Originally Posted by
bigcountry
Thats because they don't. I can easily make a 60-70yard kill with an arrowgun. I guarantee it. I cannot with a compound. Only under excellent, I mean excellent conditions. KYbuck, have you ever held a compound for 30sec, even 1 min, maybe longer? Have you ever hunted in extreme cold after several hours, and tried to pull back and hold your compound at a deer at 50 yards? One of my biggest problems in extreme cold is my bulky clothing.
An arrowgun shooter can just sit there and take his time. Put his arrowgun on a rest. Slowly pull that trigger. No fatigue. No shaking. For me, this is just common sense. Mr. Islander on here even agrees. And we don't see eye to eye on this. But you want to take his experience, and mine and believe anything on the net you want.
But I am sure you and stealthy will both standup and say you never had these instances happen. And I hope you do for the audience reading.
My argument has been consistent all throughout this. I still stand by it. Sure, there are secondary arguements that strengthen my beliefs, but the bottom line is why archery season came into existence. The guys who worked for it. Thier arguement to state gov on why they need such a long season. If its not about tradition and doing something a little tougher than others, then make it open season. You don't like that ideal. You think its lame. Fine. I don't.
From all the xbow forums I've read most all of them agree that a 40 shot is the ethical range of a xbow.....and should be closer. Sure you can kill a deer farther but they are so loud the deer can be out of position before the arrow gets there. I do know that out West they often shoot game at 60 yards or more with a vertical bow. It's not uncommon at all. I have killed a 8 point once at 65 yards and made a perfect heart shot. I admit I was lucky because I had a pendulum sight and it had bottomed out. I had to raise it up and guess. I also was young and would no longer take a shot like that.
Yes, I have had hard times getting my bow back before in the cold. I've struggled to hold it back at times. That doesn't happen often but it does happen. The xbow does have an advantage on this for sure. But I could care less if someone else has a challenge different that what I do. It's not up to me to say what challenge is right for everyone. I have bow hunted 30 years so I'm not a rookie either. I'm sure you and many others are more technical experts on the in and outs of a bow but as far as hunting goes I'll stack up pretty well.