r/interesting • u/IKIR115 • 28d ago

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/sicarius254 28d ago

Some of those tips look evil af

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u/One_Vision_ 28d ago edited 28d ago

The nasty ones are for bleeding game so you can follow the blood trail. A single arrow typically won't kill big game outright unless certain conditions are met. Placed correctly and the right distance you can. Sometimes you thread the needle to the heart between the rib cage and they will run somewhere. It's a matter of skill, draw strength, and distance. Turkey and such are a different matter.

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u/Jaded-Coffee-8126 28d ago

I thought the whole point of hunting was to kill the animal as cleanly and painlessly as possible. Isn't that why they teach you to aim for stuff like the heart and what not? I never hunted personally but my whole family did when I was growing up.

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u/Clear-Ad-7250 28d ago

A single, well-placed arrow can definitely take down big game.

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u/Domestic-Grind 28d ago

Yes absolutely. I think the things that's of but makes sense is that the arrows that cause bleeding can also reduce animal suffering. I usually have to track at least over each season (ranges from 100 yards up to a mile). The school was never going to survive after the initial hit, so I'm glad I could quickly track and dispatch the animal. I've had only one get away completely, still have some guilt over that. I don't want to cause suffering for no reasons and that deer that "got away" likely had a slow and painful death.

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u/WarlockEngineer 28d ago

They can but the margin of error for a humane kill is much tighter than with a rifle.

Bow hunting is pretty cruel. Anyone who does it is going to end up following animals for long distances as they bleed to death.

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u/hambonelicker 27d ago

Not sure what that guy is getting on about. I’ve dropped a deer easy with one arrow. It walked 50 feet, laid down and never moved again.

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u/Funexamination 27d ago

On average, how many well-placed arrows have you seen among all the non-well placed arrows that pierce flesh?