Originally Posted by
Oldtimr
How about the experience the animal may get if you gut shoot it trying to gain experience. Target shooting at 50, 60 ards or beyond is one thing stretching yor abilty on an animal is something else. When did archery change from the skill of getting an animal close where you can make a clean humane kill to lets see if we can kill a deer with a bow at rifle distances?
I'm not stretching my ability. I don't get excited or shaky when I see a deer.. That comes after the shot.. It hasn't changed, I love getting the deer in close. In fact my best encounter this year is when I had a mature 5.5+ year old buck at 7 yards broadside while I was hunting from the ground. I let him walk because he had she's one side already..
60 yards can still produce clean humane kills with a bow. Does anybody not watch the outdoor channel where these shots are becoming more and more common with the modern technology.