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Old 10-28-2008 | 07:30 PM
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I am just starting to hunt texas this year so i have never hunted with pigs before and i am wondering where i should shoot a pig becuase i have shot several right where i am supposed to that looks like a heart shot whe they are perfectly broadside and only found a little bit of blood. the only one i have ever killed was the one that i shot quertering away. i dot know if that matters or not.
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Old 10-28-2008 | 09:27 PM
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Don't go to the trouble of shooting a pig... just find a picture of someone else who has and post it here and say you killed it.
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Old 10-28-2008 | 09:28 PM
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I'd go where you shot the 200 footer.
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Old 10-28-2008 | 09:28 PM
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I'd go where you shot the 200 footer.
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Old 10-29-2008 | 12:19 AM
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Since you killed one then you probably noticed the hard tallow "armor" covering the shoulder area. Hit them a little farther back than you would a deer and wait for the quartering away shot whenever possible or broadside but never anyhting even remotely quartering forward. I got lucky on my first and just happen to have a perfect quartering away shot since nobody told me about the shoulder plating.
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Old 10-29-2008 | 04:53 AM
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Don't go to the trouble of shooting a pig... just find a picture of someone else who has and post it here and say you killed it.
X2 Just make sure it scores at least 201'

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Old 10-29-2008 | 05:53 AM
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Where in Tx are you hunting? I've killed dozens of hogs with a bow here in Tx. Some I shoot in the neck although only with a close up shot. Most I'll shoot behind the shoulder. A pig doesn't always leave a very good bloodtrail. The thick hair soaks up a lot of blood so you may not find much on the ground for quite a ways. Persistance is the key to trailing a hog. Also check out the hogs and exotics forum.
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Old 10-29-2008 | 07:07 AM
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I'd go where you shot the 200 footer.

You guys are brutal

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