The reason a lot of crossbow hunters ( me included) limit their shots to 30 yds is the noise, they are loud and the speed of sound is much faster than the arrow speed. When you get past 30 yds. they can jump the string and its not ethical. When i first went to a crossbow i thought wowover 300 feet per second i can shoot 50 or better yds. and got away with it a few times but it caught up with me and i came to my senses. A compound vertical bow is nowhere near as loud and it always seemed to me that past 30 yds. the deer were not as likely to jump as they would at 15 or 20.

Martin