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Originally posted by Joneselius
Arrows tend to miss targets moving at any speed. Also, people who use them are usually highly skilled with them. Guns are easy to use and don't require much skill, they're more accurate and faster too. I can't see an upside to having bullets in arrows, other than a hilarious party trick.
Plus, you wouldn't have unlimited ammo any more. You'd have to keep arduously reloading your arrow, or discarding it. When you could simply pull it out and smack things with it otherwise.
Originally posted by Bedlam
reply to post by Soloprotocol
A broadhead does just awful damage to a target. If you get a good shot on a deer with a broadhead you just slice that guy up to shreds inside. It causes death by hypovolemic shock - the deer bleeds to death in minutes.
Way back in the dawn times, you could use an Anectine pod on the arrow to poison the deer if you were a chronic bad shot, but I think that's unlawful in all 50 now.edit on 16-2-2013 by Bedlam because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Bilky
When I was a young bow user someone told me about whats called a power head which is what you decribed. its placed on the end of the arrow as an attachement with a large caliber bullet inside it and when it hits the target it discharges into the animal and creates a larger impact force.
Originally posted by Bedlam
reply to post by Bilky
Those exist for spear guns. Power heads/bang heads are pretty common there. Not sure I've seen one on an arrow.
You don't want a lot of weight on the business end of an arrow. A big broadhead's about a quarter ounce. Even a .22LR and some sort of firing pin mechanism and it's going to be so heavy it just nose dives.edit on 16-2-2013 by Bedlam because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Soloprotocol
I know nothing of hunting with bows and arrows etc...broadhead???
Originally posted by Bedlam
Originally posted by Soloprotocol
I know nothing of hunting with bows and arrows etc...broadhead???
Arrows with little pointy ends are practice points, for target shooting.
A broadhead looks like this:
Originally posted by Soloprotocol
what would be the best sort of bow to go for for hunting Deer....ie, recurve or compound and what sort of poundage etc..i now know what head to use
Originally posted by Bedlam
Originally posted by Soloprotocol
what would be the best sort of bow to go for for hunting Deer....ie, recurve or compound and what sort of poundage etc..i now know what head to use
I've got both. It's easier to maintain a recurve - you can make strings if you had to. A compound bow is not for when TSHTF, but it's a great hunting bow.
Originally posted by Soloprotocol
i'm talking about a Arrow that you can insert say a .022 round in the tip and when it hits it's target the bullet gets pushed backwards onto a firing pin and then it does it's damage..
i just think this would be ideal for hunting small deer and such....do these thing exist or do i have a overactive imagination...
edit on 16-2-2013 by Soloprotocol because: no reason