Thread: Poor bugger

Originally Posted by norsk

Jesus

I really font like bowhunting for similar reasons. Everyone I have met thinks they are a cross between Robin Hood and Rambo.

Plenty of terrible rifle hunters too.

Easy to criticise from the couch.

Have you ever wounded an animal and not been able to recover it?

If the answer is 'No' then you have not done much.

Equipment can malfunction and errors be made, same as with rifles.

The accuracy and lethality of a modern compound bow or crossbow within 50-70 yards, along with expanding broadheads on carbon arrows, cannot be questioned. An arrow or bolt shot from 60lbs+ and over 400 grains will plough through 'bullet-proof' glass or kevlar vests.

What archery does require is a lot of practise and fine tuning. I still hold national records and have won national championships with a compound bow, but have not shot one in about 8 years due to work commitments.

Would I pick one up tomorrow and go bowhunting if was legal in the UK? No. Would I start shooting arrows again? Yes.

Originally Posted by caberslash

Plenty of terrible rifle hunters too.

Easy to criticise from the couch.

Have you ever wounded an animal and not been able to recover it?

If the answer is 'No' then you have not done much.

Equipment can malfunction and errors be made, same as with rifles.

The accuracy and lethality of a modern compound bow or crossbow within 50-70 yards, along with expanding broadheads on carbon arrows, cannot be questioned. An arrow or bolt shot from 60lbs+ and over 400 grains will plough through 'bullet-proof' glass or kevlar vests.

What archery does require is a lot of practise and fine tuning. I still hold national records and have won national championships with a compound bow, but have not shot one in about 8 years due to work commitments.

Would I pick one up tomorrow and go bowhunting if was legal in the UK? No. Would I start shooting arrows again? Yes.

Piss off you wanker.

How many deer have you hit in the back with a Rifle and had run off?

Exactly.

Originally Posted by norsk

Piss off you wanker.

How many deer have you hit in the back with a Rifle and had run off?

Exactly.

Very naive but also expected response.

Originally Posted by caberslash

Very naive but also expected response.

Look forward to your NZ hunting pictures.
Or any pictures for that matter.
Carry on pal.

yes amazing what they can recover from - one evening at lake Waikaremoana one of our guys hit a red hind with his toyota tercel ran around the front as it was temporarily pinned - but it jumped up and ran of limping badly - about a year later I did an evening stalk thru the bush near where it had been hit and shot a 3 legged hind - back leg of at knee joint - bugger of a carry out - but she was only 700-800 yards from where she had been hit - was fat as to -

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

yes amazing what they can recover from - one evening at lake Waikaremoana one of our guys hit a red hind with his toyota tercel ran around the front as it was temporarily pinned - but it jumped up and ran of limping badly - about a year later I did an evening stalk thru the bush near where it had been hit and shot a 3 legged hind - back leg of at knee joint - bugger of a carry out - but she was only 700-800 yards from where she had been hit - was fat as to -

Reminds one of that classic early 70's foto of the guys down south westland whom using a MK1 Zephyr bowled a huge 14pt? stag. Yes they got the stag but it completely wrecked the front of the car and engine so the car was inoperable.LOL.

Originally Posted by caberslash

Plenty of terrible rifle hunters too.

Easy to criticise from the couch.

Have you ever wounded an animal and not been able to recover it?

If the answer is 'No' then you have not done much.

Equipment can malfunction and errors be made, same as with rifles.

The accuracy and lethality of a modern compound bow or crossbow within 50-70 yards, along with expanding broadheads on carbon arrows, cannot be questioned. An arrow or bolt shot from 60lbs+ and over 400 grains will plough through 'bullet-proof' glass or kevlar vests.

What archery does require is a lot of practise and fine tuning. I still hold national records and have won national championships with a compound bow, but have not shot one in about 8 years due to work commitments.

Would I pick one up tomorrow and go bowhunting if was legal in the UK? No. Would I start shooting arrows again? Yes.

Agree. I'm not so comfortable with crossbows. Not because they are not lethal used properly but because a novice can pick one up and basically treat it like a rifle. Sooner or later they take long shots which are accurate enough but beyond the required kinetic energy range of that short bolt. A full length arrow tends to hold its penetrating energy towards the end of its accurate range. A question of inertia. Also it takes a bit more understanding and practice to shoot a conventional bow, whether compound or traditional, to hunting capability. Along the way the bow-person is likely to absorb a few more insights to how bows do and don't kill.