r/interesting • • May 29 '26

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/sicarius254 May 29 '26

Some of those tips look evil af

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u/One_Vision_ May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

The nasty ones are for bleeding game so you can follow the blood trail. A single arrow typically won't kill big game outright unless certain conditions are met. Placed correctly and the right distance you can. Sometimes you thread the needle to the heart between the rib cage and they will run somewhere. It's a matter of skill, draw strength, and distance. Turkey and such are a different matter.

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u/Jaded-Coffee-8126 May 29 '26

I thought the whole point of hunting was to kill the animal as cleanly and painlessly as possible. Isn't that why they teach you to aim for stuff like the heart and what not? I never hunted personally but my whole family did when I was growing up.

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u/jerf42069 May 29 '26

That's the aim, but it's like how the aim of golf is to get a hole in one, it's hard to do. it takes a lot of skill