max shooting distance
10-07-2007, 02:12 PM
#33
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Too close to Chicago
Posts: 3,337
RE: max shooting distance
I shoot just under 210fps and have feathers, so drag gets me after about 35 yards. I practice to 40yds, tune to 40yds, and then shoot animals within 30yds. I really like it up close anyway. That's my big thrill...knowing I got inside their comfort zone without being detected.
Enough goes wrong out there when you do everything right. I don't have a desire to stack the odds against myself, and be left with more wounded deer than recovered ones.
Enough goes wrong out there when you do everything right. I don't have a desire to stack the odds against myself, and be left with more wounded deer than recovered ones.
10-07-2007, 02:26 PM
#34
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location:
Posts: 21,043
RE: max shooting distance
I can hold a 4 inch group at 65 yards unless I am having gusty conditions.
10-07-2007, 03:59 PM
#35
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Burlington, IA
Posts: 367
RE: max shooting distance
Ive grouped my BH's in a 3 inch circle at 60yds, cant do it with FP's though. In a hunting situation I wont shoot more than 40 usually. Just to keep myself from long shots I try to hunt areas where a long shot wouldnt present itself. I have the confidence to shoot farther than 40, and I think thats a bad thing to have cuz further than that and your shots become less ethical IMO.
10-08-2007, 02:25 PM
#39
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: West Central Wisconsin
Posts: 162
RE: max shooting distance
20 yards limit!
It's my first year bowhunting, my bow is an older model PSE with a flipper rest, and my broadheads don't group with my fieldpoints.
10 yards: FP and broadheads group about the same.
16 yards: FP still on the money, BH are 2" or so to the right
20 yards: FP still centered, BH are about 4" to the right.
Until my BH are grouping more like my fieldpoints or at least grouping the same regardless of the distance, I don't want to be adjusting for more than about 4". It may be a tuning issue, it may be using an older, less accurate setup.
Plus, it's an older bow and though I don't know what the FPS is, I know it's slower. I did a video shoot recently with a couple of friends and the speed difference was easily observable. On the bright side, I totally held my own at 20 yards in the video shoot and the friends are both quite good with a bow.
It's my first year bowhunting, my bow is an older model PSE with a flipper rest, and my broadheads don't group with my fieldpoints.
10 yards: FP and broadheads group about the same.
16 yards: FP still on the money, BH are 2" or so to the right
20 yards: FP still centered, BH are about 4" to the right.
Until my BH are grouping more like my fieldpoints or at least grouping the same regardless of the distance, I don't want to be adjusting for more than about 4". It may be a tuning issue, it may be using an older, less accurate setup.
Plus, it's an older bow and though I don't know what the FPS is, I know it's slower. I did a video shoot recently with a couple of friends and the speed difference was easily observable. On the bright side, I totally held my own at 20 yards in the video shoot and the friends are both quite good with a bow.
10-08-2007, 03:27 PM
#40
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location:
Posts: 128
RE: max shooting distance
[blockquote]quote:
I can hold a 4 inch group at 65 yards unless I am having gusty conditions.[/blockquote]
I know that would win every 3D shoot I've ever shot in......and I've never shot beyond 45yds(in a tournament).
I can hold a 4 inch group at 65 yards unless I am having gusty conditions.[/blockquote]
I know that would win every 3D shoot I've ever shot in......and I've never shot beyond 45yds(in a tournament).
I have won a few 3D's though
