RE: Do we "owe" it to anything/anyone to be accurate shots ?
 

to ones own self be true. You know in your heart of hearts if you should be out there or not. best of luck...

RE: Do we "owe" it to anything/anyone to be accurate shots ?
 

we owe it to the animal to harvest it as quickly and humanely as possible. I don't think you should take the bow you are "most" accurate with, because as was stated earlier, accurate is a relative term. If you are confident in your ability to put a good shot on one with the stick bow, by all means have at it. JMO

RE: Do we "owe" it to anything/anyone to be accurate shots ?
 

Yes, I think we should be as accurate as possible with what ever wepon we choose!
I started bow hunting when I was 12, I had a bow that was way to long for me and was shooting with no pins, I had no business being in the woods shooting at deer I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, luckily I only wounded one but missed a ton of them. Dad didn't have much money then so I really can't blame him! The next year I got a bow that fit but still didn't have and pins, I killed my first deer that year! The next year got a different bow and pins, my cousen showed me how to get them to work. Now I have $800.00 into a hunting bow and around $2000.00 into a target bow! And I shoot all the time!

RE: Do we "owe" it to anything/anyone to be accurate shots ?
 

IMO if you can make a clean quick kill with your long bow then use it. Just stay within your limitations for distance like most have said. If you can hit "the pie plate" at 20 yards with the long bow and 40 with a compound and you take the long bow for hunting that day just go to a stand that will offer shots 20 yards or less.

RE: Do we "owe" it to anything/anyone to be accurate shots ?
 

i think that you owe it to the animal that you are in pursuit of to kill it as quickly , painlessly , and ethically as you possibly can , and i think that it is based on your own personal confidence in your shooting on what you should and shouldnt try to take an animal with , just my 2 cents

RE: Do we "owe" it to anything/anyone to be accurate shots ?
 

I agree that we owe it to the animals we hunt. But it also depends on whether you are some backwoods jerk that doesn't care what looks back at you in the mirror. Me, I got a conscience. I'm never satisfied till I know I've put forth my best effort. And the guys looking back from the mirror has to agree.

RE: Do we "owe" it to anything/anyone to be accurate shots ?
 

I think we owe it to our sport.....to be as accurate as possible with our choice of weapon be it a long bow, recurve, compound or cross bow. Lets face it, we as hunters are in the minority. Bowhunters are even a smaller minority of the hunters. IMO, one sloppy bowhunter makes us all bowhunters look bad.

RE: Do we "owe" it to anything/anyone to be accurate shots ?
 

hmmmmmmmmm

So accuracy is not ultra important ? Lets say I can keep pie plate (12") size groups with my longbow at 20 yards with an occasional flyer. Thats +/- 6" any direction from where I am wanting the arrow to go.

Is that accurate enough ? Isn't 6" the difference between shooting between those branches and hitting them ? 6" ..... aint that the difference between a double lung, and a liver/gut hit ?

RE: Do we "owe" it to anything/anyone to be accurate shots ?
 

Depends how you look at it. My answer is Yes! I owe it to our bowhunting forefathers who started it all!

I agree! We owe it to the survival of our sport!

RE: Do we "owe" it to anything/anyone to be accurate shots ?
 

I have to agree with jimpok61. We owe it to ourselves, the animal and the hunters that we represent in the field. It only takes one bad apple to spoil the basket. It only takes one sloppy hunter to ruin it for a good number of hunters in their area.