Patent ID: 7255659

Claim:
In a method for hunting a game animal by a hunter with a bow and arrow, said arrow having a broad head, a shaft and fletching, said arrow intended for causing an incapacitating wound into the hide and throughout the various internal tissues of said game animal comprising the steps of a. providing said bow and arrow, b. launching said arrow by said hunter from said bow with the intent of incapacitating said game animal, the improvement comprising the step of releasably applying an anticoagulant to at least part of said arrow prior to the launch thereof; whereby and upon inflicting said incapacitating would, blood flow is enhanced at the point of said wound as a result of said anticoagulant being dispersed at the wound site, where as said hunter would more easily be able to track said game due to the enhanced blood flow from the entry wound and possibly the exit wound and the inherent blood trail provided thereby.