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Always enjoy chalenging yourself in practice with your targets. When hunting always shoot to kill.

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If you are new to archery hunting you will be amazed at the amount your confidence will grow the more you practice with your bow. If you do not try to rush things you will eventually becaome comfortable at ranges beyond 25 yards but you have to pick up your bow more than once a wek and you should start shooting as early in the year as possible.
PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE

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I won't shoot beyond 30 yards, just my personnel choice. Prefer it to be 25 yards or less!

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I am not going to post my personal max yardage because a lot of people may disagree with taking shots that far. I can tell you that I exercise a ton of self discipline when choosing shots on deer. I am not going to take just any shot at my personal max yardage either, it has to be an unalarmed deer, head down, known yardage with a lot of time for me to get perfect footing, etc. If anything is less than perfect in the situation like footing, balance, time to use rangefinder, rushed shot, etc........I won't shoot past 25-30 yards. I may and have taken a poke at them much further than that though under perfect circumstances.

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Grasshopper, you must first learn to walk before you can fly. Really, it doesn't happen all at once. Shoot within your comfort zone. My first year bowhunting was 35 years ago. I had a brand new Damon Howitt recurve and practiced every day for about 6 months. After all that I decided my zone was 15 yards. I killed a deer that first season the last 10 minutes of the season at 7 yards while straddling a log in a natural ground blind. Years have passed and the equipment has changed. I now consider 20 and under a slam dunk guarantee. 30 no problem. 40 I'll take it. It didn't happen the first year. It took the first deer, and the next and the next and 80 something later it's all different from the first days with that Damon Howitt. I cherish that first deer more than all the rest. Know your limitations and plan accordingly. OH... it's suppose to be fun. Have some.

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I agree with everything said so far. I'll echo the part about practicing well beyond your comfort range. Practice at 50, 60 and possibly even further and see how much your confidence goes up at 25 to 30 yards. They'll seem like slam dunks. Still, don't take anything more than a high percentage shot well with-in your comfort range. Practicing at 50 and beyond doesn't mean to shoot at a living animal at that range. Too much can go wrong at that distance.