ORIGINAL: PastorHunter
Let me add, I agree that it was poaching, and any bowhunter that takes a "60 yard" shot needs his bow taken away.
That's just slinging an arrow into the air and hoping it hits something.
It would have to be perfect conditions for me to take a 40 yard shot.
I live in Indiana and we have the same open land.
That's why we hunt the tree belts, and I've never taken a shot past about 25 yards.
Never needed to.
I agree with the first half of the statement but not the second half.
"any bowhunter that takes a "60 yard" shot needs his bow taken away."
Would that include Fred Bear? Saxton Pope? Art Young? Howard Hill?Chuck Adams? and many other "famous" archers? All of these men have shot animals way over 60 yards. Think before you make sweeping statements. If you can do it effectively and ethically I have no problem with it.