Thread: Shooting help

Had something similar couple of weeks back
Spooked a pig on the bush track maybe 40m but no more away from me. Ass on, not a massive pig, just a nice eating and carrying size.
Didnt want the ass end shot.
Big soft round nose 8mm do the meat no favours.
As he was trotting away he stopped and just turned his head a little bit for a look. Thought this was it and tried to hit the neck area. Pig fell over but rolled to the side down the bank. Nothing on the track, no blood, no noise of any ki d from the pig.
Climbed down past the manual slash on the side of the bank which is where I thought he would be but wasnt into the scrub below.
Quite open so suggest theyve been in there a bit
Couldnt spot any tracks at all either.found one small patch of blood 20m down the bank and that was it. Spent quite a while looking for something else but nada.
Considering how that same projectile performed (very soft) on the spiker 3 hours later I didn't reckon I hit much of importance.
Maybe I was wrong although i did have a memory that it the sight mark was half way up the head/neck.
If I had the same shot again I would aim slightly higher and err on the body side.
Dont get many animal too so probably just about missed it