Can you get humane kills with the meager muzzle velocity of black powder weapons?
Maybe squirrels. I can't believe deer.
Can you get humane kills with the meager muzzle velocity of black powder weapons?
Maybe squirrels. I can't believe deer.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
15-1600 FPS and 50 cal 180 gr bullet?
Yeah, it'll take a deer "humanely".
I could take a deer humanely with a .22. DRT. Ofc not shooting in the "kill zone".
http://pages.sssnet.com/go2erie/muzzle.htm
I'm lucky. I can get beef, pork, and chicken at the butcher shop doing no "wetwork" myself.
I own nine firearms, and the only living species at which I ever shot was homo sapiens--and not with one of my own rifles
but with a piece-of-shit M16 owned by our occasionally insane government.
Still, I'm not a vegetarian so to each his own.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
Matt Dillon (02-23-2023)
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
Matt Dillon (03-01-2023)
People might question whether weapons and kills like the one in the pictures are humane or not. I really strive for taking the most deadly shot and will not take a shot if there is doubt…whether bow, muzzleloader or modern firearm.
The pictures are in order from where the deer was standing when I took the shot to where I found her…about 40 yards away. You’ll notice that I found my arrow in the blood trail.
Doc Dutch (02-24-2023), Matt Dillon (03-01-2023)
Is that a bolt? I've practiced with a compound bow, but like a crossbow for accuracy, which leads to the ethics of a clean kill.
It always fascinates me that the Bambi-lovers have no problem with wolves chewing a deer's throat out as more humane than an arrow through the heart/lungs.
On a side note, the first person to guess what the pictures below represent wins 10,000 JPP internet points:
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Is someone planning to make his bow from scratch?
Yes, it’s a bolt. When I turned 50 I ditched the compound and bought a fairly cheap crossbow. A Barnett Jackal. I had developed some elbow issues from my pitching days. Funny, I never had a sore arm while pitching but the elbow issues showed up later…and according to the sawbones it was from all of those curve balls.
Anyway, it is really accurate. I’ve taken 5 deer with is so far. I’m not an antler hunter, I’m a meat hunter, but here’s the best buck I’ve taken.
Doc Dutch (02-24-2023), Matt Dillon (03-01-2023), RB 60 (02-25-2023)
A Barnett Jackal is a nice crossbow. Nice buck too. What range do you take the deer with?
Re elbow; Bettie Davis was right - getting old isn’t for sissies. LOL
Not much of a deer hunter here, mainly because I’m lazy and impatient. Hogs are easier*. No deer piss or camo needed.
*although I haven’t hunted them with a bow/crossbow.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Speaking of hogs; we’re being invaded by Canadian Superpigs. It’s appears all those who wanted a wall on the Southern border should have built it on the Northern border.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/sci...-pig-invasion/
Highly Intelligent and Possibly Invincible Super Pigs Are Invading America
- A special breed of hybrid super pigs from Canada have started to travel south into the northern United States.
- The pigs pose a threat to native wildlife and may prove tough to eradicate.
- The spread of the pigs has only increased in recent years.
A hybrid breed of super pigs—a mix of a domestic pig and a wild boar—is running wild in Canada. And now they have their sights set on the United States.
Originally crossbred to help farmed pigs grow larger and tolerate the cold temperatures of Canada, a drop in the market about two decades ago led some farmers to let their hybrid pigs run free. Now they’re running very free, according to Field and Stream. The super pigs are coming south, likely heading to Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Michigan.
The problem? The super pigs are proving hard to eradicate.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
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