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How many deer have you killed with a bow?. I've shotmy fair share. Bow wounds do not bleed "a little", they bleed alot. But by their very nature, organs are cut, rather than destroyed. Deer hit by arrows tend to run a ways before they bleed out and die. Slugs (and low velocity rifle rounds), In my experience make similarwounds. They punch a large, slug diameter hole, that you can usually "eat right upto". High velocity Rifle rounds (2700FPS+) are a whole different ballgame. You start to get hydrolic shock, and tissue damage that exdends further awaythan the actualexpanded bullet diameter. Rifle kills, are usuallyfaster and more dramatic than bow and shotgun kills. While I can deal with a little tracking durring bow season, when the orange army shows up in november, you better put your deer down, or you're liable to loose it to another hunter.

As far as recoil is concerned, Physics is on my side. A 7-1/2lb .270 firing a 130gr bullet at 3000fps generates 19ft/lbs at 12 fps, a 7-1/2lb 12ga firing a 437gr bullet at 1600fps generates 26ft/lbs at 15FPS. Checkmate.