Long Range hunting versus bowhunting wound loss rates?

[Firebird]

Just food for thought for a comparison-how many animals have you seen on YouTube or read about on this very forum where an animal was shot by a rifle and would have been lost were it not for the ethereal trackers and their life long experience, or the little blood tracking dogs?!
And these aren’t even long distance shots-Shot happens! Most of us have grown to an age where we are more respectful, more responsible and more skilled at our chosen craft and have equipment to match. Some maybe getting worse. . .
The guys who build long range rifles will continue to defend their business. Archery die hards will continue to defend their sport. It is up to each of us to establish our ethics and passionately defend those ethics and morals, rather than defending our choices by tearing down those of others.

 

[375Ruger416]

Yes, this thread reminds me of the adage that, ‘those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.’ That, and we should should all work to perfect our skills at our chosen style of hunting.

 

[Muskox]

The blood tracking dog thing is really great. I hunted red stags a few weeks ago here, and there were 7 stags shot out of 10 hunters (I didn't get one) and multiple guys told me their dog story, how the dog saved the hunt.

I need one.

Kind of want a German Longhair in liver color. Looks like a 80 pound Springer spaniel. Hard not to love that. Fluffy cruise missile.

 

[375Ruger416]

The blood tracking dog thing is really great. I hunted red stags a few weeks ago here, and there were 7 stags shot out of 10 hunters (I didn't get one) and multiple guys told me their dog story, how the dog saved the hunt.

I need one.

Kind of want a German Longhair in liver color. Looks like a 80 pound Springer spaniel. Hard not to love that. Fluffy cruise missile.

Yes, it was previously illegal to do this in Alberta, but they have changed the regulations this year to allow it. Cannot actively hunt with dogs for deer etc, but can bring one in to track as needed.

I think it’s great!

 

[skydiver386]

In Romania one of the hunters from the Czec Republic shot a Stag, but the blood trail ended after a few hundred yards. They called it for the night and brought out a Romanian bloodhound the next morning. Found in the woods after a few hundred yards tracking. Those dogs know exactly what they are doing.