ok show me some pics on shot placement.i like pics so show lots of them.kasey

Check some of the "hog" threads under "Dangerous Game"....there's some great diagrams

This was a quartering away about 45 degrees, arrow stuck in off side shoulder blade.. Boar went down in about 40 yards.

The one above is the best one I've seen.  I've seen bunches lost when folks shoot them low behind the shoulder like a whitetail.  They can be very tough if you don't hit them in the goodies!  Unless you can hit them in the heart, I would try for a broadside shot.  I've seen them travel forever on one lung.  I also think the shield is over rated.  A good two blade will go through it with no problem.  All boars don't have shields either.  Just my two cents.

Nothing personal guys but that photo isn't very accurate. The lungs are waaaaaay too high on that pic. Especially on a bigger hog, 200# or more, there is nothing up that high but grisle and meat. Look where WTpops hit his and compare it to the drawing. I never shoot over the halfway up line on any but the smallest hogs.

I agree with Biggie.... I have taken hogs in Tejas with a firearm, we shot lower then the that pic that robtattoo posted....but looking at the pic it also looks to be realigned better

Go to  www.texasboars.com.   They show a step by step autopsy of a hog peeling away to the vitals.  It is very graphic, but you won't have any doubts where the vitals after viewing.
Randy

"where the vitals are" after viewing..sorry for the grammar.
Randy

i have shot pigs with my wheel bow.i just wanted to see your trad pigs and where you shot them.

Here is a link to a site I found. It should answer any questions you have.

http://www.texasboars.com/anatomy.html

Jack

Here's one.  The arrow was like this when pig expired.

The Texas Boars website is a good anatomy lesson on small pigs. I shoot for the shoulder on eatin size pigs like that but on BIG hogs, the anatomical structure chnages.

That texas boars site was pretty good.

I always aim low and tight to the shoulder.  Broadside or very slight quartering away(aim to exit offside leg).  After shooting quite a few hogs, I have never had a problem.  In my experience if hit well, they "bleed like a stuck hog". Pun intented.

God Bless

That is one ugly animal.

The REAL question is, what do they TASTE like?  Don't say chicken...

ugly they are,...good they taste