ORIGINAL: Stonewall308
Anyway, so here is my question. I've read that for whitetail, your maximum range is the range at which you can keep all your arrows in a 9'' paper plate. Simple multiplication tells me this puts my range at 53 yards ((9/1.7)*10). For me this isn't adding up because I know some people say they'd never shoot beyond 40 or 45 yards. My groups appear to be subpar, yet multiplication tells me that a 40 yard maximum range would be conservative. What is the deal? What maximum range would you assign to someone who shoots 1.7 inch groups at 10 yards?
I know momentum of the arrow and wind play a roll. Am I missing anything here?
Just get out and shoot. Numbers are numbers and don't factor in how each person or bow shoots. The further you get the more nervous people get unless they are confortable with it and the only way to get confortable is practice. Also a bow shooting faster would have much less error out to further distances than a slower arrow due to how much the arrow arcs.... Two bows shooting next to one another (that shoot essentially the same size group at 10 yards because there is basically no arc to the arrow), one with a 2 ft arc at 50 yards and one with a 1 ft arc at 50 yards, both flinch a 1/32 of and inch at shot which one will be further off?? The one that is shooting a 2 ft arc will be off by twice as much as the 1 ft arc bow....I would doubt you could shoot a 9 inch group at 53 yards being a newbie and having never shot that far but with practice and the right set up it could easily be achieved. weather or not someone feels confortable shooting at an animal at that range is the decision of the hunter and weather they think their nerves and all other factors can get the job done with an clean shot. Paper and live targets are two completely different things when it comes to taking a shot. Thats where numbers on paper and actually shooting don't even compair. WCL