Originally Posted by ingwe
Originally Posted by kellory
Originally Posted by ingwe
Originally Posted by kellory
I know a guy who hunted bear with a bow, and I told him to his face , he was nuts. But I learned a couple off facts. The arrows used for deer and the arrows used for bear must have different tips. Deer razorheads have a minimum cutting width of @1&1/2" and are intended for max blood letting. Not so with bear, a s they have a razorheads just larger than the shaft of the arrow. About the size of the tip of your little finger. They are designed for max penetration, so they can reach something vital. Deer tipped arrows would more than likely not penetrate enough to kill anytime soon. Then you have a wounded and verdy pissed bear on hand. Not good, not good at all.
He also told me, on any guided hunt, he is back-stopped by the guide with a rifle.



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Where do you get information like this?

Two main sources, a fellow bow hunter who actually does it, and the ODNR . Where do you get yours? Cracker jacks?



TFF!! laugh


Do you guys, including your buddy the bowhunter, do a lot of grizzly hunting in Ohio?


No, I would not attempt it, nor could I afford the out of state hunts he makes. (It helps when daddy owns a major car dealership) he hunts all over the world. I keep it to a few local states, though I have invites for a few places I can't afford to go. Only bear encounter I've ever had, I went up a tree as quickly and as quietly as I could, and stayed there until I was sure it had no interest in me and had moved on. I was bow hunting, and knew I couldn't out run it. (That was 25-30years ago.) Certainly not something I would attempt with a bow.

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