JeffS, an earshot hog usually falls dead on the spot.A lung shot hog (where I'll bet mosthunters are aimingbased on the intense interest that you see in the location of the vitals on this site) usually runs a number of yards before collapsing, ie. out of sight which is what I desire if recovery for food is not an object. In general lung/heart shots do not cause instantaneous death,generally it takessomething that disrupts the central nervous systemto do that. There is nochange in"suffering" for the hog if a heart/lung shot is usedwhether it is recovered or not.