Im intrigued...
02-14-2008, 10:56 PM
#1
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Virginia
Posts: 3,882
Im intrigued...
By the hole Hog deal, expecially with a bow, i know nothing about them, is it like groundhog hunting or are they a serious challenge, as compared to white-tails? Im just thinking of the whole blake shelton style on realtree roadtrips. Dont have any around here but i think it would be something fun to go do one day. Educate me people......
02-15-2008, 04:52 AM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 389
RE: Im intrigued...
Of the 100 or so bow hunters that have hunted with us, 80 % have not been able to recover their "vital shot" hogs. I'd say that categorizes them as pretty tough critters to put on a bow hunting menu.
02-15-2008, 02:11 PM
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: May 2005
Location: One mile east of West Podunk Tx
Posts: 5,973
RE: Im intrigued...
I have killed quite a few hogs with a bow including my first with a recurve a few months ago. they are indeed very tough animals. My recovery rate is well over 80%. I have only lost 2 bowshot hogs. Those shots were both farther back than I would have liked to hit them. They are no slam dunk. They are as hard to hunt as a whitetail in my opinion. The sense of smell they have is incredible and thier eyesite while not great is better at picking up motion than many give them credit for.
02-15-2008, 06:06 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: palm bay fl
Posts: 4,504
RE: Im intrigued...
i've shot one, and lost one....after my first one, i called my ex bro in law and he said , " dont get bummed if you can't find it"...then he tells me how hard they are to kill and recover 
.....she ran 65 yds., thank God [8D]....the other ran over 400 yds., he was a monster too...too bad i didn't find him....
If you think hunting them with a bow woud be fun, try hunting with dogs and a pig sticker...now thats fun.....
.....she ran 65 yds., thank God [8D]....the other ran over 400 yds., he was a monster too...too bad i didn't find him....If you think hunting them with a bow woud be fun, try hunting with dogs and a pig sticker...now thats fun.....
02-15-2008, 10:01 PM
#6
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Orlando, Florida
Posts: 387
RE: Im intrigued...
ORIGINAL: txjourneyman
I have killed quite a few hogs with a bow including my first with a recurve a few months ago. they are indeed very tough animals. My recovery rate is well over 80%. I have only lost 2 bowshot hogs. Those shots were both farther back than I would have liked to hit them. They are no slam dunk. They are as hard to hunt as a whitetail in my opinion. The sense of smell they have is incredible and thier eyesite while not great is better at picking up motion than many give them credit for.
I have killed quite a few hogs with a bow including my first with a recurve a few months ago. they are indeed very tough animals. My recovery rate is well over 80%. I have only lost 2 bowshot hogs. Those shots were both farther back than I would have liked to hit them. They are no slam dunk. They are as hard to hunt as a whitetail in my opinion. The sense of smell they have is incredible and thier eyesite while not great is better at picking up motion than many give them credit for.
02-17-2008, 09:29 AM
#7
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Burleson Texas
Posts: 12,560
RE: Im intrigued...
ORIGINAL: txjourneyman
I have killed quite a few hogs with a bow including my first with a recurve a few months ago. they are indeed very tough animals. My recovery rate is well over 80%. I have only lost 2 bowshot hogs. Those shots were both farther back than I would have liked to hit them. They are no slam dunk. They are as hard to hunt as a whitetail in my opinion. The sense of smell they have is incredible and thier eyesite while not great is better at picking up motion than many give them credit for.
I have killed quite a few hogs with a bow including my first with a recurve a few months ago. they are indeed very tough animals. My recovery rate is well over 80%. I have only lost 2 bowshot hogs. Those shots were both farther back than I would have liked to hit them. They are no slam dunk. They are as hard to hunt as a whitetail in my opinion. The sense of smell they have is incredible and thier eyesite while not great is better at picking up motion than many give them credit for.
I've been busted more by hogs than by whitetail.
