Patent ID: 8784242

Claim:
Apparatus comprising a projectile for hunting a game animal, the projectile comprising: an outer shaft assembly comprising: a hollow cylindrical shaft including an aperture in a rearward end of the cylindrical shaft; and a piercing tip affixed to a front end of the cylindrical shaft; and a bloodletting assembly comprising: an elongated wound resident member configured to be inserted within the aperture of the cylindrical shaft and extend within the hollow cylindrical shaft; and a grappling structure affixed to a rearward end of the wound resident member, the grappling structure configured to prevent the bloodletting assembly from passing through the game animal; wherein the elongated wound resident member extends within the hollow cylindrical shaft in an axial direction of the wound resident member; wherein the grappling structure comprises a plurality of prongs extending perpendicularly to the axial direction of the wound resident member; and wherein the prongs are curved toward a front end of the wound resident member.