MFW I tried to commit suicide once.
[a picture of a sad woodsman Pepe]
>be me
>have staff bow with arrows found at garage sale
>home alone and miserable
>start shooting bow at my mattress
>get idea
>go outside and shoot bow straight up in the air
>close my eyes and wait for deaths release
>nothing happens
>shoot another and then a other
>not working
>this time I shoot up in the air and try to watch to
see where it's going to land
>run across lawn hopping it hits me
>keep doing this for a while
>parents come home
>watch me furiously shoot arrow into air then run
around the back yard
>parents think I'm autistic and took my bow away
It's just going to hurt like a removed. The string needs to go completely straight for the full force of the arrow which is impossible with how far it's already in his mouth.
Also skulls are pretty strong.
Idk. Depending on the strength of the bow and the type of arrowhead, I'm pretty sure it'd work (at least to enter the skull cavity). Let's assume, probably on the low end, 35lbs. That's 30lbs in small fraction of an in/cm, assuming an arrowhead meant to kill something, not a target shooting arrowhead. I'm pretty sure it'll go through bone, depending on where it hits, what angle, and the dozens of other factors involved.
Uh oh, you said a naughty word your instance didn't like. Because apparently "bitch" is a bridge too far for lemmy.ml
Also, most people who just have bows laying around only have relatively dull target arrowheads, you'd want a proper hunting broadhead or similar, else you'll just wind up with brain damage and medical bills