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People that just dont get it.

Ok how many people gets this kinda of crap about bowhunting.

" Oh you bow hunt them poor animals, all you do is wound them" , like we are out there shooting them with BB' s

And my favorite is when I am bragging and people say " Wow you really killed that thing with a bow?" Like they dont think that it can accually kill something.

I do love explaining the differinse in the size of a broadhead vs the size of a bullet. Even though bows dont get quite the concusion of a bullet.

A good example of all of this is a good friend of mine that I would love to bow hunt with me cant. His wife doesnt beleive that they can do the job and the animal suffer. So ever time I get something I make a point to let her know especially this year cause both my deer and elk happen to hit the ground in their tracks never to move again.

sorry bout the odd post just felt like bsing to people that understand.

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Being a teacher, I get this type of reaction a few times a year, mostly from the girls. Often I hear " You shot Bambi! How could you shoot Bambi?"

I usually reply that I promise if I see a cartoon-like deer with huge eyes, playing with other cartoon animals come through the woods, and they are all speaking English, I won' t shoot!

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The one I hate, is " Did you catch anything yet?"
Makes me cringe, and is just entrapment for me to be a smartass!
Charlie

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It' s tough if not impossible to convince a non believer buddy...

As far as your buddy and his wife he has an H.O.H. problem and there is probably nothing you can do about that either...

H.O.H......Head Of Household...:D

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Actually, I believe that bowhunting is the most humane way to take a deer. With a rifle, there is great hydrostatic shock to the animal' s tissues as the bullet transfers its tremendous energy to flesh which is predominantly made up of water. That is why there is bloodshot meat all around a rifle wound. The effect is akin to dropping a rock into the water....it causes waves throughout the area. A bullet' s impact works the same way.

A broadhead, on the other hand, has little shock. That is why the meat is edible right up to the wound. The broadhead damages by cutting. Try shooting a rifle bullet into a bag of sand. The bullet will expand and will stop within the sand. Shoot a sharp broadhead into the same sandbag, and it will go completely through the sandbag.
That brings me to my point. A broadhead wound is made very quickly and rapid bleeding ensues. Recall times you have cut yourself with something sharp. Typically, we do not feel any pain as we are cut. The same is true with a wounded deer. The deer simply bleeds until the remaining blood cannot meet the oxygen needs of its body. At that point, the animal tires and lays down....and bleeds to death. In reality it simply " goes to sleep" ....never to awaken. You cannot get more humane than that.

Clint

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Ya I get the bambi one alot too. The " Did you catch anything yet?" that one I think is just hilarious.

The ones that i said I have even gotten from rifle hunters suprised that a arrow can do the job so efficiently.

I agree with you Jimimac execpt for the H.O.H. its not really the case he just doesnt want to make her mad and is satisfied with rifle/muzzleloader.

Clint you have a very good point. And I have believe you fully I have always beleived the idea about a sharp broadhead theary. Thats why I have never used a serrated blade even though they look mean. They tear the meat and a torn wound heals faster then a sharp clean wound.

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I' m with ya on this man! I hate that. I tell them: " Ah no. Deer are actually relatively fast on their feet and with all this camo on and these heavy boots, I can' t ever seem to get the edge and catch up to them to tackle them and choke them to death."

I' ve been getting this lately from the tree huggers at work, which is surprising to me - after a few minute debate, they always say, " well, at least you are hunting them with a bow, it' s more fair that way." I' ve heard this a lot. Seems that they think shooting " innocent deer" with a gun is just plain unfair.:D

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I' ve killed more with a bow than a gun. It is fun to mess with gun only hunters. They don' t think a stick and string can do the job. " you have to have a MAGNUM such and such. In reality I don' t think they can imagine being able to get that close to a deer. Most non hunters (at least they say so to my face) are at least glad if you are eating the deer and feeding the family, not just putting a rack on the wall.

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I usually point out one thing to non-believers. " If the indians had compound bows, sights, and straight aluminum arrows, we probably wouldn' t be speaking english now!" Especially when you look at the flintlocks and such before repeating rifles came into being.

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thats funny! my girlfriend says it all the time now as a joke! she' ll say, " how was hunting, did you catch anything?" then i say, " oh, i didnt catch anything. i only catch stuff when i go fishing." then she says, " well did you shoot anything?" then i say, " nope" then she says, " well do you want me to get naked for you?" and then I say, " HECK YA!"

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I knew this guy at work once that would bs with me alot about this and that well he knew I hunted and I knew that he didnt no big deal. Well every monday he would ask me if I got anything. And even one thime he told me that he used to shoot squirrals for fun and I asked him if he ate em. He said no so I schooled him a bit for killing and not eating, then he told me about a deer he shot. He said he shot a doe and he felt so bad that he never hunted again. (dont know if he at it). I told him that is cool hunting is not for everyone.

Well my second year bow hunting and my uncle sights had got bumped that he didnt know about and he made a bad shot on a spike elk. (just so you know we always take shots at a target in camp before the sun goes down when we can and we did the night before) Anyhow we searched for two days at about 18-20 hours after the shot we found it alive and it was laying down and it boogied out of there so we are preatty sure it lived.

Anyhow on monday of coarse he asked and I told him the story and thats when he totally changed. He says thats why people shouldnt hunt. The woods are getting depleted and all the animals will be gone. Oh man did I open a can on him. I dont feel like typing it all except for one thing I told him that shut him up. Well I was a bit angery too but I told him that he was a fool and that the fish and game personnel are ten times smarter about the animal situation the him and I put together. And if there was a problem with the population then we would not be able to hunt them. He never said another anti- hunting statement to me again.

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Yep, exactly! I was thinking the same thing. Sounds like he needs to learn which side the zipper goes on, the front or the side.

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I know what your going through when people ask if you shot Bambi yet, i usually respond with i shot his father, or mother! as far as the non hunters B' S' i usually tell them i saved a life or two on the highway. This to me is the best response as i feel it is our job not only to bring meat on the table but to reduce an otherwise over-populated herd, making it risky to drive through their habatit. Here in Kansas we have lots of deer vehicle accidents, and i sure wish the Tournpike Athorites would make a place for hunters to pull over and go hunt the deer maybe this would solve the problem.

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Some guys have all the luck.

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To those that don' t think the bow is ethical or a good kill I usually just show a few good videos that I have (if there' s time) or just tell the stories of a few kills where the animal doesn' t even flinch, takes a step and then drops dead in it' s tracks.

For the bambi comment I always reply, " No not Bambi... I' m looking for Bambi' s dad!"

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One of my inlaws gave me the same rash a while back. So I posed this question to her:

If you were to die by one of the following means, which would you choose
1) Starvation
2) Disease
3) Eaten alive by several coyotes or one bear
4) Arrow through the heart/Lungs

Which would you choose?

These are a deer' s main choices.

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I get this kinda crap to. I just tell them to think what they like! We know better!

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I get this about once a week. Kinda got me thinking that maybe the woman knows what shes talking about and ive been going at it all wrong. Maybe i need a heavy action 6ft and a zebco instead of the bow:D Usually if anyone says any kinda antihunting thing to me i just let it go and dont say anything.

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A.K.A.. Eastwood.... would you be interested in a SWAP HUNT?????

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I' m still waiting for the swap hunt info.[>:]

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