Looks like a scene from the ice age, except for the modern hunter.
Now that's a nice bull, especially for an archer. Lots of meat for the freezer, and a nice rack for over the barn door.
And check out that exit wound. No body can say a compound bow doesn't pack a punch.
People always underestimate the power of a compound bow and arrow with a hunting razor on the tip. It pushes a one-inch tube of flesh out the other side and is lethal to any living thing with the possible exception of elephants, rhinos and hippos. If you were living in the Age of Dinosaurs, you might want something a bit heavier...
ReplyDeleteMy God, that's an exit wound?
ReplyDeleteThrough and through with an arrow, and it didn't slow down enough to stick on the other side? Sweet Jesus.
I've shot a lot of deer with a 42 lbs recurve bow (not a powerful compound bow) and every single arrow went through-and-through. I've never had one stick. Always have to hunt for it after the fact. You begin your arrow hunt at the point where the blood trail begins (because usually it's hours after the shot, you tracked the deer and cleaned it/hung it in a tree to let it bleed out properly).
DeleteThey are way more powerful than most folk know. My BIL is a bow hunter, and he's in Wyoming right now going for elk, with a compound bow. It's a truly challenging way to hunt such a wary animal, with the advantage to the elk.
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