RE: What' s Your Range?
It depends. To find my max range I start with kinetic energy. Find the recommended kinetic energy for the particular animal, say 45ft/lbs for white tail. Then I use the archery program and find out the max distance I can shoot and still maintain 5lbs over recommended. That would be my conceivable max range.
Then I take the size of the kill zone and compare it to my shooting skills. My max range based on skill is the max range that I can consistently (99%) group arrows within the size of the kill zone.
Take the shortest of these two ranges and that is my max range for that particular animal under optimum circumstances. This assures that I have the skill to hit the kill zone consistently and the kinetic energy to get the job done.