Archery Hog Shot Placement?
 

Looking for some experienced hoggers input on shot placement on 'large-ish' hogs with a bow. With a rifle, I'm a behind/below the ear shooter, dropped several with my coyote rifles.

I've shot quite a few hogs with rifles and handguns, a few that went over 250lbs, and several lil' piggies with my bow, but all of these were under 100lbs. I'm headed to a spot for a trip soon where they are telling me that they have a good population of 150-300lb hogs running around. On those little pigs, I generally took the vitals/shoulder shot with the bow, although I'd have been confident in accuracy and cutting diameter - on a small pig - to take the neck shot and kill quickly.

But those are little pigs...

Both of my bows are at the top end for Kinetic Energy, ~95 and 85ft.lbs. each, Bowtech Destroyer 350 and Mathew's Monster, respectively. So if it can be done, I'm confident these bows can deliver, just wanting input on whether I need to change my placement?

Hitting the little pigs with my bows has been about the same effect as deer, pass through, big wounds, and the little pigs haven't been fat enough, so they bled quite well. Even hitting the shoulder - which FUBAR'd the Rages - it punched through the bone. BUT, those were 50-100lb hogs.

So vitals/shoulder shots, or neck shots on big hogs?

With your bows I'd go right tight behind the shoulder into the heart/lung area on a big hog.

Hog Vitals
 

I used to guide at a high fece hog ranch here in Oklahoma, and watched hundreds of bow/gun kills. You actually want to shoot a hog big or small in the same spot, take the front leg and belly line, go straight up the leg 2 to 3 inches above the belly line or chest line sounds better. Don't worry about the bone if your close enough to kill it, it wont be a problem, Its actually pretty easy to break. Hogs vitals are in their chest cavity not behind the shoulders like most people think. The mid line of a hog is where the shield is the thickest, this is why most people say their bullets or arrows didn't pass though. 2 to 3 inches above the chest line there usually is not shield, if there is its really thin. I watch hunters shoot 2-300 pounders behind the shoulders and no blood came out because the shield seals right back up, they thought they missed but they didn't. Shoot em straight up that leg 2-3 inches up and any pig will die 99% of the time.

The lungs are high and forward on a hog compared to a deer. Aim forward of the shoulder, and 1/3 down from his back. You'll drive through both lungs.