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Old 07-19-2005 | 08:56 PM
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muley69
 
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Default RE: Penetration at 60 yards?

Let me clear the air here. Obviously, by the nature of my question I have never attempted a 60 yard shot on an animal. I did shoot a whitetail a few years ago in Wisconsin that was walking 45 yards in the woods (double lung). That is my longest shot to date, primarily because I havn't had the need to shoot longer. This year I purchased new equipment after shooting the same bow for 13 years. I can hardly shoot at 30 yards because I am tearing my arrows up by hitting them with other arrows. Right now I am set up at 15, 30, 45, and 60 yards on my pins. I don't really shoot at 15 yards anymore because frankly it's too close. I shoot 50-100 at 30 yards, 50-100 at 45 and the same at 60. The rest are random distances by me sneaking around the yardlike an idiot and stalking my 3d target. As I said earlier, right now I wouldn't take the shot, however, by season start I am confidant that I will be comfortable with a 60 yard shot. My feeling is that some folks invision me slinging arrows wildly through the mountains and any critter within a 100 yards. I don't get buck fever, and I don'tshoot shots when I'm not comfortable with them whether its 10 yards or 60. My concern was with penetration at 60 yards, if I just flung arrows recklessly I wouldn't be on here asking about penetration would I?
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