Your Personal Wounding Rate- Archery Elk

What is your personal wounding rate on elk with a bow? # unrecovered divided by # shot with an arrow

  • 0-10%

    Votes: 65 69.1%
  • 11-20%

    Votes: 10 10.6%
  • 21-30%

    Votes: 3 3.2%
  • 31-40%

    Votes: 2 2.1%
  • 41%+

    Votes: 14 14.9%

  • Total voters
    94
This is a great thread for trolls and antis.
Yeah we should just pretend that it never happens.

Maybe the sample size is too small or maybe Hunt Talkers are just very proficient bowhunters, but the numbers according to the poll are pretty surprising to me. I don’t think it’s really giving ammunition to antis when the vast majority of the respondents in the poll have wounding rates under 10%.
 
Imo most guys who consistently take animals with a bow legitimately have a low wounding rate. I know personally I feel every bit as confident with my bow as I do a rifle.

I feel that sloppy hunters are just that, regardless of what weapon they are using. I would venture to say those who wound a lot of animals with archery equipment most likely do the same with a rifle
 

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