Food for thought

@ArishMell I think bow hunting would be illegal on the grounds that it is very difficult to ensure a clean kill. The rules on deer hunting specify the minimum mass of the bullets to be used as well as the minimum muzzle velocity allowed, analogous rules for archery would require a very heavy arrow and bow or the use of a compound bow. But accurate shooting even with even a compound bow is much more difficult than with a rifle.

I suppose one could say that bow hunting would be fairer in that it requires the hunter to get much closer and be more skilful meaning that more of them get away. But on the other hand the animal is more likely to be merely injured rather than killed outright.

@ArishMell Just looked it up on Wikipedia:
[quote] Nations including Denmark, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Finland and Bulgaria use bow and arrow hunting as a hunting tool in modern game management. Some European countries, including the United Kingdom, prohibit bowhunting.[12] Bowhunting, like target archery, was revived in the UK during the Victorian era,[13] but has been banned since 1965.[14] Recently a law was passed in Estonia that would allow bowhunting of small game.[15] [/quote]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowhunting#Europe

So no bow hunting in the UK and it looks like most European countries that do allow it allow it only for game management not for recreational hunting.

@ninalanyon Interesting! Thankyou for doing that.