Yea your not being trapped by the media because you cant read and absorb the information presented. Nowhere in the article did it say that there were "2 arrows stuck in it hind end" (whatever that means).

The actual quote reads like this: (now go slow and read it out loud) "A few of the animals had arrows embedded in their hides and were bleeding but were still upright and running."

Here is what you should have figured out if you know anything about bowhunitng:
1. The hide covers the entire animal. Supprisingly the hide even covers the vital areas.

2. Animals shot with a bow will usually run upright until they bleed, hemorage, and die. Supprisingly they run and bleed at the same time.


You need to read the article for what is written and not add anything to it. If you are an informed hunter with knowledge, then you can clearly see the angle of this article is written against hunting, hunters, and the WDFW. If you are not an informaed hunter with knowledge, then you are sucked into a false image created by your own imagination. Hell, you even imagined words that arent even in the article.

What do you imagine when the article says "The state game officer kept his binoculars trained on a tightly clustered group of about 70 elk in a pasture surrounded by several men armed with high-powered bows." I'm sure you are imagining Mel Gibson with a "high-powered bow" and the entire Brave Heart scene attacking the elk like they are a small group of baby seals that cant get away. 70 elk, even "tightly clustered" takes up quite a bit of space. How many hunters is included in "several"? Is it 6 or is it 600? There were only 6 elk killed so I think its closer to 6 hunters. There is no way 6 hunters could suround 70 elk the way it is being portrayed in this story.