Team Hunt '08

[Doegirl]

I need to implant in my little mind shot placement on these critters.
How are my two shots here from some "borrowed" pics. The bottom pic is a little quartering towards:

[BT]

This is the shot I would rather take and I will explain this....

Generally you should be shooting for the opposing leg but in this instance , the angle is so steep that if you error left (with that aim point) then you are going to be in the ham
You're aim point is fine as to where the vitals are but if you err right you will hit some very solid bone and not gain entry with a moderate powered bow.
Even if the shot is spot on.... this is the shield area and it is (at times) hard as a rock.
The chances of a deflection are very real indeed.

I think that this is an opportunity for the perfect shot but I would choose to center through the guts and into the heart area.

Why? ..... good question since (at my aim point) we can not get both lungs.
However....there is a constant with hogs and that is that hogs cant take a hit in the gut
If you managed (somehow) to miss the lungs and every artery exiting/entering the heart....you would most definitely get this hog all the same.

The only change in plans is that you might have to face off with a boar that is in it's preferred location in order to get another shot

[BT]

Last year I saw a hog (like the one pictured in my last post) shot in the area marked by the yellow dot.
The bow was a compound of at least 60# and at a distance of perhaps 20 yards.
The silver flame exited with and equal amount of arrow sticking out of both sides of the boar.
This area is a good one to keep away from when you're in the 50# K.E. range

[Doegirl]

Thanks for your input, BT. The top hog is almost too steep of an angle for a shot. Maybe a little more broadside. I keep forgetting that hogs have that shield to contend with, not to mention a small vital area. I found this site, www.texasboars.com/anatomy.html[/color] in which a small boar is cut away layer by layer. Very insightful.

[BT]

That same one is here somewhere and thanks for bringing it back up

[Greg Krause]

Don't let ol' BT scare you. Hogs should be taken seriously and can be dangerous, but it's not an everyday occurence. Just stay on your toes and everything will be fine.
I'll have a big knife with me so if one chases you(spiker ;D) just run to me! I'm not afraid of much, always need another good story to tell and I heard chicks dig scars!

[BT]

skipmaster1 said:

I'm not afraid of much, always need another good story to tell and I heard chicks dig scars!

;D

[BT]

[CopperHead]

Now that would be interesting.

[Doegirl]

BTW, I really dig the Team Hunt Countdown Clock