Is bow hunting a little bit safer because of the shorter range of the arrows?
Yeah, I would put safety in front of practice, especially if you’re in a tree stand. Know your bow. The more practice you get with your bow, the less likely you are to maim or injure an animal. Once you know your limitations, then you’re good. Safety-wise, it’s more about personal safety at that point, because your arrow doesn’t travel nearly as far as with a bullet. How much meat does one obtain from a deer versus its original weight? What I’ve found out is that you get 50 to 60 percent weight on a bow kill. You can do that with a gun, too, depending on shot placement, but if you hit on certain areas of a deer, you’ll ruin a lot of meat. You have to throw that away because it gets torn up. Why is deer meat, venison, a particularly good meat to eat? Well, I like the flavor of it. I like the fact that I processed it, I went out and got it, I know where it came from. It’s a lot lower in fat that beef. It actually beats out most domesticated animals as far as protein, fat and cholesterol;
