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Hillbilly:
As long as you avoid that shield on the boars, you should be fine. Try to take quartering-away shots to get under that impenetrable shield. And the vitals on a hog are a lot more forward than on a deer, heart and lungs are almost under the shoulder.

mullet:
 A broadside shot is going to be an "iffy" shot if it has a thick shield  with a #45 bow. You need a quartering away shot to sink it in the chest good. James Parkers friend Terry, killed one this past weekend that was 220# and the shield was over 2.5" thick. You will need some very sharp broadheads.

 Unless you go for a head shot ;D

cracker:
Any one here made a head shot?? >:D ::)

Pat B:
Eddie's not picky, he shoots them at both ends.  :D  Seems to work pretty good too!

gstoneberg:

--- Quote from: cracker on December 31, 2010, 11:33:29 pm ---Any one here made a head shot?? >:D ::)

--- End quote ---

I suspect you didn't expect anybody to admit to that, but sadly yes I have, and it didn't work :-[.  I got greedy after shooting a nice little sow of about 50lbs and tried to get another.  Don't know if I lost concentration or what, but the arrow hit right at the back of the ear.  I expected him to drop right there, but he just ran off looking like he had one of the arrow gag things on with half the arrow sticking out on each side.  It must've bugged him and he shook his head until it flew out and then ran off as though it had never happened.  Pigs are tough customers.  Their anatomy is a little different than a deer's.  Here's a link to the TexasBoars forum where they have lots of info on hog hunting which shows the vitals in great clarity: http://www.texasboars.com/anatomy.html.  It also shows how my shot behind the ear just went through some muscle there.

George

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