he raises.  48 pound Big River longbow with cedar arrows pushing 145 Ribtecs.  I am guessing that boars and sows are two completely different challenges.  I am not sure that he is shooting enough punch to take on large boars.  He has no trouble shooting through sows, he passed on a larger boar last winter. 

[Terry Green]

 Parsonally I would never recomend ribtecs on hogs.  Those corrugated furrels are not penetration friendly on shields.  I've heard way to many horror stories about them by bonafide hog killers and hog outfitters and lease holders.

[pavan]

I was concerned about the ribs as well, I filled them with Stanley amber hot melt and then smoothed them out flush.  On whitetails i have seen no evidence that they impeded penetration, hard to tell on pass throughs on deer, one way or the other.  i told him to leave the big boars alone and so far he has.
 I edited my first post, my wife tells me that there is no wild hog meat in our freezer, it is gone.

[Terry Green]

Yeah pavan.... I heard that too about filling up the gaps with glue but then you end up with the front end heavier than wanted ..... Which probably would make no difference to me but it would to some based on their borderline issues.....

 I just want to make that  Clear and sure..... Because  Low weight bows and ribtecs without the gaps filled would be a recipe for  Disaster on Shields.

[pavan]

filling the gaps in the ribs adds 12 to 18 grains, according to my scale.  The sows he shot were less than 200 pounders, when he tested me that he was going after hogs, after he stalked and shot a free range fallow buck, 5000 acres, I had concerns.

[Skates 2]

I agree, ribtecs are not my choice for anything.  Terrible penetrating design.  I don't mind sharpening a head, but I'm not going to 'fix' a company's poor penetrating design.