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what is the furthest shot you'll take at a live animals in the woods with your archery equipment

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I voted 31-40...Honestly most spots I hunt, I usually can't shoot over 35 yds in very many lanes. Most of my shots are in the 10-25 range. 40 yards is a POKE in the woods unless they are pretty open.

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i don't have an open shot over 35 yards, but i chose 21-30 because that's where i'm comfortable at

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While I feel comfortable taking a 35 yard shot(max) at deer, I only have 20-25 yrds at most of my stand locations. I hunt wooded areas, no field edge.

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I'll shoot up to 60 with no wind and open lanes, perfect setup and conditions.Most days and most setups 40.

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I voted 31-40, but I have to admit that I shot one at 60 earlier this year, but that was across an open field. I had been practicing out to about 70-75 all summer in preparation for a caribou hunt, and felt confident I could make the shot at 60. I won't do it again though!

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Shooting an Excalibur at 225#. Confortable out to 40. Could shoot fifty but don't.

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50 yards without a second thought . If the shot permits itself .

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40 is max with right conditions, 20 is desired, most sets I can only shoot to 20.

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I chose 41-50. I practice with my drenalin out to 65 and shoot consistantly. However we all know that actual deer hunting does not give you the same scenario. Heart pounding, usually 3 second window, and so on. So I feel comfortable out to 50 yards if I absolutely have to. Most of the time, I only plan on up to 35 though when hunting and go from there with the different situations. For instance, mule deer hunting presents a lot of further shots with open terrain.

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Your crazy for shooting at this range! I don't care how fast your bow is, animals will and canmove before your arrowhits its point!! Your not shooting a gun, your bow hunting my friend! Thats the problem these days, alot of the archery shops these days praise on taking these 30 to 50 yard shots!

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What?

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Yes . Thats what I said .

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Your bow hunting! Not gun hunting!

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i practice out to 75yds...but i have never shot beyond 40+

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i would say 200 yards oh wait you mean with a bow i prefer about 20 or less but plan to fine tune my bow alittle this weekend and hopefully be out to around 35

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I'm comfortable with shooting out to 50-60 yards. If the conditions are right, wind, air pressure, curvature of the earth, etc..;)

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I don't even practice outside of 35 yards. I have one pin on that sight. If somethings within 35 yards of me.. Its dead. No questions.

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A elk at 40 yards with a compound sights and shot one deer at 60 yards and one at 57 yards with a recurve bare bow. Most all are shot at 15 to 30 yards

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Most deer are harvested @ 19 yards with archery equipment. 30 yards is a long way in the woods. It takes the arrow a long time to get there at 30 yards. The farthest shot I have ever made was 33 yards and I shot low knowing he would drop to gather himself to run. I hit him higher than I would have liked but It worked out anyway. He wasn't the bigest deer in the woods but I was next to the last day of Archery season and I had a tag to fill.I wanted some freezer meat and though there are a bunch of great reciepies for tag stew and deer tag jerky I decided to eatbackstrap.

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I opted for 51-60. I practice out to 60-70 all summer long and am very confident in my abilities. The farthest I have shot a deer was 48 yards while I was on the ground walking back to the truck. With todays bows with the speed and sound these shots are not a problem. Can the animal move? Sure. They can also move at 20 yards. In my experiance the deer never hear the shot if they are beyond 30 yards thus dont react as they do when closer. So if you dont feel confident in shooting beyond 30 yards, dont scorn those that do.

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I practice at 40 regularly, so ilimit my shots to 30 in the woods.

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Wow, I can't even fathom taking a shot over 50 yards at a live animal. Target is great, but I want the utmost confidence that I will drop that critter and too much can go wrong beyond 40 yards. I personally don't want to take a shot beyond 30 yards. Can I hit something at 50 yards? Heck yeah, but I have a long season ahead and, if I am doing my job right, I should be able to bring them in within 30 yards. JMHO.

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200 yards for me. No questions asked. [8D]

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A 35 yard shot is the longest I have ever taken and don't plan on taking anything longer than that.

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I max out at 35 yards, no further...

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This year, ive taken two deer. A doe at 25 yards and a buck at about 45 yards. I practice out to 60 yards every time I practice. That way I feel comfortable with long shots. It also helps you keep good form. Ive taken hogs out to 60 yards, but not a deer. My furthest on a deer has been between 45 to 50. Where I live, we have lots of open land, so many shots will be out a ways.

Now for my trad bows, I only feel comfortable out to 25 yards. I wont even attempt anything beyond 25 yards with a recurve.

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Furthest shot I have taken a deer with is 32 yards. I said 31-40, but really anything over 35 has to be a very ideal situation with it being wide open with good light on a perfectly calm deer. And even then it's still a maybe for me.

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I can tell you this......I get more shot opportunities than most do. Here's what I've learnedsomewhere alongmy path to taking12 whitetails.....

The "furthest shot I would take" has gotten progressively SHORTER as I mature as a bowhunter.

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I voted 31-40 because that's the limit of my practice ranges. However, I have shot one at 44.5 yards successfully. I didn't know it at the time as I didn't have a rangefinder. I probably would never have shot if I knew it. Want back with a buddy's Nikon 440 and verified the range only because he said it was over 40 and I did not think so. I was wrong.

Now, I have a rangefinder to remedy that problem!!!

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I am very confident to 35 yards but have very rarely ever needed to take a shot more than 20 yards away.

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I said 51-60 but let's clarify that that is on moose and caribou in open tundra and not on deer in the woods. I don't like shooting deer farther than 30 and try for less than 20.

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50 on an elk... broadside standing still...

40 on a whitetail broadside standing still..

bout my max comfort zone..

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30 yds is my limit, yet of the last 5 bucks I've taken the average shot has been 14 yards.

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Well said and an excellent point! Hopefully other people read what you said here!

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30yds as an absolute max, but I prefer less than 25yds.

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I voted 31-40 yards but it depends on how much I have been practicing. This year I haven't had as much time to practice so I would not take as far a shot as I normally would. This year 30 is as far I would shoot unless I can get enough time in to feel confident at 45 yards or so and then I would still only take a 40 yard shot. I try to shoot slightly less than my MAX capability. I hate losing deer and this has helped me cut my recover/loss ratio.