Ausie-guy,
Great story about the guys buying a bow an not shooting it!
And these are probably some of the guys making fun of my dinosaur Onieda shooting the unbelievably fast 208 fps.

Practice range estimation can be done on a football practice field using the yards lines to help visualize the target at x distance then practice stepping the distance off. I then move into an unmarked area for walking unknown distance shooting and then stepping off the distance.
Remember what is a 20 yard shot to me might or might not be a 20 yard to you but if we know what we believe that same distance is in regards to each other then we can communicate. I had an experiance that the guide I was hunting with was sure that the distance was x yards. I said no to me it is y and he got a little upset. Later I set up a target and ask him what the distance was and had already steped it off and written it down for me. We both were correct so that solved that issue and this was before the laser rangefinders were avaliable. Know your distances and trust yourself!



I hunt for myself and not anyone else so I take what I consider High Percentage shots and go from there. I try to share my experiences and reasoning for my decisions.



Greg

"Getting close to the game is the joy of Bowhunting for me, the harvest is a bonus."

Live 15 ft Python after eating a small Antelope!