View Poll Results: max yardage
10 yards
0
0%
20 yards
7
5.00%
30 yards
40
28.57%
40 yards
57
40.71%
50 yards
23
16.43%
60 yards
9
6.43%
70 yards
2
1.43%
80+ is that a deer or a brown spot
2
1.43%
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max yardage on a deer
10-02-2009, 05:19 AM
#11
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location:
Posts: 21,043
I'll know it when I see it. It's not cut and dried.
I can tell you I had a buck at 30yds yesterday....and he'd have had to cut that distance considerably for me to take a shot at him. He was perfectly calm....but I know my limitations. I'd have to be 20 or in, I "think". 15 makes me feel even better!
I can tell you I had a buck at 30yds yesterday....and he'd have had to cut that distance considerably for me to take a shot at him. He was perfectly calm....but I know my limitations. I'd have to be 20 or in, I "think". 15 makes me feel even better!
10-02-2009, 09:17 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: central and east texas
Posts: 4,894
well, i kno a guy who target shoots comp style and he can hit a coffe can at 200 yrds....he never killed anything though he is not a hunter..i have herd of guys bow huntin deer at like 106 yrds or sumthin and they retreived their deer successfully....as for me i can get the giant round haybail at 100 yrds...so i a jus stikin with 40 or less to hunt..i havnt got a chance at 40 yrds yet, and i aint complainin....but i think i will keep practicing and maybe make 50 yrds, then 60 and on up til i can hit a coffee can at 100 yrds, then maybe ill try that. we will see.
10-02-2009, 10:08 AM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Ohio and Indiana
Posts: 2,088
About 25 yards is my max. I can shoot 30 at a target pretty well, but not gonna chance it on a live animal until I'm comforable from there. Longest shot on a deer was 25 yards, shortest was 7 yards.
10-02-2009, 10:11 AM
#20
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Middleton, Wisconsin
Posts: 979
45-50 is my max, but it would have to be no wind, slightly quartering away, calm deer, lots of light, and before the hunt i was practicing to make sure everything is still good with my bow.... usually i'll shoot if they get it to 35 or better... but under perfect circumstances i would probably shoot at 45
