i HAVE SHOT MANY MANY HOGS WITH MY hOWATT 40 RECURVE, IT IS ALL SHOT PLACEMENT, FIRST YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SHOOT A HOG ON HIS HUMP, YOU WILL AIM FOR THE LUNGS RIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT LEG, THAT AMO IS OK,I PREFERED THE ZWICKEYS 125, bUT MAGNUS IS A GOOD POINT JUST SHARPEN IT UNTIL IT CUTS A PAPER LIKE A RAZOR.