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armymedic.2:
my dad shot a 180 lb hog in florida last year.  i had my 60 lb. recurve with cedar arrows and a 125 2 blade broadhead.  just tpo see we hung it up and i shot it in the plate at 20 yards.  i did not go through the plate at all that thing is tough.  then i shot behind the plate and got a comlete pass thru.  you need to shoot behind the plate.  if you hit it with anything that is not super high speed, and it is a mature hog, you are in trouble.  my dads compound went through both shoulder plates with half the arrow hangin out exit.  just food for thought.  you want to avoid that plate at all costs.

mullet:
  If you are going to kill a big boar hog you have to shoot him through the shield,unless you are good at head shots or long nasty blood trailing.The ones I recovered on the AlexaCarrie hunt I was shooting a 70# bow shooting 188 fps and Wendsel broadheads.I made a complete passthrough on the boar hog through the shield and a complete passthrough on the sow through the neck,and the first shot went through both hips,breaking the hip,one leg and cutting the femoral artery.I lost 3 hogs that I didn't make passthrough shots on.Stone points made a heck of a blood trail till they broke the arrow and the fat closed the hole.

armymedic.2:
my opion is that you need to take quartering away shots or frontal.  the shield proved impernetrable to my martin mamba, and she hits pretty hard.  i would not take the chance on trying to pass through something that is specifically named after its stopping power.  i would suggest waiting dor a good shot angle.  broadside is not always best.  nice shots on the hogs you harv ested.  i hope to have some of your good fortune next year.  when i was in florida the hogs mainly moved at night because of a hot spell in january.

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