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decent weight for pig hunting

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Newindian:
I know we all kinda sorta agree that 30-35 is the minimum for deer hunting, but what about hogs?

JW_Halverson:
Bigger the piggie, the bigger the bow.  That gristle sheild on their front quarters takes some doing to cut thru.  I bet some of these gold ol' southern boys will have some idea. 

Make sure your broadheads are sharp enough that you wake from deep sleep having nightmares about them!

H Rhodes:
You need heavy arrows and a bow with good cast.  Hogs are tough and I think you should shoot as heavy a draw weight as you can still shoot accurately.  Like JW said, it needs a sharp point, and at least 6 or 7 hundred grains of arrow.  If you catch them quartering away, and you don't try a broadside where you are trying to cut through that shield - anything that will kill a deer will kill a hog.   

trad bow:
I presently use a 53# bow and have no problems with penetration. I have seen 35# bows work but you will need to be close and have a pig on the smaller side. No matter what poundage a super sharp bh is mandatory as is shot placement. I use  cut on contact two blade heads and have taken a couple of hundred with trad gear. Just now starting to hunt them with my self bow but see no drop off in performance compared to the glass. I prefer a quartering away shot myself and shoot them low. Hogs die quick with a well placed shot.

crooketarrow:
    My brother lives in SC. his friends have dogs and do the knife and spear thing. He wanted me to send him a bow about 15 years ago. I had a old him a 62" Hickory at 52 pounds with just under 3 inchs of string follow. I sent him 4 dowl (ceder) arrows with zickeys,555 grain.
    He said his friends laughed at it never seeing a self bow. He called and told me he shot 4 hogs at 5 or 6 yards one around 9 yards all broad side. 2 Behind the shoulder pass throughs. One through the back of a shoulder it also passed through also but just bearly but it did come out he said. The other he shot through both shoulders just to see. It did'nt pass through stoped at feathers.

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