Pics of vital areas?

[Balog]

On this thread, Matt G posted an excellent picture of a deer with the location of the vitals superimposed. This seems like a wondeful tool for the novice, and I was wondering if there were pics available of other game animals? I'm specifically interested in feral hogs. Thanks a lot.

 

[Matt G]

Aw shucks.
I just Googled images of "deer", and copied it to Paint and did a little freehand drawing from what I've personally observed.

Others could provide their views on vitals on hog (very dfferent than deer!) and maybe bear? (I've never looked inside one; wouldn't know.)

 

[Balog]

The vitals on a feral be the same as on a domestic hog, right? I know a lot of schools do dissection on fetal pigs. Maybe I could look up a textbook on that to get an idea.

 

[Dr.Rob]

There are a couple of books from Safari press that do just that. The softcover quick reference guides are inexpensive.

 

[JohnKSa]

Boddington wrote a book with vital areas marked for most North American game.

This guy has a pretty good website including a pic of hog vitals and lots of hog hunting tips. Layout isn't that friendly, but stick with it--good information.

http://www.jesseshuntingpage.com/calhog.html

 

[Matt G]

That guy is majorly into hog hunting! Toward the bottom of the page:

 

[Balog]

That's great! I had no idea the spine was so low in the body.

 

[birddog]

There's a terrific book out by Craig Boddington called "The Perfect Shot for North American Game Animals" (from Safari Press) which has detailed photos with vitals superimposed on them.

I bought the book last year, and most NA species are covered, and it's well worth the cover price.

edit: sorry, just saw that it was already mentioned.

 

[Highland Ranger]

check with your state game association - the study guide for a hunting licnse in NJ shows I believe the vitals on bear and deer and shows how to safely field dress them . . .

 

[Harry Tuttle]

seems like a good course

http://www.hunter-ed.com/index.htm

 

[Harry Tuttle]

this is fun:
http://www.tnoutdoorsmen.com/killzone.htm#

 

[Balog]

Just found this site, has a lot of decent pics along with the article.
http://www.texasboars.com/anatomy.html