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Can you tell me about bow and arrow hunting?

I'm really not a gun person. I don't like them at all, but the prospect of bow and arrow hunting is somewhat more appealing to me. I know that there's a lot of careful planning that can go into hunting, including finding an appropriate spot, using special scents to attract animals and repel your own scent, getting appropriate licenses and permissions, etc, etc... but I'm just curious as to how effective using a bow and arrow really is? I realize that at high velocity a point object can be very deadly, but if I don't hit my target in a vital spot (neck, heart, head), will my shot basically become useless and end up in me losing my arrow?

I bought my first cheap used bow and took up bow hunting when I was 42. I bought the bow about a month before deer season started. I didn't get a deer the first season, because I attempted to hunt, pretty much as I had with a rifle. By the next season, I'd read and spoken to other hunters, and picked up good ideas. That season, I got my first deer with a bow. The next season, I didn't. Then, I got seven deer in the next five years, with 5 racked bucks. I'm a reasonable strong guy, and my first and second bow both cost less than $100 used, for a complete set-up, except for arrows. Both bows were around 60lb pound. With that powerful a bow, I was able to use LARGE diameter broad-heads, the expanding type. That IS deadly. They cut a 3 or 4 blade wound, 2" in diameter. The game dies just about as quickly as with a gun. Difficult to believe, but it's true. As for advantages of archery, there are lots of areas you can hunt with a bow, but not with a gun. It's also more satisfying, and at least where I live, bow hunting last from Oct1 until Jan.1.

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