[quote name='MarkLor']By the way, has anyone successfully hunted an animal using a bow? [/QUOTE]I only "hunt" the animals caught in my large traps. I'm not sure if you can kill one that's free. It seems you only get one shot, and they don't die even if you hit. So one of the following is probable:
1. You can keep looking around the plains for the injured animal and finish it off (even though it runs off the top-view screen and disappears)
2. You can use higher quality instances of each of the materials used to make the bow/arrow (the numbers and symbols on the left for like sharpness, straightness, etc)
3. You can't kill them unless they're trapped.