RE: Broadhead questions
The last year I've taken hogs with slicks and wacems, and have seen them killed with stingers, muzzys, thunderheads, tight points and wasp expandandables. In each case, a shot tight and low resulted in a blood trail of less than 45 yds. What I'm getting at is I think shot placement is far more important than which broadhead is used (I would personally not shoot jacknkife style mechanical on maturehogs). The slicks performed well for me as did the wacem's. I wouldn't hesitate to use either. In fact, my quiver this last year for deer elk and hogs carried slicks, wacem's and turbos. My only disappointment this year was not being able to try out a turbo to see how it held togeth upon impact with shield and perhaps a little bone. If you look at some of the hog anatomy sites on the web, you'll understand my point of hitting em low and tight against the pocket-their lungs simply do not extend back like a deer. The wacem (400g arrow at 294fps) blew through both shoulders/shileds making a crack I can still hear ringing around my head! If you are shooting a lighter bow, you might consider the slick standards rather than the magnums. Oldhoot and 5shot both report penetration benefits with the standards--this only makes sense. I think hogs areour best ready availablemedium for testing penetration/toughness on various broadheads. I think its easier to blow through the rib cage of a mature bull elk than it is to blow through both shields of even a modest sized boar hog.
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