Ive used bang tips on spiers before, and just a .223 does a massive number on a good sized fish. Blanks seem to do the same job, and they were laying all over the place for free. But that was under water and the concussion did most of the work. I suppose a head shot with even a field tip would drop a hog, but the charge makes it more effective. Even if it just knocks him out, it gives you time to get a knife in his boiler room before the lights come back on. I wouldnt try them on a body shot with any animal.

Mike, as blunt as it is, I doubt there'd be any penetration. It would be like firing target points in that regard.

If the shell going off on contact wont do anything but burn fur, then whats the point(so to speak) Dave? My bow pushes a Grim Reaper all the way through a deers skull. I prefer a double lung, but when the grass is high sometimes all you can see is the brain bucket.
I am also aware that a hog has a denser skull, and I have yet to take a head shot on a hog with a bow. I saw the video, and Im gonna try some this year. I can see the advantage to a hog not tipping over in the middle of a car lot on a Saterday afternoon, or in a public park. Hogs are tough customers and the video showed them taken down a notch real fast.

What's the point? $$$$$$$

Probobably, LOL!!

TV and reality don't often mesh.
Ever watch the old Dukes of Hazzard TV show? Hollywood rules applied, they were supposedly burdened by the '68 GCA, so they weren't allowed to posses firearms, but they ran around with bows and Dynamite arrows blowing crap up. And didn't Rambo use one once?