by Robert FL » Thu Jan 18, 2018 1:40 pm
Hoot, thanks for posting your test results! Testing is fun and interesting but never cheap. I shot a big boar hog behind the shoulder 20 years ago with a 60 pound recurve using Bear SS Razorheads. I only got about 2 inches of penetration, arrow pretty much bounced off him. On the same hunt my buddy shot also shot a huge boar with a 80 pound compound bow with aluminum arrows, same story, no penetration, no dead hog..we concentrated on small boars and sows after that..I once shot a big boar with a 50 cal muzzleloader at 25 yards, he ran off, I only found a dozen drops of blood trailing him..a couple of days later my buddy shot him in the head with a 270. He said there was a pinkie finger sized hole in the hogs shoulder, we figured that his dead hog was the one I shot with the muzzle loader. Some shields are pretty thick and tough, some are barely there. I look forward to more Hog kills with my 450BM, each one will be a learning experience on the 450's effectiveness.