The elk poll brought out this idea. This year I had a argument with my dad over wither or no I could kill a deer by shooting it in the head with my bow set up. I thought the arrow would break on impact to the skull losing kinetic energy. He thought it would smash threw and kill the deer. No I did not/will not take this shot on a live deer, to many variables. But for the sake of ending the argument when he took his 4x4 this year we set the head out after skinning and tested the shot. At 20 yards, I was wrong, not only did it bust through on the first shot but it passed threw! It did crack the arrow at the insert. Thinking this was a fluke I tried it again on my buck, and same results! Now I would like to test a elk. I still say this is a unsafe hunting shot, small target area and its the first thing that moves. But for testing sake I would like to give it a go. So if anyone has a freshish cow elk head complete in the area that they are no using I would like to test. Or do you guys think that a cow, as in moo would be a good stand in?
