How far will you shoot?
09-07-2003, 09:33 AM
#22
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Durham, NC
Posts: 449
RE: How far will you shoot?
30-35 yards. Shoot for hair not air. If you setup one pin for 20 or 25 yards and practice out to 35 you will find your pin is still on target. It may be elevated a little more but you shouldn' t be aiming at air above it. Close up you should aim a little low but never under you target.
09-07-2003, 05:01 PM
#26
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: The OH-IO
Posts: 7,103
RE: How far will you shoot?
I will only take a good vitals shot at under 40 yards....anything farther than that is UNETHICAL....
If you estimate the animal at 38 yards before the shot and then walk it off after the shot and it is 42 yards, would you then consider yourself an unethical hunter? Just something I was thinking about.
09-07-2003, 08:16 PM
#27
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Greensboro NC USA
Posts: 352
RE: How far will you shoot?
Dead on at 40 yards. In the vitals at 50. I' d still seriously question any live shot over 30. It' s one thing to shoot an inanimate 3D target at 40 yards, quite another a living, breathing (beautiful) deer at 30+.
Good judgement-good luck!
Good judgement-good luck!
09-07-2003, 08:40 PM
#28
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: How far will you shoot?
I will only take a good vitals shot at under 40 yards....anything farther than that is UNETHICAL....
For many, taking more than a 30 yard shot is unethical because of their ability....to a longbow shooter shooting 35 yards might be considered unethical....I' ve taken a buck, double lunged at 42 yards....without hesitation, and with the utmost confidence...I don' t consider it unethical...to many they never should try it but ability is in the individual.....the unethical shot is one a hunter knows he shouldn' t take because of his ability and simply hoping, not the longer shot of a realistic ability because I wasn' t hoping, I knew.