Is it humane to shoot a deer with an arrow? Seems to me that would be the most painful and lengthy time to die.

Jim,
I don't hunt deer or other large mammals, just birds and now to do that I have to buy them. But, a very good friend of mine shoots more deer in N.J. in one season than most people get in a life time and he uses a bow. His shots are no farther than 20 yards and he tells me that most of the time the deer flinch or sometimes run a short distance and die. I've heard that being hit by an arrow is like a bee sting. If your shot is placed well and 99% of the time his are, the deer go a very short distance and die. Best shot is a double lung and then the heart.
Before anyone gets to upset on all his deer kill, he has permission to kill deer in a private park that is the middle of a large town. The deer filter in there and eat the landowners shrubs and plants. There is a waiting list for the meat, and in one call someone is there to pick it up.
The Park commision wants mostly does shot and once in a while he will get a nice buck. There are only 4 hunters allowed and I beleive it is 12 sq. miles. The hunters were told that if they didn't reach the Parks quota, that professional hunters would be brought in at $300 a deer.

There are many hunters out there who use a bow, shotgun and rifle that shouldn't be out there because they don't know the first thing about their weapon and how it shoots.

David