Unca Walt
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Here's a pic of Fuzzy giving my crossbow a sniff-spection. The strap is a buzzer hide I tanned. Sucker made TWO straps.I still have a scoped 175lb Barnett Commando crossbow and 4 bladed broadhead bolts, but have never hunted with it. It has a profile aluminum stock that breaks in the middle to cock it and has a tempered steel bow. The cocking part is a nice feature, but at 175lb I can still cock it by hand, with my feet on the inside of the bow.
We didn't have wild hogs where I grew up, but mah pappy used to dispatch our hogs with a single 22 long rifle round between the eyes. They never even squealed.
I've seen pictures of feral hogs, and they get a whole lot bigger than wild hogs and peccaries. It is amazing how they also revert back to growing tusks in a few generations.
We had a young half grown Hampshire pig escape one time and never heard of it again, but are pretty sure we know which neighbor harvested it, based on the direction the tracks headed.
I've got a special card that allows me to use a crossbow in bow season for deer and whatnot since my shoulder is entirely metal and plastic with living tissue covering (jeez: I'm a cyborg!)
I use the folding Scorpion points. Never lost a wounded animobile.
I love how scary-accurate the dang thing is. This is at 40 yards -- six shots you could cover with a quarter: