Quote Originally Posted by Rannie View Post
actually I don't know what facts you're talking about. My cousin is a hunter and has a hunting bow. I've used bows and arrows irl and I never whacked anything with my bow nor has my cousin... Actually if you want to go with more factual then why does it take more than one arrow for us to kill something seeing as how most of the time (especially with animals) one shot is a killing blow to them because they're either aiming for the heart or brains ^_^ . also one shot can disable them and keep them from running to do another killing blow with a different weapon like a dagger or something to that extent.
I take up the bow as well and perhaps you never hit something with your bow because you never had someone attacking you with a sword or axe. You wouldn't try to punch someone like that attacking you when you have a sturdy bow in your hands which makes for a much better bludgeon than your fist. Also they were extremely well made from flexible yet sturdy wood. Much like the wood used in many pole based weapons.