3 blade heads for hogs?

[Southern Sam]

What do you guys think? I'm a BH junkie and have been pondering the idea of a 3 blade head for late urban archery and hogs.  My setup is #47 28.75in out of a Black Widow PSA V.  Arrow is a Beaman MFX Classic 500.  Thinkin about the Snuffer SS, Wensel Woodsman and a few others.  I'm currently shootin a 125gr Buzzcut.  Any other heads ya'll really like that leave some gaping holes?
Thanks, Sam

[bornagainbowhunter]

Well for deer I think you would be fine, but for hogs I would stay with a 2 blade.  47#s is kinda light for a 3 blade and hogs.

God Bless,
Nathan

[Bjorn]

I agree with bornagain.  

[R. W. Mackey]

Sam:  Maby for a 50# pig, but for a full grown hog, stay with the 2-blade. You just gonna piss a big one off.  RW

[GRAYBEARD]

I believe I'd stay with 2 blade at that bow weight for the piggies.

[Bill Turner]

Three blade will work without a doubt, but the next one I kill will be with a two blade 160 grain Ace Standard. I just like the old school design.

[flyfish1]

Terminators or woodsmans will work.I would stay awat from snuffer ss

[SOLDIERII]

Snuffers always work for me

[Terry Green]

With that setup.....I think you are borderline if you run into a large shielded boar.....stick with a moderate to narrow 2 blade.

[Guru]

Geez, That's a tough one....For most normal sized hogs, I'd say you'd be just fine with a WW or Terminator....BUT.....(there's always a but right       )

When you're hog hunting you just never know what might show up, Like Terry said, for a big sheilded boar hog, you'd be better off with a small two blade with your light set-up.

[snuffysmith]

I use 3 blade g5 heads in the carbon steel version, 55 lbs. usually blow right thru hogs, large and small.

[pdk25]

I agree with Terry. I just shot my first large shielded boar over the weekend. It was quartering away and I went behind the shield, but that was just luck. I can't believe how tough the skin is, let alone the shield, on a mature boar.

[RC]

49 @27 with a 640 grain arrow.....RC

 

[RC]

I would not hesitate to shoot a woodsman with a heavy arrow at your draw length.RC

[30coupe]

Originally posted by RC:
49 @27 with a 640 grain arrow.....RC

 

Looks like that worked pretty well there, RC!

[pdk25]

Awesome job on that pig, RC. I'd like more room for error personally, but I bow to your experience.  

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Big boars are the staple game of Aussies, and we seem to favour two-bladers as a general rule. I have succeeded with three-bladers, and I have also had a catastophic failure that may not have been so with a two-blader (although I'll never know for sure). However, I do know of two or three guys who have had great success with three-bladers, although one of them seems to have decided against them in favour of two-bladers. I prefer two-bladers for the big boys.

[Ben Maher]

Three blades will work with your set up but i err on the side of caution in most things and as such would opt for a well built two blade .

[Guru]

Like Robert said a "heavy arrow"...

[Rob DiStefano]

a few years back i shot a pig with a 50# longbow, 535gr carbon with big snuffer up front.  at about 15+ yards i saw the arrow hit perfectly at the hog's elbow. *lots* of blood on the dirt road, hog took off into the swamps.  we tracked it good, 'til the blood thinned out a bunch and it started to rain, never found the pig.  terry found the broken back end of the arrow, which indicated there wasn't a whole lotta penetration.    

     

a year or so later i moved on to a different longbow, 55#, and upped the arrow weight to 585gr minimum, with wensels up front and higher foc.  that setup blew the entire arrow right through the mid section on the hog i killed this past june (100#+)

     

not scientific conclusions, but for me i'm sticking with higher holding weights for 3 blade wensel heads (i like that wensels and terminators are a bit narrower than snuffers) mounted on heavier arrows.  if i shot less than 55# or so, i'd wanna use a relatively narrow double bevel twin blade and as much arra weight as possible.