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WakeCow 10-19-2006 03:41 PM

RE: Maximum Confident Shooting Range???
 
I'll shoot 30 but I would perfer the deer to be much closer than that.

BowhunterSteve 10-19-2006 08:48 PM

RE: Maximum Confident Shooting Range???
 

ORIGINAL: mez

This one always kicks a beehive. TS I understand and respect your opinion. ...all I ask is that you respect my opinion and others on the issue. No one is right or wrong, it is something we all need to decide for ourselves and ultimately it is what we can live with.... I let my experience dictate what I do and I'm comfortable with that. In the end we are all hunters sharing the same passion.
Hey mez, you couldn't have summerized the point any better than you did.:)

My intent w/ the posed question really wasn't to start such an uproar...but for the record, I'm not judging anyoneeither,just stating my opinion and asking all of you for yours. Thanksa bunch to all.

Bigwapitijohnny 10-19-2006 09:03 PM

RE: Maximum Confident Shooting Range???
 
My effective bow range was determined through my preparation for my archery elk hunt this year. It is 40 yards maximum. I feel confident that I can make a well placed lethal shot at that yardage while staring down at an animal...

Regards,

GS

heeze gutshot shortee 10-20-2006 12:23 PM

RE: Maximum Confident Shooting Range???
 
Bowhunter....Id say 35yards and under....i like it way under for best results

Chuck7 10-20-2006 01:11 PM

RE: Maximum Confident Shooting Range???
 
:(20 yds

isatarak 10-20-2006 08:24 PM

RE: Maximum Confident Shooting Range???
 
I am not trying to argumentative, just curious. If you will take a shot at 50, 60, 70 yards, at what point do you decide to take that shot and not try to coax the deer a little closer or just hope for better range on the next hunt?

bowhuntn87 10-20-2006 08:32 PM

RE: Maximum Confident Shooting Range???
 
The farthest I will shoot under perfect conditions is 35 yds. I prefer them less than 25. The first deer i ever shot was at 37, but if that opportunity presented itself again today, I wouldnt take it, just because I'm not 100% that I would hit the vitals.

hunterjoe0000 10-20-2006 08:47 PM

RE: Maximum Confident Shooting Range???
 
SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A FIGHT CHILL OUT

CharlesK 10-23-2006 05:06 AM

RE: Maximum Confident Shooting Range???
 
10 or 20 yards is a slam dunk for me other than maybe freak accident.
But the question I have is- where i hunt on public land i can't get closer than 40 or 50 yards to a deer when im in a blind, so even though i can hit a grapefruit sized target 9 out of 10 times at 40 yards, is 40 yrds+ so far that deer jump the string before the arrow hits?

CharlesK 10-23-2006 05:15 AM

RE: Maximum Confident Shooting Range???
 
Also using a good whitetail setup (compound in 60# draw, 430 grain cut on contact arrows/heads, with probably 63 foot/lbs of energy) What is the max range that this setup gives lethal kinetic energy to a whitetail? (even if i can hit a metal ram target with a scoped .22 at 100 yards the slug may not have the kinetic energy to knockdown like it does at 50 yards)


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