Arthur P - Hell yes, I'll agree with you on this one.

Ya'll ever think back on how ridiculously easy rifle hunting is now ? I mean, 0 out to 250 yards and way beyond that, center the animal in the 3x12 scope and shoot. yeah, its a bit tougher than that, but you gewt the idea.

Compound hunting is a lot like that after hunting with a longbow/recurve. No idealist thoughts here, just plain thats the way it is truth. When I shot a compound, it was rare that I didn't know the distances within a few yards. Why ? I paced them off or sometimes had a rangfinder. I KNEW the distance, because misjudgin by even 5 yards creates some big changes in where the arrow can hit.

The cure ? Ultra fast arrows, 300 fps + setups. Flatter shooting, less errors, but theres two problems there. The main one is tuning the bow at that high a speed, often requiring mechanical heads ( NOT a solution to bad arrow flight) and the other is penetration/momentum. Yeah, hot shooting bows shoot flatter, but those light arrows lose a lot of momentum downrange, which is the area that most people are wanting to correct there misjudgements at.

Been there and done that guys. Speed isn't inherently bad, its what people use it to cover up thats the problem.
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