I'm a Cheezehead and my hunting buddy is in CO and from SD. We talk every week sometimes twice. He brought up the penetration test, arrow vs bullet in a bucket of sand.
We both had stories. Mine was doing it in front of about 40 people and using the lightest bow I had (42 pounds) and NOT filling the bucket myself. Whoever filled it used gravel. Some stones were 2 inches in diameter. The 42 pounder hit one and bent over a MA3. I had to use my 65 pound bow to get through.
My buddy told me that his father did the demonstration in 1959 or '60 or '61. Invited the Dept of Fish and Game to promote archery. The demonstration was done in the GYMNASIUM OF THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL. He fired a .3006 in the gym!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We both had stories. Mine was doing it in front of about 40 people and using the lightest bow I had (42 pounds) and NOT filling the bucket myself. Whoever filled it used gravel. Some stones were 2 inches in diameter. The 42 pounder hit one and bent over a MA3. I had to use my 65 pound bow to get through.
My buddy told me that his father did the demonstration in 1959 or '60 or '61. Invited the Dept of Fish and Game to promote archery. The demonstration was done in the GYMNASIUM OF THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL. He fired a .3006 in the gym!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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