RE: 80 yard shot!
 

i've gone out to 65 yard but thats tough But thats probaly because i shot light 55 lbs

RE: 80 yard shot!
 

3" groups @ 80 yards?[:o]I wouldn't even give the kid the benefit of doubt. I've heard alot of B.S.rs in the archery field. This one would be labeled a doozy.

RE: 80 yard shot!
 

Ok....Ok.... 80 yds and3" groups, I'll take those. This one time at band camp I shot a 16 pt. buck at 85 yds and he reared up shot fire out of his nose and chased me all the wayback home...really:D

RE: 80 yard shot!
 

lmao:D Ditto...

RE: 80 yard shot!
 

Guys I think the problem lies in teh wording. The kid claims to shoot 3 inch groups. I have a feeling that the truth is he shot a 3 inch group. Unless you can do it just about everytime you arent shooting a 3 inch gruop. THere is a big difference between shooting a 3 inch gruop and "Shooting 3 inch groups"!

RE: 80 yard shot!
 

Sounds like this story fits in the DEEP BS catagory.:D

RE: 80 yard shot!
 

Why do you guys think this is impossible?
I can shoot pretty well at 80 yards, me and my friend shoot 80 yards at our club all the time. The more you shoot at further yardage the easier it is at close range.
It's all about pratice my friends.
Good luck this season

RE: 80 yard shot!
 

Most of the top archers that I have spoke with in the past are as humble as the day is long and don't have to brag themselves up because their reputation preceeds them. I don't like to doubt what people say, but I would have to see it to beleive it, especially from a person who has just dicovered what testosterone is all about.

RE: 80 yard shot!
 

Maybe he meant to say he grouped 3 from 80 feet. :D

RE: 80 yard shot!
 

When I wasa kid we (my brothers and I) used to shoot long and recurve bows at 75 yard targets, you know the big round straw ones with the cloth bullseye target that tied around it. They were big targets and we would be happy just to land one on it anywhere, but for the most part we could hit the target 6 out of 10 arrows. Sometimes more, most of the time less.:DMan them old arrows would have such an arc! Talk about instinctive shooting, we'd be aiminglike 8ft over the target just to get them suckers to land.:)

Three inch groups is about the size of a baseball. Man it would be hard to see that, much less put your arrows into it at that distance. It can be done and like someone mentioned the Olympicshas an80 meter range (I think) Even they don't put arrows in three in groups consistantly at that distance.So while it CAN be done and maybe even the kid got lucky (possible) and shot one three inch group at that distance, I highly doubt he can do it on demand.

I highly doubt he did it at all.