In his gift shop, Hector Cole offers this medieval arrowhead set:
Devizes swallowtail broadhead
This is a typical hunting broadhead used against large game such as deer or boar. It is designed to inflict the maximum damage to the animal through its long cutting edges causing massive haemorrhaging so that the animal will not run far after being shot. This head is based on the arrowhead in Devizes museum.Small straight broadhead
This is also a typical hunting head of the period that was used on smaller game producing the same effect as the swallowtail broadhead.Forked hunting head, Type 6
This hunting head was used against birds and small game. The forked shape of the head fulfils two purposes, a) When it hits a bird the rotating motion of the head tears into the feathers and brings the bird down if in flight, b) If you miss when shooting at small game the head prevents the arrow from burying itself in the long grass or undergrowth making it easy to locate.London Museum type 16 war head
This head is based on the heads of this type in the London Museum collection and the Westminster arrow. It is a war head of the later medieval period used to pierce plate armour.War bodkin long type 10
This war head is the most common of the medieval period. It was used against knights in plate armour and will penetrate armour up to two millimetres in thickness.Needle bodkin type 7
This war head was developed to pierce mail with devastating results and was used against lightly armoured foot soldiers throughout the medieval period.
We have boar and deer and it’d be impressive if the local chasse went out with those swallowtail broadheads instead of shotguns.
Traditionally, you hunt boar with boar spears — and lots of dogs.
Modern hog hunters in the US use guns, of course, with traditional deer rifles being joined by modern tactical rifles — combined with suppressors and night-vision.
By the way, there are folks bowhunting hogs in the US.
No idea what they use for the boar, but I can find out. Likely pretty much the same except nothing in military caliber. And you’d have to be as macho as Robert Baratheon to use one of those boar spears.
It looks like the French have traditionally used shotguns for boar-hunting, but they’re moving toward rifles, as in Germany. Either one should do the trick.