I put my mathews VXR28 through it's passes Sunday and Monday night at my buddies lease. Within in 30 minutes on the buggy I put down 2 Bars (200lbs & 180lbs). Then spent the next couple of hours processing them (loaded with fat). Pretty epic, as coming across a Bar is rare but 2 with in 30 minutes is probably unheard of. Following night put down 2 sows and my daughter shot one with her mission switch but lost it in the palmettos. The VXR is proven I'm ready for deer season with confidence in the bow. If you don't know a Bar is a Boar that has been trapped, castrated, and set back into the wild

Nice looking Bar Hogs, that’s some good eating there... for those who don’t know what a Bar Hog is, it’s a young Boar that has been live trapped, castrated, then released. The fat content is much higher and the rate of growth is accelerated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dfTqPbDSLs

warning live shots on wild pigs. The talking is from my 2 buddies, the driver and spotter. My daughter and I are the shooters. The one grainy video of a hit is my daughters first K with a bow.

Good for you. I really like the fact you are introducing hunting to your kids...another thumbs up!

Without a size reference it's quite a big bigger than I expected once you were standing next to it hanging. I can see why they do so much damage.

Good job!

I'm afraid of them with a rifle.

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
Good job!

I'm afraid of them with a rifle.

Don't worry. They would need opposable thumbs to use a rifle.

Ha ha! Paten wins the internet response of the day!

What is the rationale behind trapping and then releasing back into the wild? I thought those hogs were nuisance animals to be killed on sight. Or is that only in Texas and some other places?

Some guy was on The Tube ,
He was on a ranch in Texas,
Shooting them from a helicopter with .223 semi auto rifles.

The got a dozen of them in 20 minute show.

I live in Wisc. thus we do not have ferrel hogs. But I also have a new place in Florida. One of the things now on my bucket list that I hope I get the opportunity to do. Great job on your hunt!

Congratulations on a successful hunt. I am in awe of bow Hunters, it is something I never took the time to learn.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
What is the rationale behind trapping and then releasing back into the wild? I thought those hogs were nuisance animals to be killed on sight. Or is that only in Texas and some other places?

Cutting and releasing is suppose to make the meat better. My buddy doesn't do that but somebody did and they made there way over to his lease. He has a lease on the Lykes brothers cattle ranch. About 3000 acres he leases. What I was told is the manager of all the leases on lykes brothers allow trapping of hogs but your suppose to kill them all. So someone did it just for better meat.

Nice pork. I took one with a bow years ago and it was probably my most fun hunt ever.

To add I had no idea they where BAR hogs until after the shot. pretty rare occurrence

Do they sterilize them prior to releasing them?

Haven't seen it done other than you tube. They make a cut pop the testicles out or cut em off and off they go was what I seen. The two I shot had nothing there no sack nothing. You could see a smallish scar. No infection looked like a clean job.