How to hunt javelina with a bow & arrow

James breaks down how to successfully hunt for javelina (collared peccaries) with archery equipment. Javelina are found primarily in Mexico, New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona and are an awesome animal to bow hunt with a compound bow, recurve bow, or a long bow.
www.bowdisciples.com
IG: jamesvisser & bowdisciples
Realty: [e-mail]

[@user-wt2yu7rq3r]

James I need to take a moment and really thank you for your video. My wife and I hunter for 5 days and only seen 1 in a wash. We were frustrated and watched your video that afternoon. The next mourning we did exactly what you recommended and my wife was successful that next morning. I managed to also tag out on the last day. Thank you for your advice, it is much appreciated.

[@BowDisciples]

Wow! Amazing to hear. Congratulations to you and your wife.

[@paulspeers272]

Excellent advice. I have bow hunted javelina over 20 years in Az. Glassing, glassing, and more glassing is the way to go. When you get older and less mobile, like me, it is even more important. Finding and then stalking is very exciting whether you harvest or get busted. By the way, I enjoy your videos.

[@BowDisciples]

Agreed! Thank you

[@lhv13098]

I went on my first Javelina hunt 3 weeks ago. It was great thanks to the guidance of my friends Nick and Brandon. Who are life-long hunters. This video covers most of what they taught me on this hunt. Great video!

[@BowDisciples]

Glad you liked it, thank you

[@brijustdidit4366]

A lifetime of tips in one video! Basically need to share with any hunter new to javelina, including myself? I should be paying for this information! 😅

[@BowDisciples]

It is a lot for sure haha, glad you found value in it

[@AllNighterHeider]

This was a great comprehensive video, great comment too

[@BowDisciples]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@johnnewcomb5162]

Great video, I usually go to the same exact canyon or place every year and tag out. Mid-day you can use the sun to see them shining on the mountain side also.

[@BowDisciples]

Bingo 💥

[@douglasscholl4681]

Very valuable information. Thanks y'all

[@BowDisciples]

Glad you found value in it

[@scottm2244]

Amazing advise sir much thanks

[@BowDisciples]

You're welcome

[@AllenMorgan-li1nt]

Great Advice. Thx

[@BowDisciples]

You're welcome

[@timbow50]

Well Sir, on my bucket list STILL! I’m sure I would not have thought of glassing so much for these critters although I’ve done that on mountain mule deer hunts trying to figure their routes. Guess I need to get an Arizona OTC because the Texas ranchers javies have gold plated cutters from the prices they want. 👍👍

[@BowDisciples]

Great animals for sure!

[@armandomada633]

Awesome info thanks keep posting sir .

[@BowDisciples]

You bet brotha

[@xtoutdoors6821]

Got my first Javelina last year, made chorizo out of the whole thing pretty much. Heading back in January to do it again, wondering what kind of recipes you might recommend for them? Thanks and great video

[@AllNighterHeider]

Did you film this for me? Thanks James and BD crew

[@BowDisciples]

🤣🤣 glad you liked it brotha

[@elchuyteg6305]

Great Video!!!

[@BowDisciples]

Thanks!

[@jasonmariner5129]

Good synopsis and great starting points. Only disagreement from me is the sneak shoes. While helpful, we find they tend to be overkill. You can generally get away with more sound than you think with these pigs. Especially if they are on their feet feeding. They are fairly loud critters, and generally so consumed with their own food and rooting, they tend not to notice as long as you’re relatively quiet.

[@BowDisciples]

Sure you "can". But why not make every effort to be PERFECT rather than just be "good enough". To each their own, but I'd rather always be sharpening my blade so I'm well practiced when a super hard stalk does present itself.

[@theamputeehunter2074]

I like them tips although I’ve never hunted them

[@BowDisciples]

Sometime you'll have to

[@theamputeehunter2074]

@@BowDisciples yeah I’ll have to

[@BowDisciples]

💥💥💥

[@rayschroeder6991]

Squeeze the musk sack into a vial or spray bottle of some sort & keep it in your pocket. When stalking in close, squirt some of that on your pants, itsa natural cover scent, & you can literally walk rite up to them because you stink identical to them. It worked for me for years!

[@BowDisciples]

Love it

[@AllNighterHeider]

Scanning is not glassing, take your time and enjoy the process

[@BowDisciples]

Facts

[@gladegoodrich2297]

Hunted them once and it was just dumb luck that I got one. My buddy hunts them sitting in a lawn chair on his front porch in Presscott.

[@BowDisciples]

🐗🐗🐗

[@scottm2244]

Highly illegal

[@chrississon2646]

🏹👍

[@BowDisciples]

💥💥💥

[@6xflowerranch890]

🤦🏻‍♂️…….javalinas can’t see very well but they have an excellent sense of smell. I grew up and hunted javalina all my life in west Texas, Javalina country. I don’t hunt them anymore. The meat isn’t good at least for us that have abundance of it. It’s good try it you might like you might not but that’s another topic. Javalinas aren’t very smart. They make a lot of noise since they move in packs. The best advice I can give on javalinas is not to be too high up. They like the arroyo washes and the thick brush in them. 85% of the time they bed and hang out in these washes. They do love the sandy cool areas. In winter they seem to be more active the whole day. I would advise to not go so high, just high enough to glass the washes and be patient. I recommend you focus on anything that’s dark or flat out black and look at it for a bit longer. Sometimes they just stand still if they catch an unfamiliar scent or hear something. Remember if one runs they all run. When they run they always tend to find lower ground from what we’ve observed over the past 30 years. We actually don’t hunt them anymore. Again, we really don’t care for them due to the abundance of them in our areas. (We don’t kill what we don’t intend to eat). They almost look like little pinballs going through the washes or mountains skirts. They do like cactus and prickly pears. So look for sign of chewed up cactus. They are aggressive if they feel threatened or have their young with them. We’ve had our fair share of close calls. Sidearm is always recommended when hunting Javalinas. Some don’t back down either.

[@BowDisciples]

Thanks!

[@XXXston3wallXXX]

Thank you, really trying to step my game up, I have gone multiple seasons and still eating tag soup

[@BowDisciples]

Next hunt you got it

[@bigotonbrand]

5:45 I don't agree on this topic. For us, the wind was blowing from behind us directly into the direction of the feeder and they still came out. I was gutting and quartering one about 20 yards from the feeder and they were still there. There were 4 other people there chatting, drinking beer while i cleaned and these javs were not even bothered. We had a regular feeder and 10 dollar bags of corn feed

[@jacobswartz4031]

No offense bro but you say a whole lot of words and provide to little information. It really hard to stay engaged.

[@BowDisciples]

Ok