How far will an arrow travel before it loses it's momentum in the water?
How far will an arrow travel before it loses it's momentum in the water? I gotta bow all rigged up and ready to practice but no place nearby where i can. I don't think my pool is deep enough. It's on a 50lb bow.
Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
The U.S. city with the most restrictive gun laws in the nation, Washington, D.C., has the highest murder rate at 24 per 100,000. The state with the most unrestrictive gun regulations, Vermont, has the lowest murder rate at 0.48 per 100,000.
bullets only go about 3 feet effectively under water I think a bow would probably have less....per mythbusters
My deepest kills have been about 6' deep, and that was straight down off the side of a dock. The steeper the angle the better. The farther out you are shooting, the more tendency the arrow has to plane.
Shooting from an elevated position helps a bunch. I usually dont bother even taking the shot if the fish is more than 4' deep, unless I'm shooting at a steep downward angle.
If the fish is 3' deep and 15-20' away from you, you are shooting through a lot more than just 3' of water.
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Arrows go much deeper in water. Bowfishing arrows are very heavy.Originally Posted by solus
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well of all the people here you would be the expertI didnt think they went that far
Maybe then i can use my pool, just shoot at an angle from the shallow end into the deep end. Next question, I have an opp to hunt gators in FL. I think the same heavy arrow is apprpriate but not the head used for fish. Yes? No? Anyone know? I was thinking i would need a detachable head with wire cable.
Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
The U.S. city with the most restrictive gun laws in the nation, Washington, D.C., has the highest murder rate at 24 per 100,000. The state with the most unrestrictive gun regulations, Vermont, has the lowest murder rate at 0.48 per 100,000.
Yes u can nail them 6' down at the steep angle the tricky shots are when the fish is 10 feet out and only 2-3 feet deep.
I used to spear corbina just walking thru the surf in San Clemente as a teen using a speargun and got fairly accurate in estimating refraction but the fish were always within 2-2.5 feet deep. I hope one day to nail a pelagic fish with a bow but conditions would have to be ideal for that. One of those bites where the fish are eating the paint off the boat. Trying to think of a good target that i could use in the pool that wouldn't hurt the arrow but stop it from hitting the pebbletek.
Last edited by Where's Bruce?; 12-09-2011 at 10:33 AM.
Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
The U.S. city with the most restrictive gun laws in the nation, Washington, D.C., has the highest murder rate at 24 per 100,000. The state with the most unrestrictive gun regulations, Vermont, has the lowest murder rate at 0.48 per 100,000.
What about those long toys made of stirafoam cut them in 16" sections tie some twine and anchor them with a bumbell weight say 3-4 ft deep. just a thought.
I'm thinking along those lines but a target that is 3'X6' so i can practice at different depths and just pull the arrow straight out by the line so I don't hafta yank the target each shot.
Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
The U.S. city with the most restrictive gun laws in the nation, Washington, D.C., has the highest murder rate at 24 per 100,000. The state with the most unrestrictive gun regulations, Vermont, has the lowest murder rate at 0.48 per 100,000.
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