Hey, the little ones eat better anyway  

Coaster, you're right!  I have no desire to shoot a big ugly tusker (unless it's just 'cause they're so darn ugly    I much prefer the pigs around 100#.  They are real good eating.

I've shot a few big boars but I like smelling the Bacon Frying not the Boar .... 60 to 100#s are perfect and a whole lot easier to get back to the truck  

I agree that smaller boars are good eating...but dont' think I'm not gonna shoot a blockhead if he shows!!!

They make a lot of sausage if they aren't rank.  

well, how did you do o your hunt with the lighter bow?

I would think 40#s would work for a hog.

Even if you just take 20 shots a day with the 55# bow you will be able to handle it easily with in a couple weeks.  Make sure you get your shoulder low and protected and use good back tension, you will like it a lot more.

That old Indian bow (depending on it's condition) can still get the job done. I have a 45lb Warrior that I bought in 1968. It was in my closet at my Mom's house for 30 years. I checked the limbs and replaced the string and it still shoots well, just not as well as my Jay St Charles Thunderbird.

I think 40lbs would be fine as long as: 1)it is a small to medium size hog, 2) an appropriate distance, and 3) great shot placement.

I shot a 70lb hog at about 20 yards with a 53lb longbow and it went straight through. I think 40lbs would do the job.

Matthew

Shot placement is what kills.  I would be shooting at least 600 grain arrows and keeping my shots at 15 yards or less.  That is what we have set up for the wife to hunt elk with and I have no doubt she will get sufficient penetration.

This is one of the best pictorials I have seen demonstrating the vitals location on a hog:

  Wild Boar Anatomy

The pictures take you through, on a real hog, layer by layer to the vitals.

i know some people wont like this but oh well.

My wife shot a sow that was 500lbs  with a 38lb@28" longbow she draws it 25"  so about 32lbs at her draw.  

it took two shots from her Whisperstick voodoo stik she was shooting cedar arrows full length and 125gr magnus 2blades that where surgical sharp her first shot was at about 15 yds.  she got about 6 inches of penetration and got one lung and part of the heart she got up on it again and put another arrow into it and got one lung again with a quartering away shot 8 inches of penetration  the first shot would have done it and the cavity was completely full of blood when we opened it

I would not have shot the pig with that bow but she did and I was right there to help her after she got it I had a back up bow 57lb morrison for backup if it did not go well.

QuoteOriginally posted by robslifts:
i know some people wont like this but oh well.

Why not????

Tell her CONGRATS!!!!.....now show us the pics.    

Congrats to her! Its all about shot placement for sure...i watched jan hill shoot thru a hog in georgia with either a 35 or 40lb(im pretty sure 35lb)and the hog didnt go 15'....i also watched a friend of mine shoot one at 10 yards or so with his 81@29" and didnt penetrate past the ferrule.

500 #s???  Did you actually weigh it?

Congrats to your wife..let's see a pic.

i will try to get a pic its been a few years it was a pretty awesome thing

wow..... great pig

Yeah.....nice hog for sure...

Here here for the bear. Shoot as much as possible and you'll shoot the heavier bow with ease.