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Stone points: wide or narrow?
mullet:
Jaime,The noise is what impressed me too.Man, it sounded like I hit that hog with a baseball bat,I'm half deaf.I didn't make some of those points.The man teaching me,Claude VanOrder made the pretty ones.I shoot the ugly ones hoping to keep his freebee's.He says ,"here try this one ,don't put it in a case,I want to see how it cuts'.But I shoot mine and don't tell him .There too pretty. :D
Justin Snyder:
SteveO the only problem with your theory about twice as wide half the penetration is that the fat shaft behind the point provides more friction than any point. Just punching a hole isn't enough or we would all use field points. You have to cut something vital. The wider point has twice the chance of cutting a major artery. As for the old bird points, I think they were shooting a lot more small game than large so it wasn't near the issue. Personally I like about 1" wide by 2 1/2" long. I put one clear through an antelope with only the fletchings sticking out. He only went 40 yards before collapsing. However we hunt with a lot heavier bow than the natives did.
mullet:
Justin,That's not exactly right about little points .The kill site in New Mexico,I might be wrong about the state, recorded more than 150 points mixed in with Buffalo bones.and they were all small triaguler points like Hillbilly described.Small points on very small diameter fore shafts that are detachable will penetrate deep.
I've made cane arrows with long foreshafts. the foreshafts being very long and thin.The penetration is amazing.
Justin Snyder:
Mullet, Im sure they killed a lot of big game. I may be missled but I understood that they put quite a few arrows into a buff to bring it down. Im just guessing but I would wager that the atlatl and lances were used to bring down the larger critters to. Regardless they were better hunters than me. ;D Justin
Coo-wah-chobee:
Hey MULLET-If your from around here and you havent been around in a while-you would not believe the growth! Positively disgusting! i hope they brought the flag with them when leaving lord knows needed to do so.I dread goin south every time i do-as you can guess i try not to.Yes-sir sure is wet down here-not like the dry country y'all live in !Hey thanks for invite--havent been up there in a while youre only a couple hours away--so maybe i will come by to say just say hello. I LOVE to hunt in the wet -ESPECIALLY the rain. e mail address is easy goin @adelphia .net-drop a line when you can.--bob
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