Most deer are harvested @ 19 yards with archery equipment. 30 yards is a long way in the woods. It takes the arrow a long time to get there at 30 yards. The farthest shot I have ever made was 33 yards and I shot low knowing he would drop to gather himself to run. I hit him higher than I would have liked but It worked out anyway. He wasn't the bigest deer in the woods but I was next to the last day of Archery season and I had a tag to fill.I wanted some freezer meat and though there are a bunch of great reciepies for tag stew and deer tag jerky I decided to eatbackstrap.