Blake,
It was, to say the least, an experience that I had never felt before. It was exciting to do, but I was scared at the same time. I mean, scared like yer gonna crap yer drawers, scared.
The bull was in a corral which measured about 150 yds x 100 yds. Basically, you buy the bull, and you shoot it with what you want.
The owner warned us, ( my friend shot 1 too) that nobody ever killed a bull there with a bow, and he doubted we could do it either. The bulls are free ranging on a 400 acre ranch and you can hunt them there (no cover) or in the corral. Because of the bulls' temperments, we chose the corral.
It was very hard to catch the bull standing, as he was mad that there was a human trying to get close to him. He bounced, or as Dan said, did a war dance, all over the place, with his tail up. The owner said that if his tail was up, watch out, beause he would charge. Several times, I was seen running for the fence to get out of the way.
At one time, another friend, threw a rock near me and made me about crap my drawers right there and then.
I was able to get an arrow in my bull as he went past me at about 15 yds. As the bull got weak, he just laid down. from the shot to the bull's death was about 30 seconds.
One thing, I found out is to shoot the bull in the lower 3rd of the chest cavity, as the hump creates an illusion where the lungs lie.
If you get a chance to do it, take the opportunity, the excitement is nothing like anything else I've known.
