i just read on realtree.com that a guy shot an antelope 117 yds. out with a bow


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Seems bunk to me, but hey im from the show me state

I wouldn't be asking if it were possible, I'd be asking why anyone would do it? If you're going to shoot that far use a rifle. Bowhunting is about how close you can get not how far you can shoot.

Why?

maybe if his bow is the best thing money can buy, and he somehow has like 10 pins on his sight.

Couldn't have been said better!

In the intro to one of the hunting shows (I don't remember which one) they show a speed goat standing in the distance. You can't see the shooter from the camera angle, but the arrow comes into view and it must be 25 feet in the air in a huge arc. The arrow strikes the antelope at a very steep downward angle and doesn't appear to make much penetration. The antelope turns and starts to run and the camera shot fades out. I don't know if this is the particular instance of which you speak but it sure was a l-o-n-g shot.

Thanks KA, that's perfect.

Sounds like a stupid Ted Nugent move to me. I would expect that kind of crap from that kind of idiot.

Thats what I thought, now a days it seems like people want to shoot game from farther distance just to prove something.