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Ft.lbs - How Much Is Enough?
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<blockquote data-quote="CaptnC" data-source="post: 1460962" data-attributes="member: 101755"><p>Even a solid bullet will have energy transfer. You referenced African game, while I have never hunted African game nor hunted Africa I have watched a lot of hunting videos of hunt in Africa. You can clearly see impact energy transer from the bullet to the aniaml. That energy translates to trauma to the flesh. </p><p></p><p>I've shot hundeds of animals with a bow and even have some arrow shot impacts on video. I've never seen any sign of impact energy being transferred to the animal from an arrow.</p><p></p><p>I shot a small boar hog (125lber) a few years back. He was quartering to me, but I thought we was 90 degrees. The arrow pasted through and stuck in the ground. So the arrow exited a little back. He ran about 40 yards and went down in sight. When I was getting out of my stand he got up and took off. He made about 20 more yards and was down again. So I left him for a little over an hour and started tracking again. </p><p></p><p>Blood sign got sparse real quick after he left the second bed. But I was able to track him on smears on the grass. I finally found him still alive. He ended up attacking my wife who used her hand gun to finish him after kicking him off of her.</p><p></p><p>I always like to do an autopsy on most animals I shoot. Especially this one. The broadhead pasted through one lung and the lip of the liver (not sure what it's really called, but it's the outer edge of the liver).</p><p></p><p>Both had started to heal to the point I tore the tissue of both the liver and lung before I could get the hole from the 4 blade broadband to open up. She had head shot him so the only blood inside the body cavity was from the arrow. There was not much blood present!</p><p></p><p>If I had not found him I feel he would have survived just fine.</p><p></p><p>I have saved skulls from big boar hogs I have killed...two skulls have had head trauma that they were able to survive. One had a old Bear broadhead stuck in the back of his skull with 75% penetration the other had the entire forhead crushed, that the bone had healed/fused back together!</p><p></p><p>I've seen many three legged deer in the woods...animals can survive wounds that humans can not. I have always considered humans to be soft targets. </p><p></p><p>Look at our military using 5.56 on humans. I wouldn't hunt any other animal with 5.56...wild animals are too tough!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CaptnC, post: 1460962, member: 101755"] Even a solid bullet will have energy transfer. You referenced African game, while I have never hunted African game nor hunted Africa I have watched a lot of hunting videos of hunt in Africa. You can clearly see impact energy transer from the bullet to the aniaml. That energy translates to trauma to the flesh. I've shot hundeds of animals with a bow and even have some arrow shot impacts on video. I've never seen any sign of impact energy being transferred to the animal from an arrow. I shot a small boar hog (125lber) a few years back. He was quartering to me, but I thought we was 90 degrees. The arrow pasted through and stuck in the ground. So the arrow exited a little back. He ran about 40 yards and went down in sight. When I was getting out of my stand he got up and took off. He made about 20 more yards and was down again. So I left him for a little over an hour and started tracking again. Blood sign got sparse real quick after he left the second bed. But I was able to track him on smears on the grass. I finally found him still alive. He ended up attacking my wife who used her hand gun to finish him after kicking him off of her. I always like to do an autopsy on most animals I shoot. Especially this one. The broadhead pasted through one lung and the lip of the liver (not sure what it's really called, but it's the outer edge of the liver). Both had started to heal to the point I tore the tissue of both the liver and lung before I could get the hole from the 4 blade broadband to open up. She had head shot him so the only blood inside the body cavity was from the arrow. There was not much blood present! If I had not found him I feel he would have survived just fine. I have saved skulls from big boar hogs I have killed...two skulls have had head trauma that they were able to survive. One had a old Bear broadhead stuck in the back of his skull with 75% penetration the other had the entire forhead crushed, that the bone had healed/fused back together! I've seen many three legged deer in the woods...animals can survive wounds that humans can not. I have always considered humans to be soft targets. Look at our military using 5.56 on humans. I wouldn't hunt any other animal with 5.56...wild animals are too tough! [/QUOTE]
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