The strangest critter you've ever killed?

[Arrowhead80]

I have a 3-d deer target in my yard that is pretty shot up and a wren decided to call it home, in the hole right behind the shoulder. Needless to say it was an accidental homicide when i went to pull my arrow. Wierdest intentional kill is an 8' gator in Florida with my ACS.

[john fletch]

When I was about 16, I was shooting spawning Red Horse Suckers in the Fisher River near Libby   Montana.  I stepped on on a log in a small eddy and saw a big fish right below me with only his head sticking out past the log.  I shot straight down and smacked it in the head.  Then it just kept coming and coming...

  I nearly panicked and backed off the log onto the shore.  The fish had headed down stream but I was able to pull it to shore with the fish arrow string.
The fish turned out to be a Burbot or Ling Cod - just shy of 4' long.  It was incredibly ugly and I thought is was something prehistoric....

An old fella came up and asked if I wanted it and I said heck no!  He took it.  Did not find out until years later in Alaska that they are plumb tasty.

I did find out not long after that they are a legitimate game fish and NOT LEGAL to bow fish for in Montana.   Oh well, the evidence went away quickly with that old man and the statute of limitations is probably long past since that was nigh on 47 years ago now!

[R.V.T.B.]

My hot tub...

I don't have a photo of it but I did get pretty good penetration on it.  My daughter used to have this heavy hemp rope hanging in a tree with a bunch of knots tied in it that she swang on. I had gotten into the habit of taking a shot at the bottom know each day as I came in from shooting in the back field.  Each time I either missed and the arrow was in the grass or if I hit it the arrow just bounched off and fell to the ground. One day I hit it a glancing blow and the arrow carromed of at a 45 degree angle and picked up velocity. Headed towards my house and punched through the cover and side of my hot tub.

[Charlie Lamb]

As a kid I shot a flying squirrel with my bow... no picture of that either.

[Izzy]

If I had a couple more dollars, millions actually I might maybe post up a hero pic of me and one of these fellas. Another dream animal of mine along with musk ox. He is a golden takin, fine looking beast huh?

[Izzy]

In his prime winter coat he looks like a giant, golden colored tahr. Absolutely gorgeous and rather rare.

[BuckeyeGuy]

South that is one whopper of a snake!  Glad I live up North.  Would make some nice boots though!

[South MS Bowhunter]

Yeah Mike you would get one diamond per side with his large pattern  

[xtrema312]

Originally posted by Charlie Lamb:
Shot a bat once and also a flying squirrel, but no pictures of those.

Was either in flight especially the bat?  That would be something.  I have tried it, but never got close.  I have hit a pile with small rocks.  They think it is food and try and catch it.  Arrows spook them.

[Charlie Lamb]

Both were on the side of trees and I smashed 'em with a rubber blunt.

I've tried to shoot bats, but think that's an impossible mission.

[ksbowman]

I didn't make the shot, but I sold a bow to a fellow at work and he went home and shot a guy in the leg (thigh) breaking in to his carpenter shop with a field point.

[Izzy]

Any hero pics with the wounded burglar?

[The Vanilla Gorilla]

I stalked and arrowed a wild horse in Australia.

[ksbowman]

No Izzy, but the Paola police took the bow away from him. I don't understand why since he was defending his property. The guy had broke into the shop before and after he bought the bow he told me that was what he bought it for.

[BDann]

I killed one of my wife's Christmas nutcrackers that was hanging around on a shelf that evidently was too close to my target.  I'm much better now.....

Penetration was negligible, but a kill shot anyhow.  

[Nate Steen .]

I have shot a few porcupines but the weirdest was one that my dog got in to...after removing a face full of quills I went after the porky with my .357 and missed five times.  Each miss caused it to climb higher in the tree...disgusted I thought it had a charmed life.  Then I went and got my longbow and zipped the first broad head arrow through it....sure took care of the that lucky porky.

[sawtoothscream]

Japanese beetles. Made a special point out of a crimson talon broadhead furrel and guitar strings. Was maybe 3-4" in diameter. Was really fun shooting them in flight.

A rat at the old Orange City dump.  The towns around here used have open dumps where folks had to go dump their own garbage, full of rats. We used to go out with our 22s and big flashlights at night to shoot them. I got it in my head one night to shoot one with a bow. I used a cheap hardware store target point arrow, 25 cents, shot an arrow right through a close one.  It turned and came for me. I missed it at 15 feet, I missed it at 5 feet, I stomped on it at 1 foot.

[Stone Knife]

This one with trad....
   

[Izzy]

Some cool stuff fellas.