Yeah! They rock. I can't wait to have an elk hunt. Just not sure if I want to bow hunt one or Muzzleload. Several years down the road for me though...$$$$$

Mike

I hope you meant hitting the vitals......and not what you wrote.

Jeff

I agree with gzg38b. It's more sporting to get em in close.I would not take a shot at that distance.

yes, absolutely. Dang it is sometimes difficult to articulate in written words what you WANT to say.[&o]

Full Throttle, 1/3rd of a second is an eternity while the arrow is in the air. Even a calm, feeding deer can move quite a distance in that time at the distance we're talking about. Maybe it wants to nibble that browse just in front of it and it takes a step at the exact instant you release. That perfect heart shot in those perfect conditionssuddenly turned into a perfect gut shot.

At 20 yards, even 40 yards, you would have likely still gotten the back of the lungs or, at least, the liver. At 60, you wind up with a mess on your hands.

In this day and time, with bowhunting being a prime target for the animal rights goofballs, we bowhunterscannot afford to take chances like that. Ever notice how at least one wounded animal with an arrow sticking out of it somehow winds up crawling up and dying on some ARF'er's doorstep and then gets put on the evening news every bow season?

People need to start caring a bit more about the future of bowhunting, not just their own personal agendas.

Howler is right. This topic has had the crap beaten out of it. But too many people just don't seem to get the message.

My thoughts exactly. I wouldn't do it because I am only confident out to about 30-35 yards. But Im not gonna knock someone who is confident at that range and can make the shot. More power to them. I wish I could group arrows at 60 yards. However, I am smart enough and also ethical enough not to take a shot atan animal atthat distance knowing my capabilities. Unlike some folks.

I`ve never been impressed with bowhunters thattakeextremelylong shots at game60+ To me it shows a lack of respect for the game they huntand a lack of experience inthere own hunting skills.
I could care less about if someone has taken game at long distances sooner or later its going to bite you!

Ok,
Here is another question. Again, I am asking because I truely don't know. Are good-quality bows quiet enough that a deer will even here it at 60 yards?
I took a shot last year at 40 yards durring a light rain and missed completely. Bad shot. I mis-judged the distance badly. ( rangefinder now) The funny thing was he didn't know I had shot at him. He just jumped when he heard the arrow hit on the other side of him. He stayed around for another 1/2 hour before leaving.

I understand what you guys are saying, and I may never take a shot at that distance, but I can't rule it out because I am confident there is a time and place for a long-distance shot.

Mike

Hell I'm a big fat pig and have the reflexes of a sloth and I could almost get out of the way. Phil Philips (dominant predator show)took a long shot and the buck was broadside on release buck whirled 180 and he hit him as buck was facing him right betwen shouldersa frontal shot. I know hes not shooting junk. Too much can happen at that distance yet they all crooned what a great shot. How come they didn't replay that one in slow-mo 10 times, reason he was damn lucky period.

i dont like making anything over a 30 yard shot. but ive been accurate on 3d targets to 60 with some extra pins. while hunting i wait for a good 30yd or less shot tho. i had a small buck come in on me 2 years ago that i REALLY misjudge the shot on. i knew it was on the long side but not as long as it turned out to be. it was about 55yards, i aimed at his spine and sunk a muzzy 90gr broad head behind the leg, but far enough back to miss the heart and barely get the bottom of the lungs. the shot would have killed him easily if given the proper time before tracking...but shortly after he ran off down the hill i heard the brush stop crashing...then BOOOOOMMMMM.

follwed a good blood trail down the hill where a father and his 11 yr old son were proud as can be over the boys first buck...a little 6pt with 2 holes in his side. i was bowhunting (legally) on the youth hunt day where kids under 16 can rifle hunt. the father and i both knew that was my deer, but when the wounded buck came to them his boy shot it...and because he dropped him in his tracks, that boy got to take home his first buck.

enough of my story tho, it was a good shot for such a long distance...but i'll keep mine to about 30-35yds max from now on.