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water/cape buffulo with stone points........ has it been done??
ozy clint:
okay, i shot a cow buffulo on the weekend and i was carrying the testing arrows with me so i was able to get some testing done....
this is her set up for the testing.
shots were taken at 15 meters. the 1st shot penetrated to about an inch behind the back of the point, that equates to about 5-6". it hit a rib and that's as far as it went. as you can see it broke the point off and the hafting was damaged. that brought this arrows testing days to an abrupt halt.
the 2nd arrow also hit a rib with similar a result.
needless to say the testing session was a short one.
so there it is, perhaps the doubters are right. it looks as though taking a water buffulo with a stone point might prove beyond the capabilities of a primitive arrow.
a penny for your thoughts.....
Justin Snyder:
One day I am going to try it. I have read a lot from the trad shooters and I understand there is a sweet spot. It appears from the picture that you are too far back on your shot. As I remember, you want to be 1/3 of the way up straight above the leg. The ribs behind the leg are considerably thicker.
zeNBowyer:
Great thread, always exciting to see those kind of tests firsthand with pictures!
otis.drum:
justin, not to take away from you wanting to do it. it would be an awesome achievement, but, i think plenty more testing on downed buff needs to be done before hand. clint's test were pretty conclusive. i'm not sure the sweet spot is going to be so drastically different.
i'd love to see it happen, but at this stage i'm not convinced it's the right thing to do. lets see some more testing first! and whilst stone points are the sharpest edges on earth, we may find they are too brittle to be reliable on such beasts. just my thoughts.
mullet:
I would use a different rock for the points. Those points are too brittle, they almost look like they were heat treated. I'd be shooting a 600 to 800 grain arrow also.
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