I shot a hog the other day with my old recurve. I was in a tree and the hog was about 20 yards from me and 10 feet below. I shot him with a quartering away shot with a slick tricks broad head. The arrow went right where i aimed, which was high and back a little. I was aiming so the arrow would exit low and behind the opposite shoulder. From my angle, and the shot placement, it should have. The pig droped right in its tracks. It squirmed a little then expired. When I recovered the animal, I pulled out the arrow and to my surprise the broad head had been snaped off at the base. When I looked on the back side of the pig, there was no exit wound. I thought I hit the inside shoulder blade, thats what must have cause the problem. Not unusuall with a thick hog. When I cleaned the animal, I looked to see if the broad head was in the opposite shoulder, it was not. I then searched the thorasic cavity and found it lodged deep in the spin. Looked like I had shot the hog while it was laying on its back. I can not figure out how the arrow bent and went straight up. Mind you, the arrows course was a sharp angle down. How it turned and went straight up is beyond me. I switched to beman 400 carbons last year, which would explain how the arrow bent with out breaking, but does not explain why it bent upward in the first place. This has got me stumped. I have never seen an arrow do this.

I have never seen such behavior from an arrow, either, you got me.

Most unusual--my guess is the hog's reflexes kicked in and it layed back (maybe to spin and run)at the sound of the shot. It's amazing how fast critters can move. I've heard of deer getting hit on the opposite side when shot at--they spun 180 degrees while the arrow was in the air. Hogs don't look it, but they are pretty dang quick too.

Chad

Its crazy. I did not mention that nothing touched the arrow after it entered the animal. I shot him, he fell on the opposite side, not on the arrow, and kicked a few times and died. He never took a step, just fell right over. Nothing touched the arrow. I tell you, this was just plain crazy.

A hog's spine does a dipsy doodle right behind the neck and over the shoulders before raising back up over the liver and stomach. It's lower in the body than you'd think, right over the heart/front part of the lungs.

Ive noticed that. I shoot about 8 of these guys a year. The broadhead was perpendicular to the spin, straight up. That is what makes it so crazy.

You have killed a lot more of them than I have (only 1 here so far), but I have watched several hunts on DVD/video, and my dad raised them for many years. When they spook, they often have a tendency to lean away from what spooked them, kind of like a deer ducking just before take-off. That's the only thing I can think of.

Chad