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whats the maximum BOW shot you would ever take on a deer?
11-08-2006, 07:04 PM
#4
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: YewNork
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RE: whats the maximum shot you would ever take on a deer?
i dont get how some of you can shoot 60 yards, my sight is as low as it can go and it barley makes 40, what site/bow are you guys using?
11-08-2006, 07:18 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Oklahoma
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RE: whats the maximum shot you would ever take on a deer?
I voted 35-40. But that is only if the situation was absoluetly perfect. I am very confident in my shooting out to 40 yards, but I want it to be a sure thing. I am not saying that I would just fling an arrow if it was closer than 40 but the situation would make my decision for me.
11-08-2006, 07:27 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Hoosier Country, Baby!
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RE: whats the maximum shot you would ever take on a deer?
Well, seeing as how I only practice out to 30, that's my max. Doesn't matter what the size of the deer is, they are all trophies to me. The only way I would be shooting further is if I misjudged the distance and it ended up being longer than 30 yards (not likely as I have a very conservative estimating problem lol).
The longest shot I ever practiced (3d shoot) was a 70 yard broadside shot... boy was that a toughie! Sheesh! At the time, I was only pulling 42# and I had to aim three feet high. I was right on with placement, but fell short about 4 feet or so. I can't imagine anyone taking that kind of a shot at a deer!
The longest shot I ever practiced (3d shoot) was a 70 yard broadside shot... boy was that a toughie! Sheesh! At the time, I was only pulling 42# and I had to aim three feet high. I was right on with placement, but fell short about 4 feet or so. I can't imagine anyone taking that kind of a shot at a deer!
11-08-2006, 07:39 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Eureka, MO
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RE: whats the maximum shot you would ever take on a deer?
I can smoke my target at 40 yards, but when you get in the woods there are all those limbs and things that can deflect shots. I would take a 40 yard shot if it was perfect and in the open with no limbs around. I just think there could be something to deflect the shot that i cant see at longer distances so i like to keep em as close as possible.
11-08-2006, 08:11 PM
#9
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: mississippi by way of Florida
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RE: whats the maximum shot you would ever take on a deer?
Well,
I answered 35-40 because that is what I consistantly practice. I shoot at targets and 3d forms from the ground, in a tree and from a chair.
But, Last month I bought a new switchback and my groups really tightned up allot. So, one day I step off another 10 yards from a 3d target just out of curiosity and put the red pin (I only use 3 pins) just above and behind the front shoulder. Shot five arrows and could certainly tell I had solid hits. When I walked up to the target to see a group a little bigger than a softball, I was totally amazed at how great a group I shot.
So, from then on I shoot at 50 yards at least two or three times a week.Unless I really pull the shot, and can almost always call it, I cankeep the arrows within 3inches or so of the center ring.This does three things for me. First, that 40 yard target shure does look BIG after you take a few shots from 50 yards!!!! Second, it builds my confidence. If I can hit consistantly from 50, then inside that has to be easier.... right! And lastly, I know if that deer of a lifetime comes out and the conditions are right that I would be ok witha 50 yard, measured, shot. Not for everyday mind you, only a very special condition when things are perfect. That said, the more I shoot from 50, the better I get, maybe I'll change my mind someday.
Hank
I answered 35-40 because that is what I consistantly practice. I shoot at targets and 3d forms from the ground, in a tree and from a chair.
But, Last month I bought a new switchback and my groups really tightned up allot. So, one day I step off another 10 yards from a 3d target just out of curiosity and put the red pin (I only use 3 pins) just above and behind the front shoulder. Shot five arrows and could certainly tell I had solid hits. When I walked up to the target to see a group a little bigger than a softball, I was totally amazed at how great a group I shot.
So, from then on I shoot at 50 yards at least two or three times a week.Unless I really pull the shot, and can almost always call it, I cankeep the arrows within 3inches or so of the center ring.This does three things for me. First, that 40 yard target shure does look BIG after you take a few shots from 50 yards!!!! Second, it builds my confidence. If I can hit consistantly from 50, then inside that has to be easier.... right! And lastly, I know if that deer of a lifetime comes out and the conditions are right that I would be ok witha 50 yard, measured, shot. Not for everyday mind you, only a very special condition when things are perfect. That said, the more I shoot from 50, the better I get, maybe I'll change my mind someday.
Hank
