I practice out to 50 yards just to perfect my form , but I never take a shot of over 35 yards at a deer .

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I respect people who say a 40 yard shot on an animal is too long. I have a personal range of 35 yards on a deer but have decided I will take a 40 yard shot on an elk because of the 14 inch vital area. It will pretty much come down to whether or not I feel comfortable with the shot. I may not feel comfortable with a 15 yard shot because of conditions. On the other hand I might have a bull standing at 42 yards broadside with no wind and no obstructions. It all depends on the situation for me but I try to stick to 35 on deer and 40 on elk.

I practice diligently out to 90 meters, but my shots on game are considerably less. How far depends on the circumstances of weather, how confident I feel in the shot, whether or not the animal is relaxed and whether or not the animal is already wounded. I simply won't put a solid, arbitrary number on my maximum distance, but will say I try to get within spittin' distance every time.

I practice out to 40 yards but will not take a shot at a whitetail over 30. Although all my deer have been taken at 25 yards or less. It's a real confidence builder practicing 10 yards further out of your comfort range and knowing you can hit your spot.

Longest was 62 yards, which was from sheer unbridled youth and of course a bet that I couldn't make the shot. Great lesson for me because my shot was less than perfect and I unnecessarily but an animal through suffering, took about an half hour to track and dispatch the deer. Now I pride myself on how close I can get.

Tony

30 yards is my max. I also practice farther for form and to show those wheelie folks even stick bow shooters can keep 95% of there arras in the center bail at 50 yards (about a 18" circle with 5 of these circles making up the bail and the ends of them facing the shooter)

Most of the time however I try to get as close as I can and usually end up screwing up when I should have and could have made a perfect shot at 20-25 yards, just something bout shooting one at 5 steps 2 years ago....someday I will better that <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>!

I have 4 pins on my bow sight they are 15 25 35 45 yards and they are not there just to look at either. I am confident at all ranges or it wouldn't be there. My first buck this year was shot at 35 yards and was a double lunger.

Brian

I like to practice at 40 but would not shoot over 30 to many trees and such up here in MN.

I realy like to keep things under 30, but I will shoot out to 35 yards under the right conditions.

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