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Originally Posted by Wombat756
I bow to superior mathematics  . My argument was mainly centered around game species, I would never think of even pointing my .223 at a deer, no matter what range, let alone my .22. |
Well the maths is only rough. While both your rifles would carry astounding kinetic energy with comparison to the bow the penetration rates would vary. This is a function of design. Because hunting arrows have a cutting edge they penetrate at a greater rate causing greater trauma. If you fired a round at a sand bag it would put a little hole in and penetrate a few mm its kinetic energy dissipated by the sand. The arrow would punch right through because of the cutting head.
That’s the only reason you can take a deer down with a bow. The downside is because the bow has such low kinetic energy even with a high draw weight bow you need to get bloody close. Bows are that slow I have had one or two deer jump the string. That’s were the deer hears the thrum of the string and moves making the arrow miss.
