I sawTed Nugent (on TV, not in person) make a heart shot on an elk at 70 yards in open timber.

When I started archery hunting, my bow had older sights that was not round. It was a rectangular box with a vertical wire, andcross-wires that could be adjusted to various distances. I had them set to 20, 40, 60, 80, & 100 yrds.I practiced daily for 4 months at all distances out to 100 yds and was confident that I could shoot a 10 - 12in. group at 100 yrds, but I decided before I ever started hunting that I wouldn't take a shot farther than 40 yds. My reasoning for learning to shoot longer distances is that if I get an arrow in an animal, and it doesn't drop, and I get a chance for a second shot, then, I would take alonger shot.

First day of elk hunting, 20 minutes after daylight, I was standing, looking across a small brushy draw at a herd of elk at 50 yards with a really nice 5X5 bull looking right at me, and several cows providing perfect broadside shots.I decidedto let them walk away, and continue tracking them and hope for a better shot later rather than take that 50 yd shot. I have since passed on many shots at 40+ yds, where I probably would have made a kill shot, but you have to decide for yourself what you are comfortable shooting.