paka

Aloha All ,
Hoping you all may have some ideas on this subject.
3 Pigs , gone , the latest one I'mm still sick to my stomach about. I shot a nice little black boar80 lbs with 4 blade muzzysinto its vitals from 15 yards . The pig was between broadside and quartering away and arrow hit what seemed to be the vital area and stuck half way out. It jumped forward and trotted down into our weed fields (no,just reg weeds) and my son and I waited about 35 minutes.
So it was dark now and we got flash lights and follwed the blood trail, which was really heavy, no bubbles .It seemed to be only on the left side , but down the trail blood was appearing on both sides. We crawled and tracked blood on our hands and knees for about 45 minutes (100 yards then the blood doubled back and I lost the trail[:@]. No pig. We found my arrow snapped in half covered in blood and all broadhead blades stripped clean.
This is the 3rd pig I havent retreved so I need Any or all ideas to help my skills put meat in the freezer. Please add your 2 cents.
Mahalo

huntnma

they can go hundreds of yds........believe me, lol.....i would wait at least an hour , probably longer depending on where i hit it....pigs are tough.was it good red blood or gut blood? i know that hogs have a rep. for packing thier wounds with mud, but i dont know how true that is, but i believe it,lol.....the one hog i lost had blood, large amounts of blood that went on for 400 yds., then i lost it........sucked...i would try to work on the waiting it out part.....

burniegoeasily

Like ma said, give them time. They are tough beasts. If you dont see them go down, give them time. You will usually hear them pile up about 50 yards, even though, wait.

paka

Thanks Guys,
Ya , I might wait a cupple of hours next time or next morning.

Ryan Campbell

I disagree entirely. This line of thinking comes from deer hunting, not hog hunting. Deer, when hit properly, will go down fairly shortly. Hogs when hit properly, do not always go down at all.
When shooting hogs with a bow or a rifle, you keep shooting them (or sticking them) until they go down.
Waiting 30+ minutes will cost you your animal. The can stop bleeding in that amount of time and you'll lose your animal. Not to mention that they could be bedded up somewhere that will be nearly impossible for you to get to.
I've guided a lot of bow hunters on hogs and I never let them stick a hog and then wait. Get on them ASAP and put them down.

paka

Interesting theory Mr . Campbell ,
In open terrain I would definately agree , but in thick underground tunnel like terrain where second shot isnt an option I think waiting is my only option.
I did see the tracking bug system today in the mags , Hmmm.
We weill not give up

huntnma

i disagree......i am talking from hog hunting experiences i have had, probably not nearly as many as you, but if you dont wait, you chance jumping that hog....why would you want to do that ? i feel you should give it time to die or at least bed down...the only reason i lost that one was because of the water....my mistake, i didnt wait long enough, it did bed down not too far from where i was, but i didnt wait....lesson learned, just passin on what i have learned while hog hunting....
i guess he'll just have to figure out how to do it through trial and error...he can try both ways and let us know what worked best, lol.......

paka

I will

burniegoeasily

Im with ma on this one, let them lay. with out a heart of lungs they will expire. If I see them go down, ill wait until they stop kicking and then go after them. If I do not see them go down, I willwait a minimum of 30 min. Ive arrowed these guys for over 20 years and all were taken with one arrow. Ill agree, the little guys are tough and if you could get a follow up shot, it is not a bad idea. But from my experience, after they get hurtthey get to the nearest cover and do like all hurt animals, lay and die. I always go with the notion, its better to let them lay and die than to jump them.Ive lost very few hogs in my life and the ones I have lost were when I was impatient and went after them too soon. Now with a rifle or pistil, its easy to get a follow up shot, but still I dont go chasing them and push them into the next county. If you let them lay down while in shock, its better than to scare them and get them running on adrenaline. Or at least that has been my personal experience. Too each his own.


Good luck Paka, let us know how the hunting goes.

cwillard

I was watching a hog hunt and the guy made a good shot and then kept stalking to get another and then the hog decided to charge him.