BigHunter101

I am an archery hunter and i am wondering where to shoot hogs with my bow. i have shot alot and the shots looked very well place but there was barely any blood and i coudlnt find them. the only one i found was quartering away from me and he only went like 30 yards and left a big blood trail. So i am wondering if they are broadside, where should i shoot them?

7X57MAUSER

Shoot a hog just like you would a deer..behind the sholder thru the vitals.

npaden

Actually,a hogs heart and lungs are a little lower and closer to the shoulder than a deer. They are also a little smaller. You want to get that arrow tucked in as close behind the shoulder as you can and a little on the low side.

Here's a diagram I found on the net:

Clinty Poo

Never shot a hog, but like npaded says, behind the shoulder pretty much. They are a lot like a bear, a quartering away shot is the best shot for an archery hunter that way you can sneak an arrow up into the heart.

npaden

Another thing to mention is that large boar hogs do have a type of armour on their shoulder skin. It is very thick and strong. Really wild when you start skinning them, almost like a 1/4" thick piece of plexiglass is stuck in there. On a good bow with a good broadhead it should still make it through, but it probably wouldn't make a complete pass through. A slight quartering away shot is considered the ideal position, between the large shoulder blades and the armour a direct shoulder hit could make for a long difficult tracking job. Pigs seem to be able to hold up to a good hit better than a deer IMO. I've shot some with my 7mm Rem Mag that were good hits and they ran 400+ yards.

jrbsr

In the 1980's there was a setup that goes on a bow.
That attached a very fine string to the arrow.
And when you shoot a deer the string would folow the deer,
and was attached to your bow so all you had to do is follow the string to the deer.
I don't know if there still is something like it or not.

Do you have a pic of deer like the hog?

JM2cents.

npaden

Here's a neat animated gif for deer:



You can see that the lungs on a deer are a lot bigger and go much farther back than on a hog.