You'll get as many answers as there are models of broadheads. I personally use Magnus Black Hornets with good results, but there are several out there that work just as well. With your setup, you might be better off with a profile like the Stingers. The most important thing on those big hogs is to sharpen the broadheads as sharp as you can get them. If you look at mine too long, your eyes will bleed.

I'd bump up your arrow weight a bit for the big boars, but with that FOC, you might be ok with a sharp fixed blade. I'll leave that decision to you and hopefully this doesn't turn into a heavy vs light arrow debate.

 

GREAT input!

You know as well as I do...there are hunters out there toting every brand of everything doing a lot of HUNTING but very little KILLING. I've had guys tell me I shouldn't shoot a retractable who've only killed 3 or 4 whitetails with a bow. I've killed over a hundred in the past 40 years of bowhunting, and that's no exaggeration. Over 90% of those whitetails, and one muley, were killed with mechanical broadheads. But the hogs are proving to be a problem.

While shot placement is absolutely KEY, there are other factors involved in order to actually penetrate and kill a 350-500+ pound boar with an arrow. I can easily bump up the weight of my arrows with the SS front inserts to get my arrow weight up to around 500 grains. I can easily change the wheel on my HHA Tetra Max Tourney to accommodate another arrow set-up. BUT...guys such as yourself who are actually putting arrows into big hogs know what broadheads work well and what doesn't based on real experience, and not arm-chair speculation.

I may only get a few responses to this post, but hopefully they're all as helpful as yours. THANK YOU!

 

Anything cut on contact should be fine. Black hornets are a good tough head with a thick blade. I like the two blade over the one with bleeders because I get a little better penetration with them. I also use the Carbon Express piledriver 1.5" two blade cut on contact but they are discontinued now.

 

Yeah I’d go with a a smaller cutting diameter 3 blade or a 2 blade. weather you get a single or double bevel 2 blade is up to you. I think you’d get similar penetration either way, but I’d go with single bevel because ranchfairy hahah jk. I do know cutthroat and bone broadhead have 125gn single bevels for a fair price if you don’t want to throw a sword on the front of your arrow. Like COKEMAN92 said you’ll need some razors to get penetration on big boars, all dull broadheads suck.

 

I've used everything from Zwickey's, Magnus Stingers, Slick Tricks, Strickland Helix, VPA Terminators to German Kinetics. All killed hogs and held up well except Slick Tricks. My favorite all around head is the VPA Terminator for cost and durability. They make a 175 grain 3 blade solid blade that is awesome. Whatever you go with make sure its so sharp it hurts your eyes to look at it. Your shot selection is more key than broadhead selection. I learned the hard way to wait for a quartering away shot versus a broadside shot so I could slip the arrow in behind the shield instead of going through the shield. Another great shot if the hog is hard quartering to you is at the base of the neck sliding in under the shoulder blade and shield, and between the backbone. With the 3 blade VPA I recommended, and the neck shot with a 500 grain arrow, the arrow will exit if it doesnt hit the rear leg bone, or coming in from a quartering away shot it will exit the brisket.

 

Seen good results with G5 strikers and QAD exodus. However I did shoot one in the forehead this year with a rage +P and it was quick. If I’m shooting fixed I use either of those above.


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I'm leaning toward the Annihilators. I emailed the company to see if they offered a practice head so you don't have to shoot a $20 broadhead into a target.

 

I’m in the Deep South we’re overrun w them, stay away from scapula and shoulder area at all cost. Back of lungs to liver area if your used to looking at deer is the best place to insure adequate penetration along w quality heads mentioned will kill them quickly. I’m a exodus believer they’re crazy sharp, fly great and penetrate like no other 1 1/4 fixed head. IMO

 

I’m exactly who you asked not to comment as I have never shot a hog before. But...

I think if weight isn’t an issue, then something like a tuffhead would be ideal. If weight is an issue and you want to stay around 100-125 grains, then I would say something like a Magnus Stinger/ Magnus Black Hornet.

Only reason I commented is because the Ranch Fairy, who does nothing but shoot hogs, uses those broadheads. And I know some people don’t like him, but you can’t argue that he kills many many hogs.


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Yeah Can’t argue with his results, for the most part the guy know what he’s talking about. But he does have a video of his buddy shooting though a gutted pig with mechanicals, he just threw a bunch of weight up front. I thought that was pretty impressive for the size of pig and using a mechanical.

 

There are so many broad heads that will work, you could never try them all. As others have said shot placement is every thing. Sows and normal size boars are just like other animals. Big boars with a shield are much tougher, one getting through it and two getting blood to come out of them. A quartering alway shot is your absolute best bet. Any other shot hurts your odds. Low and forward are a good rule to follow. If you try to get through the shield, especially two holes and then hoping any blood spills is going to be very lucky. A broad head that retains its edge is going to offer you the best bet of everything working in your favor as long as you put the arrow in the correct spot. But they are pigs and have a will to live that is beyond what a lot of other animals have. Plus most live in some very thick, thorny, muddy country all of which makes recovery more difficult many times. Iron will, German kenetics, exodus, vpa, cutthroat and many others have worked well, but again it’s very important to put it exactly where it needs to be put. Pump station or lungs and prayer.

 

VPA broadheads are great, I like a 3 blade because as you know hogs can SOMETIMES not bleed much even though shot good. Yes I've killed several hogs over the years. But the hogs I hunt are smaller 100-250lbs.

 

Simmons or Zwickey are my go to heads for everything.

 

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According to the Ashby penetration factors, it’s not just the broadhead that matters, but arrow diameter plays a part as well. I recently worked out the Valkyrie test kit and was impressed with the increased penetration with their high FOC smaller diameter setup, at least in foam, compared to my standard diameter setup. I went ahead and purchased their system, six arrows with their 180 grain jaggers and will be testing it on hogs this month.


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Excellent info! Please look me up when you complete your tests. I'm shooting Airstrikes which are .204" ID. My arrows with 100 grains up front weight 438. I'm not averse to setting up specifically for hogs. I know the anatomy and shot placement requirements well, but my current set-up failed miserably with 4 perfectly placed shots inside 20 yards. Gotta make a change! Thanks for your input!

 

We shot 15 hogs with Iron Will Wide broadheads one weekend last spring and had exit holes on all of them, even the 50 lb recurve shooters.

 

I'm not familiar with that brand, but I will be after tonight. What size hogs were you shooting? Thanks for the input!!

 

I don't fit your criteria ,I have shot a few hogs and had pretty good luck with Magnus Stinger buzzcuts. Right behind the front leg low has produced the fastest kills for me. I shot one the other day with the combo below and was impressed. Think I will use it in the future. I don't know a lot but I think I figured this out. You have to drop their blood pressure so they drop. You bleed them out in a few seconds they will drop. If not they can absorb about anything you throw at them.Its pitiful to watch them and they thrash and squall and huff and puff terrible. The golden triangle right above the leg is suppose to be best,but I am afraid of the leg and shield if I go a little high or low. I think I am hitting behind the heart a little but catching a little of the lungs and liver and a major artery. Bleed them out fast. I have also made a couple "bad shots" high. I learned this, you can kill every hog you shoot at if you spine shoot them. They drop like a rock. If your a good shot its a viable alternative, they scream bloody murder and you still have to apply the kill, but you won't lose them.

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I don't fit your criteria ,I have shot a few hogs and had pretty good luck with Magnus Stinger buzzcuts. Right behind the front leg low has produced the fastest kills for me. I shot one the other day with the combo below and was impressed. Think I will use it in the future. I don't know a lot but I think I figured this out. You have to drop their blood pressure so they drop. You bleed them out in a few seconds they will drop. If not they can absorb about anything you throw at them.Its pitiful to watch them and they thrash and squall and huff and puff terrible. The golden triangle right above the leg is suppose to be best,but I am afraid of the leg and shield if I go a little high or low. I think I am hitting behind the heart a little but catching a little of the lungs and liver and a major artery. Bleed them out fast. I have also made a couple "bad shots" high. I learned this, you can kill every hog you shoot at if you spine shoot them. They drop like a rock. If your a good shot its a viable alternative, they scream bloody murder and you still have to apply the kill, but you won't lose them.

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Great input! I learned the hard about shooting them high and/or shooting them in the plate. Many years ago, I wasn't hunting an area with tons of hogs, but there were a few big ones that I thought I'd made fantastic shots on and never recovered. The shots I made this week were text book perfect, but my whitetail arrow setup failed. I'll try the low shot you described this weekend if the opportunity presents itself since I don't have any fixed blades yet.

 

Haven’t read all the replies I’ll be honest. Someone may have mentioned arrow weight and FOC or maybe not. Get that arrow weight up to 550+ grains 16%+ FOC. Get some Magnus 2 blade and be done with it.
there are other superb heads a lot here mentioned but heck the Magnus are inexpensive and lifetime warranty. Not to mention they flat out work awesome.
talking bout experience? I’ve killed a TON of big pigs over 200 lbs. I have used many different fixed heads with great success including exodus, slick trick, Magnus, etc and never had issues with them. You don’t have to buy some crazy 200g single bevels or Iron wills. I hope this helps

This 225lb hog was taken with my 60lb VXR with 555g arrow and slick trick Mag.
pass through and dead in 15 yards.

 

Haven’t read all the replies I’ll be honest. Someone may have mentioned arrow weight and FOC or maybe not. Get that arrow weight up to 550+ grains 16%+ FOC. Get some Magnus 2 blade and be done with it.
there are other superb heads a lot here mentioned but heck the Magnus are inexpensive and lifetime warranty. Not to mention they flat out work awesome.
talking bout experience? I’ve killed a TON of big pigs over 200 lbs. I have used many different fixed heads with great success including exodus, slick trick, Magnus, etc and never had issues with them. You don’t have to buy some crazy 200g single bevels or Iron wills. I hope this helps View attachment 7356086
This 225lb hog was taken with my 60lb VXR with 555g arrow and slick trick Mag.
pass through and dead in 15 yards.

Thanks for the excellent input! The hog in the foreground was 400 lbs dressed, and he took 4 of my whitetail arrows (438 gr, 100 gr Schwacker, Gold Tip Airstrikes, 18% FOC) like they were nothing. The penetration was abysmal. All 4 shots were textbook perfect for hogs and less than 20 yards. I'm going to have my arrow guy spec out some 500+ grain arrows just for this purpose.

 

Where exactly are you hunting? Those don’t look like pure wild hogs. And by the 400lb size that is extremely unusual for a pure feral hog with no human influence to get that big.

 

As you can see, we have all shapes and sizes. There's no doubt that there's feral domestic hog influence in what we see around our farm.

 

I use Rocket Steelhead. Small heads penetrate. I don’t shoot any 400# but plenty Georgia 200+ Big 2 blades are made for soft skin animals. For fixed blade I like Magnus Stinger 4 blade which is just a 2 blade with a bleeeder

 

Coc ive shot bunch hogs.we went few months ago watched mechanicals bounce right off big hog.theirs tons out their ive killed big hogs with wac em heads pre ferydyne dirt nap magnus 2 blades black hornet type heads different brand.

 

If you read the replies on this thread, the majority of big hog killers are recommending the Magnus. I have some 125s on the way. Thanks for the input!

 

If you are truly only asking about the monster boars then you need something that will hold a edge and penetrate deeply. Iron will or exodus would both be great heads.

On top of that I would bump up the arrow weight to around 500 grains.

Good luck and please post up some pics.

 

Great input! I'm gearing up to do exactly what you just described. I'll be getting after them this coming week and next weekend, so I'll report on my progress.

 

I'm not a huge hog killer (working on it but public land is a PITA), but I shot a 125lb pig with a 58lb bow and 380grn arrow at 70 with a 100 grain magnus black hornet. Went in behind the second to last rib and came out the offside shoulder, those things are mean. And the warranty on em is hard to beat.

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Shwackers suck for hogs, they don't open correctly in fatty swine especially in a shield.

Exodus is probably your best bet, followed closely by a standard slick trick.

I killed 13 with archery equipment this year 383 grain arrow tipped with rage ss , 55# bow shooting 285 fps.

No huge hogs but great performance on all 13

 

The failures with the Schwackers was disappointing, especially since NONE of the shots were in the shield. I'll stick to them for my whitetail hunting, and I'm setting up heavy 500+ gr arrows with fixed blades for future hog slaying.

 

I hunted Texas for 16 years and harvested a number of hogs. Some ranches would not even allow mechanicals due to past experience of poor performance. I shoot a 100 grain Magnus Stinger. They fly like field tips, penetrate bone great and are sharpened on the front and back of the blade so they cut coming back out too. And if you shoot one into a rock Magnus will replace it no questioned asked.