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I am in the process of preparing for my first outfitted hunt in May. My father and I will be headed to TN to hunt hogs- we’ve never left Ohio to hunt. I’ve read as much as I can find online and watched as many youtube videos as I could and just want to make sure I’m thinking right for a hog killzone.

This post was inspired by WapitiTalk1’s Shoot or No Shot 2018 posts over on the Western Bowhunting Gallery; although much less detailed- thanks for the inspiration WapitiTalk1!

I am shooting a Hoyt Defiant 34 at 72# 28.5" DL with a 465 gr Gold Tip Pierce arrow with a magnus black hornet ser.

You guys and gals that have shot some hogs and are obviously much more knowledgeable than I, would you mind giving me some feedback on the following shot placements-I am super concerned about avoiding the shoulder-? Let’s assume all shots are between 20 and 25 yards from a spot and stalk approach. I know a quartering away shot is ideal but I couldn’t find too many available pics through the google machine 😉

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Where can I go to see pictorials of where to place a killing arrow on brown and grizzly bears?

With turkey season fast approaching we made this video on shot placement and hope some of you will find it helpful. This is where we like to shoot turkeys with a bow based on our experiences. Thanks and let us know what you guys think !! https://youtu.be/LXCHaonCSas

I will rank the bow and why just my opinion and probably don’t matter to most but I like reading other’s thoughts so I will share mine.
1. Hoyt both of them but mainly the hyperforce the draw was amazing to me. Dead on the shot all bows were shot bare except the triax. I really like the hoyts .
2. Evolve I don’t even know if it was a 18 or 17 but again a great draw cycle. Dead in the hand as well really close to the hoyts.
3. Realm draw was nice but did notice a little stack towards the end of the draw cycle still dead in the hand.
4. Triax definitely my least favorite draw out of all the bows seemed the heaviest in draw and physical weight. I don’t know if it is the heaviest or just seemed that way. The bow just didn’t seem to fit me. It was very nice on the shot just didn’t seem to fit me as well as the others.
All these bows are amazing just some of my thoughts. The physical weight on the Triax could have been because of the stabilizer. I am a Hoyt guy so I may be a little bias just going to put that out there now. Never been a PSE guy but the evolved is awesome. Draw cycle and after shot feel of the Hoyt just blew me away. Would love to hear some of your thoughts about all the bows maybe you had different experiences love reading everyone’s opinion.

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reign 6. Eating crow tonight. Said I would never buy bowtech but with how I shot with it I HAD to have it. I shot hoyts, Mathews, elites and bear and this bow just felt right and I was dead on from the start. Can’t wait to spend more time with it and take it hunting this fall IFFFFFFFF fingers crossed the limbs don’t blow.

Put a qad hdx rest on it, cbe sight and a 8" beestinger stab to get me started. Got a few more goodies to get for it to be complete.

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Forgive me but I grew up hunting in the eastern woods. 40YDS was pushing it. I now live in New Mexico and everyone I come in contact with has a 80 and 90 yd pin on their bow because "this is the west, you need to take long shots". I was shooting some 3d at the club today and this guy keeps bragging about his Elk hunt coming up, at 25 yds he shot 5 arrows at a full size elk target and hit 1, 8 and the rest were 5’s. Then he simply says "that will do time to get my long pins set". I am not the ethics police but come on.

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