Bows & arrows: Saving hunting in America

Good article. I agree with a lot of it.

All hunters should support other forms of hunting. Divided we fall.

That being said, just in the last few days there was a thread about a deer that was lost after being shot with an arrow. That deer is now walking around in the woods somewhere with an arrow hanging out his side, probably causing pain, possibly soon causing infection. I have personally seen deer with arrows hanging off them, and have talked to someone who killed a deer with a firearm that was suffering almost madness from a gangrene arrow wound (arrow was still in the deer). You will never convince me that more deer aren't lost during bowhunting than with gun hunting as a percentage of shots fired. So I really don't need anyone to preach to me about the superiority of bow hunting.

I always advocate handgun hunting as means to increase the challenge of the hunt while maintaining a superior level of lethality for those that want something different. Articles often don't explore that option because 1) handguns are 'bad' (yes, even to some outdoor writers) 2) many people don't seem to understand the breadth of handguns available for different purposes. Muzzleloading / blackpowder offers a similar challenge as handguns and archery IMO.

Understand this and do not doubt me: There is an anti-gun element to efforts such as this.

And as far as this quote:

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“That is not very much of a challenge.”

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I don't think this individual is hunting in an area with comparable hunting pressure to portions of the Southeast.

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You will never convince me that more deer aren't lost during bowhunting than with gun hunting

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More deer are lost every year as a result of a bad gun shot than archery shot

As an archer, I feel a spiritual connection to being up close and personal with the pain I bring.

Good life lesson for everyone.

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All hunters should support other forms of hunting. Divided we fall

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Followed by bitching about bow hunting.

Hunters can decide what they support, and what they don't. eg. I think bear hunting and wolf/cougar hunting are wrong, and would never support either.

Screw that passive aggressive liberal agenda.

They have about as much subtlety as a charging rhino.

This is a well known liberal affiliated publication.....complete bs

So an admitted non hunter is somehow preaching to hunters about what is and what is not a superior form of hunting and then trying to claim one is more American than the other...

And people took that garbage seriously.

He is mocking you, me, and everyone involved in hunting with that same sneering, oh so, superior left coast drivel that will always be used by people who know nothing about hunting but 'feel' their opinion of it is somehow valid.

frick them.