I could never hunt game with a bow and arrow, for example. I consider bow hunting way too cruel. For you basically have to patiently wait for the animal to eventually bleed to death.
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Do you realize that the broadheads on an arrow are as sharp as a surgeon's scalpal? I used to bowhunt in highschool, and done correctly (like everything), lots of time the animal doesn't even realize its been hit. I shot a doe one season from about 23 yards. She flinched a little bit, her tail went up briefly, and she continued to walk as if nothing was remotely the matter. She dropped about 40 feet from where I hit her.
Not to hijack the thread, but IMO, bowhunting is WAY more humane than hunting with a rifle. People who bowhunt, practice religiously, and IMO are more likely to make a clean kill than then people who only pick up their rifle once a year, go out, blaze away, resulting in gut shots, shot off legs etc. Obviously not that every rifle hunter is like that, but a lot are and I've seen more than my fair share of them.
