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pearsontx4 11-18-2010 08:10 PM

where to shoot a hog with a bow?
 
i am going on a bow hunt in tx and in the package i can shoot 2 hogs where would i aim on a hog with a bow? i will be shooting a pearson tx4 with the rage 2 blade broadhead at 63 pounds. thanks for any advice you can give me.

halfbakedi420 11-18-2010 08:42 PM

double lunger and quartering away

pearsontx4 11-18-2010 10:07 PM

so you would shoot it just like a deer? how about the shield or whatever they have? or are you saying you have to wait for it to be quartering away before you take a shot?

Rebel Hog 11-19-2010 07:08 AM

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Rebel Hog 11-19-2010 07:14 AM

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Rebel Hog 11-19-2010 07:19 AM

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halfbakedi420 11-19-2010 07:31 AM


Originally Posted by pearsontx4 (Post 3724872)
so you would shoot it just like a deer? how about the shield or whatever they have? or are you saying you have to wait for it to be quartering away before you take a shot?

yup,send one in the back door, right into the boiler room, imo is the best shot, but double lunger is good too...definitely not the chest plate, and if its a big hog, i'd stay away from that shoulder.

The Rev 11-19-2010 05:25 PM


Originally Posted by halfbakedi420 (Post 3724835)
double lunger and quartering away


X2:party0005: I like to aim at the exit between the front legs.

BungalowBizz 11-21-2010 01:51 AM

Great visuals Rebel Hog. :cool2:

Sticbow 11-27-2010 09:12 PM

Slightly quartering away, with the foreleg forward, shootem in the armpit. The heart is 3 inches from the skin in the armpit.

The heart is the size of a yellow apple, on big huge hogs(#300-#500) are bout the size of a red apple.
You can not shoot too low on a hog! too low is a miss !!!!
The heart lays directly between the front legs and on the breastbone. When the hog is standing feeding the heart does not extend back past the front leg.
All the vitals are low (read..real low) and forward.

A whitetail shot is liver hit at best and that is tight behind the shoulder in the crease, any further back is gut shot, any higher you miss all vital organs.

They probably won't let you use mechanical on hogs at the ranch.(check with the owner to see if they are allowed) a cut on contact Broadhead is better.
2 or 3 blade is your preference, but 2 blade cut on contact head penetrates better, a 3 blade head Like a Snuffer leaves a better hole.

Hogs are humbling creatures, they are constantly moving and hard to kill, and they are built like tanks.

Have a good bowhunt


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