My First Kill!
Contributors to this thread:Hogs
From: Basinboy
11-Aug-15
With a wood arrow :) Had to see how them woods penetrate with a Simmons head. Blew right through! None of the carbon arrows went completely through any of the hogs I have shot with the 47# Palmer
From: Bow junkie
11-Aug-15
Bad ass!!!! I live in Florida and have property in Georgia , I'm well aware of how tough those hogs are . Congrats my man!!!!!!
From: HuntHard
11-Aug-15
You will always remember your first harvest. Nice job!
From: Jack Harris
11-Aug-15
Awesome! congratulations... I smell BACON
From: INbowdude
11-Aug-15
Congrats!
From: IdyllwildArcher
11-Aug-15
Grats!
From: drycreek
11-Aug-15
Looks like grilling time !
From: DC
11-Aug-15
Oh! thanks. I have to work all the time right now and I have no time off. NOW, All I want to do is hunt hogs. "Soon Real Soon". Really, Congratulations, Those Simmons are great. (I Remember Wood.)
From: EmbryO-klahoma
11-Aug-15
Couple of questions... Did you see much improvement from carbon to wood? Also, what were your arrow weights on both?
From: Basinboy
12-Aug-15
I have killed 5 hogs in the last two weeks with this new longbow. The first two were with a GoldTip 1535, 100gr insert and 150gr Stinger, total arrow weight was 450gr. I'm pulling 47#@26". I wasn't getting pass through a but the hogs were dead all the same. I decided to up my arrow weight. Put 100gr insert and the 150gr stinger on a 3555 shaft and that put me at 520gr total arrow weight. Shot two hogs with them, still no pass through a but again dead hogs. I got my wood arrows in and they came with 125 gr points and were weighing 420-430 grains. Way too light for a 47# bow in my book. So I put a 170gr Simmons on for total arrow weight of 480gr. It flew great too. Hit dead on so off I went to the woods to field test it. The big wood arrow blew through this hog even though it was 40gr lighter than the 3555.
From: EmbryO-klahoma
12-Aug-15
Were shot placements similar? I'm asking these questions because I'm thinking of trying some wood arrows again. Congrats on your pigs!
From: Basinboy
12-Aug-15
Similar on entrance but most of the carbon shafts hit the opposite shoulder which will definitely slow them down. The wood arrow went in ribs and came out ribs
From: Chaseasl
12-Aug-15
Congrats
