ORIGINAL: bawanajim
If you are looking for a way to solve 80% -90% of bow hunting problems leading to the failure to recover hit deer. then Make 25 yards the maximum you will shoot at a deer and strive for under twenty ,and your recovery record will be very close to 100%.
SO TRUE! I wish everybodywould follow that one. I'm a decent shot with a bow.I'm holding my own in our indoor league. And I can hit the vitals of a 3d target out to 50 yards consistently. But I have very little confidence shooting at a whitetail further than 30 yards. Too many variables that I can't control at that range. My recovery rate is 100% on animals shot at less than 20 yards. I love my chances at that range.
And no, I don't believe ribs are an obstacle - as you are pulling more than 35 lbs or so and avoiding strong quartering shots.
Have you ever seen a well placed shot bounce off a rib and fail to penetrate the chest cavity? I haven't. Ribs don't scare me at all.