I myself feel no one has any reason to shoot an animal past 30 yards with a barebow(traditional longbow/recurve with no sights). And I am not saying that because I can't do it. I can't. But I have yet to meet any archer who can consistently hit a 6" target out to 55 or 60 yards. Even tourney archers, and tricker shooters. Have I taken animals out to 55 yards with a traditional barebow? Yes. Should I? Absolutely not. It was irresponsible and lucky. I have seen Stacie Groscup, Fred Asbell, Bryan Fergonson, all shoot, and I know they cannot consistently hit out to those distances. Maybe your the rare one.