THIS GOES BACK TO 1982 WHENI STARTED SHOOTING BOW....
I was taught that if you can hit a target/vitals constintly(spl)at say 50 yrds you take that in half and your max range then would be 25 yrds.I have kept that as my max,I have killed 1 deer at 27 yrds from the groundbut that was with a newer compound,most of all my kills have been under 20 yrds.The same goes for my longbow and recurve,I hit 20 yrd vitals so 10 should be my max but I just got back in to trad last yr and will have to wait till nxt yr to hunt
due to shoulder surgery in oct.I would feel ok shooting out to 15 yrds tho.
So you see I belive its in how you have been taught......
Ive heard HOROR stories of guy thinking they can shoot 40-50-60 yrds that just piss me off.
So you see where my ethics are.....