Arrow Lethality
 

This is a long article but well worth the read. The first 2/3 breaks down physics into terms that most nonscientific types (me) can understand.

http://www.datakey.com.au/steve1/Momentum.pdf

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I only got halfway through it but at a glance it looks like a lot of interesting information. I printed it out so I can sit and ponder all the details. Thanks

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Air bags, baseballs, buckets of sand...

Baloney, just shoot the critters...

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A bit more reading for those who care.Natal Study

More.

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After reading cycllones post, I'm sitting here biting my tongue.... I want to say it soooo bad....

;)

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Come on man. say it! Don,t short yourself the self gratification. You let all that ball up inside and we might see you on the news on top of a roof.

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Thanks for posting this Landjaeger. Very interesting and informative information.

Its really strange but................in a much simpler way, I already knew this.

;) Seriously, if a person thinks about it deeply, its not hard to realize that the heavier object moving at a reasonable rate of speed can and will hit harder than a lighter faster object.

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True, if a 98 pound dude smacks you upside the head at 25 mph and then a 220 pound dude does the same thing the results will be any thing but the same. Or a car hits you at 55 mph and then a train. Same thing applies to arrows.

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Huh? What? Go ahead...If it's bad go ahead....I'm an umpire, I can take it....
Maybe I'll tell you why I feel that way.

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I bet even umpires have their limits. [8D]

I likely know why you feel that way. You're probably like most these days.... shooting plenty of draw weight with a high performance bow and hunting not much other than deer. If you shoot a 65+ pound high performance compound, putting out at least 65 ft lbs of energy, do you realize that your bow is putting out as much or more energy than Fred Bear used to take an elephant? And why are you using that much power for puny little deer? Light arrows and, often, mechanical broadheads demand that much power, even for thin skinned, light boned critters. Unfortunately, sometimes even that much proves to be insufficient.

Start going down the scale with draw weight and bow performance, or up the scale on animal size and toughness, that airbag "I don't give a rip" bucket of sand doesn't fly. Instead of having baseballs bouncing around in your skull, you need KNOWLEDGE. You HAVE to know how to maximize the penetration potential you can get with the energy you have available, and choose the appropriate broadhead (type, size and width) to cause as much damage as possible while still driving deep enough to do the job. Not to mention a little allowance for some extra depth, just in case everything doesn't go exactly according to plan.

The same information you don't care to know would be crucial knowledge for someone else.