This will be my first season with a bow and I am really looking forward to it. Just yesterday I was invited by a friend to hunt wild hogs later this week. I've always wanted to hunt hogs, plus I could use the experience, so I jumped at the offer. I was wondering if anyone here has any experience bowhunting hogs? I would appreciate any info you could give me on proper shot placement as well as hunting tactics. We will be stand hunting over a food plot-his deer food plot that is being destroyed by the hogs. My set-up should be in my signature. I will include that I'm using 100 grain 4-blade Muzzys and my bow is set at 60 lb. draw weight. Should my set-up be okay for this hunt? Thanks in advance for your help!

Check this link out.

http://www.texasboars.com/article.html

It should help you a bit.

Some other thoughts for you. Have not yet started bow hunting so hang with me. While the stand is fine you may want to be on the ground so you can move around if need be. I see more pigs on a cool afternoon than in the morning. I have found that while Pigs are smart they are Pigs. They make alot of noise while eating, so put out nice cruchy corn, hides your noise while stalking. They do see better that you think but there heads are much lower than Deer, use available cover, stay low. Like Deer, keep the wind in your face. I hunt a few hundred acres and we now have pigs. This spring I have taken 7 pigs by just walking between our blinds/feeders and catching them on the way from where they bed down to the feeders. Stay out of there bedding area or they may leave town for while. I think that by moving around more they don't learn about and remember where the bad guys are as much as staying in your blind or fixed stand.

I have been using a .357 brush gun with iron sights and have shot all of this years pigs at under 25 yards.

The little ones taste better.

Hope this helps and have fun.

Great points that Georgetownboys made! I just remember how nerveous I was when that first hog came in.... they are constantly on the move, and believe it or not, pretty nerveous too. The large ones usually have a plate behind the shoulder and a quartering away shot would be best. Don't be alarmed if your arrow doesn't pass completely through, they are really dense bodied animals. Most of the hogs I have arrowed only ran about than 30 yards screaming like crazy! A good thing to remember is what I have read on a couple of replies is "Aim for the exit hole"! GOOD HUNTING!!!

Toughest critter I ever hunted. Maybe the most fun too. Hunted em on the ground. Took 2 perfect double lung hits and still walking. Quartering away did the trick though.

Hog hunting is my favorite pass time

Aim behind the shoulder and lower than you would on a deer.
A 1/4ering away shot is the best.
Usually late afternoon or just after dark is the best time to hunt them.
I have a 2 d cell mag-lite with a red lens as my stabilizer for night time the red light wont spook them like a white light does.

a 2 c cell battery might be a little better if you want to cut down weight.

like someone before me said, you have to aim lower than you would on a deer. The shoulder blade of the pigs is farther back than for deer so the spot you would normally pick is right smack into the shoulder blade. You will have a blast though

hnter new to the game as wel but will be going later this fall, ny students have to told me the same as one of the guys that has already replied, quartering away. I was also told they make a hell racket when you stick one. one of my students made a huge walk in trap and would trap them then kill them, they showed me home footage of it and those pigs were pissed when they found out they were trapped, it was good footage. Enjoy!

I'll add one more thing to the other great comments. If there is more than one hog at the time of the shot, be prepared for a quick second and maybe third shot. My first bowkill was a hog that came in with three buddies, I shot the biggest one first and the others never even looked up. I ended up getting two more shots off but missed with the second and third. The first hog took about three steps and fell over.

Here is a picture of the second largest hog I've arrowed. He only ran about 20-25 yards. I shot him from the ground.