Yep...............if your hunting 6x6 targets.

I'd live with it

Other have mentioned that shooting at a target at 40 is not the same as shooting at a live animal. When I shot compound, I could easily shoot a 5" group at 50 yards, however, I would never shoot past 30 at a live deer, or 40 at an elk.

Here is what I can shoot at 25 yards (longbow), but I my effective range on whitetail is 20.

I pretty much subscribe to the idea of whatever distance I can shoot 4" groups, that is my absolute maximum. As some others have siad, with wind, edgy animals, adrenaline, and other factors possible group size in hunting situations is likely to double---or more. That being said, I often shoot 2" groups at 40 yards with sub-4" groups the norm. I set my maximum in the woods at 30 yards. There are enough things to go wrong without me adding poor judgement to the equation.

One thing I would say though. Practicing at even longer distances out to 70 yards sure does help with the concentration, making shorter shots seem easier.

By the looks of target, I'd say your effective range in 25yds!!! Looks pretty darn effective to me

I believe that is pretty good. However, you should be a bit better/tighter grouping at 30 yards and closer. There are times I take shots for practice in excess of 30 yards, but 95% of my practice is typically from within 20 yards. I do this because most often I am only presented with shots at 20 yards when in the woods.

6" area is pretty good. I know a lot of people don't shoot that far in the woods. I do, but practice daily at the distance with my hunting heads.

Hi there, in order for you to take that shot you must be 100% confident in your shooting ability. A 6 inch spread at 40 yards to me is a bit wide. I practice out to 60 yards and consistantly hit within a 4 inch or smaller circle. But, that takes alot of shooting proctice. You must also take into consideration, time, place, conditions (weather), topography and the ability to shoot perfect everytime. Now the trick to bringing down your grouping is to be completely calm, breathe, set, anchor point set, shoot and follow through. The main reason I see people shooting poorly at long distances is they drop their bow arm or push it to one side in order to watch the arrow fly. This is bad, too many variables. Proper follow through, which means after you release your arrow, do not move until your arrow hits its mark. Good luck.

I would say yes.You are inside the kill zone one a mature deer.I might add that you may want to shoot at the bottom of the kill zone though at that distance he will have time to react to the sound and he will duck some.But if you are shooting a fast enough bow then you will still hit him where it counts.

I think you should go hunting.

If you have to ask if it's too far then it is probabely toooooooo faaaaaar