Congrats on your first bow kill. I'd imagine that was pretty exciting, even with a hog. I kinda wish we had wild hogs running in PA but I know how distructive they are. Something else to hunt in archery season and I hear the eating is delicious.

That was also a good learning curve for you on your first animal. Quartered to shots can be lethal as you've learned, but quartered away is that much better. That same shot would have angled up into the vitals versus back into the guts. Read like a liver/guts shot....deadly none the less but a little woodsmanship to recover.

Probably best you backed out to get your friend, hard to tell how quickly the hog expired and after only 35 minutes of waiting, tough call....when in doubt, wait longer.


Great story too, I'm looking forward to reading your first deer with a bow.....keep up the great work and congrats again.

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