RE: What's your longest shot on a deer?
 

24 yds. I like em close. I would shoot to 30.

RE: What's your longest shot on a deer?
 

I love your comment above. The words "tend" and "try" seem to stick out to me. Now common...with your skills and equipment you know if you were alone, had no wind, had a nice buck at 60 yards and you pulled back and found that your 60 yard pin was holding nice and steady, you would let that sucker fly. ;)HA! :DJust giving you a hard time. I just had to comment on your choice of words.

Others have brought up some good points about nerves being a factor for accuracy. If I had a 10 point deer breathing down my neck at 10 yards, I think I would have a problem keeping steady also. Some of you guys shooting really short range might as well hunt with a knife.:D

In theopen terrain I hunt in, I would be extremly lucky to get a 20 yard shot.

RE: What's your longest shot on a deer?
 

I would say 40 yards, and be fairly confident that I would stick to that. I had a 12 pointer within 55 yards this year.

Now - I couldn't resist the urge to draw (the devil made me do it), but I didn't have the confidence to release. The thought of wounding and losing what might be the biggest deer where I hunt kept me from it. He really tried my patience. He stood there for almost 3 minutes (felt like three days). It was absolutely the biggest deer I have ever seen on the hoof while hunting.

Now I know that it made it through this year, I'm going to be that much more exited when I go back next year.

He will be mine....oh yes...he will be mine! ;o)

RE: What's your longest shot on a deer?
 

Duxrok,

I love your post. That was a great way to put it.

RE: What's your longest shot on a deer?
 

I too shoot dots, indoors and outdoors, and practice out to 80 yds with field points. My hunting bows have 4 pin sights on them and are good for out to 50 yds. If the conditions were right I'd shoot 50 yds., but I've never had the chance. My longest shot was 40 yds. and it worked perfect for me. My favorite distance for a shot is 12 to 15 yds. broadside with their nose in one of my scent bombs! A person should only shoot at yardages that they are competent at. If you are not reasonably sure that you can make a killing shot, don't shoot!

RE: What's your longest shot on a deer?
 

I with you on the far shots when it comes to bow hunting, its just too risky for me. Though I have good confidence in my bow, I dont have enough confidence in myself to take a shot much further than 30 yards. Only because I dont trust my judgement to take far shots

RE: What's your longest shot on a deer?
 

my top pin is set for 35 yards, i still have 2 1/2 inch groups with a 100g broadhead

RE: What's your longest shot on a deer?
 

25 yards was the longest shot I have made on a deer. Back in the day, I could pick a letter in the word coca cola on a 16oz bottle and hit it consistantly at 50 yards. Now I can't even see the damn bottle at 50 yards anymore.
The distance you need to practice is directly related to the terrain and the species you hunt. For me hunting Whitetails, that distance is almost always inside 20 yards because of how I setup and where they move within the setup. I hope to go Elk hunting in NM next fall and will work to perfect my shot out to 50 yards. Already mentioned above, it's what you are comfortable with.

BTW - the closest was 4 yards on a 10 point P&Y Kansas buck. Why don't they run towards the truck after you shoot them? Huh!

RE: What's your longest shot on a deer?
 

my longest shot was this year was on a doe at 46 yards. she ran a little over a hundred. I usally dont take them that long but she presented the broadside shot so I took it.

RE: What's your longest shot on a deer?
 

I killed an 11pt 150" at 52 yards and cut the aorta off at the heart and this year shot 10 pt 144" at 50 and double lunged him.........This is the result of countless hours of practice This is the farthest I will try....unless I head out west and then I would hone my skills some more