My comments are in parentheses...

Silas... "If you really must kill animals for your own self-gratification (WRONG. I don't.),

then at the very least you have a duty and responsibility to ensure that your 'kill' is as clean and efficient as possible. (A bow is much "cleaner", more humane, except when an animal is shot with a gun in the brain or in the spinal column very near the brain. Many animals shot with a bow are unaware they have been shot and continue about thier business until they lay down and go to sleep.)

I would think even a moron would agree with that –no? (The only moron here is someone who is flappin bullshit on accounta they don't know what they are talkin about.)

Now, let's have a look at bow shooting. In order to be anywhere near competent enough to shoot animals I think it reasonable to expect the archer to be able to group ten arrows consecutively within a 24mm circle at a distance of 30 metre (Nobody shoots an arrow that far. Even with the 75# bow I trained on.)

– and to be able to do this time after time after time.
Now, depending on what sort of bow you use, you could easily be pulling a draw weight of 40lb plus. (40# is illegal here.)

It is not possible to sustain this level of static weight for more than a few seconds without affecting the accuracy of the aim. (WRONG. I could hold my 75# ten minutes easily.)

Difficult enough on a static target, let alone a moving one. (Nobody shoots at a moving target with a bow unless it's walking very slowly and it's close.)

So, now let's have a look at the things that can and frequently do go wrong. (Frequently? Bullshit.)

The archer can have a poor loose, to happens to all of us occasionally, the arrow could be miss-knocked, or an un-noticed broken or faulty knock could be used the knocking point on the string could slip, I have even known archers knock an arrow below the point instead of above it by mistake. The arrow could lose a fletch or be incorrectly fletched, or be knocked upside down. (And you could educate yourself... but not likely.)

Are you aware of just how an arrow flies as it leaves the bow? (Yes.)

The knock is trying to overtake the pile throughout the length of its flight making it inherently unstable. Even a slight side wind affects the flight, much more so than a bullet. (Not from a 75# bow at a distance of 15m.)

No, archery is not the way to shoot animals. If you must do it, use a high power rifle." (Educate yourself, TWIT.)