cydl wrote: Probably had a high-capacity quiver too...
LOL. And a silencer. They need to regulate to make smaller quivers that only hold 1 or 2 extra arrows. It makes bows too dangerous to have more than that!
PrintSmith, where are you? I need help with physics here. IMO, I think comparing a "high power" rifle to a "high power" bow would be apples and oranges. A rifle uses a cartridge which utilizes a powder to accelerate a bullet down range. Could be anywhere from 2500 to 3000 ft per sec and up. My nine does over 2500. Plus the mass and shape of the bullet is a lot smaller than an average arrow. Looking at that, the arrow is being projected down range by the force released from the bow's pulleys (compound styles) and also compound style crossbows. If it was a regular compound bow, depending on the person, bows can be rated for anywhere from twenty pound pulls to over a hundred, depending on how far you want to project the arrow. There's a huge lack of information here, but if he was using this compound bow:
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Hunting/ ... t103967280
he would be projecting an arrow at less than four hundred feet per second. Yes, the mass of the projectile is higher, and broad head tips can be extremely nasty, but the punch speed is crap. Wow, so high powered. Like I said, I need help with physics, never took any of it in school, but I'd say a rifle is a lot more deadly than a bow.
Edit: The arrow having a higher mass might make up for the lack in speed, but I'd lay my money on a rifle being more a put 'er downer, and at a lot higher ranges.
Who's comparing a "high powered" bow to a "high powered" rifle?
The comparison is between a "high powered" bow and a regular bow. Martin was complaining about the term "high powered bow." I think they used the term for people who have no idea what a "compound bow" is. Not everyone hunts.
And the guy was shot in the head but still struggled with his son until he was stabbed, so it didn't put him down.
