How far do crossbows shoot?
 

I was wondering if anyone can tell me how far a 175 crossbow will shoot a 20 inch arrow?

Far enough to be careful of what's behind your target. I'm curious why you want to know what the max distance is on a short range hunting tool? Safety concerns? Have fun!

it depends on the arc you put on it...are you talkin about an ethical shot? if so you will need to find your own on that.

250 yds or more....

Far enough to lose it.

Mike

Yeah, I just want to make sure when I go out and make my first shot that I provide plenty of room (sighting it in) so I am making a safe shot.

I "let one fly" 3 years ago by accident in my backyard! Never thought I'd see it again! The next year my son-in-law shot a nice 8 late archery season and I helped him track the buck. Guess what I found??? My bolt was sticking out of the ground 3' from were the buck died,that had to be over 400 yards as the crow flys were I shot the bolt...:biggrin:

lol cool story, i recently found 1 i had skip from a buddy shootin, we looked fer awhile and 2 weeks later his step dad said he seen where we were gonna put that feeder.... we were confused...he said "where ya left the arrow sticking in the ground...we jus looked at each other and laughed...it was another 50 yards sticking up in the dead middle of some semi-high grass.

spect a good'en will shoot out to 45 yds. cept mine it always stays this side of 35 yds. kind of looks like shooting a spear

id say out to 30-35 yards accurately and with plenty of kill power anything outside of that and the bolt will start dropping !!

I am new to the crossbow and assume he was talking in a hunting situation. IMO and all things considered I would say 40-45 yrds max. Now at the range where the target doesn't jump a string and the wind isn't kicking up and you have a steady rest. I would have to say from my recent experience I was shooting 60 yrds on average in a 4-6" circle group.

Its not a long distance weapon,we all play at longer distances
but the norm is about 35' yards max.Its a bow not a gun.

I was wondering if anyone can tell me how far a 175 crossbow will shoot a 20 inch arr
 

Between 50 to 60 yards accurately with the correct scope. There's an acog with a great range finder built in. It accounts for bolt drop too. Very cool, but costly. Mult-reticle scopes (with enough practice) can help you adjust for drop too, starting at 20yrds (the main cross line) then to 40, 50 , 60 you just volley from a given yardage until you are comfortable with eyeballing the distance and using your multiret to accommodate for drop... Very cool stuff!

Exactly...

Stationary targets and deer are 2 different things. In a hunting situation, I would say 40 yards is max, and that would be only under ideal conditions. The longest shot I've taken at a deer was 37 yards and I missed under the deer (this was before I had a range-finder and was shooting a slow x-bow with peep sights). The longest shot I've made on a deer was 26 yards. I've also taken a turkey with the x-bow at about 40 yards.

Definately more great advice. I feel pretty comfortable shooting @ a calm deer out to 30-35 yards no problem. I too have taken one deer at 40 yards but it was a perfect shot op with the deer broadside, in the open, with his head down eating. Now target shooting off a bench is a blast too. Banging out 50 yard bulls is a blast. I have even made some 60yard bulls holding over just to see if I and the CB could do it. NO PROBLEM! But in all honest I woukld prefer all of my hunting shots 20-30 max.

We all want the deer to be in close for the kill shot, but practicing at longer ranges helps a hunter become more successful at shots he wasn't comfortable with before. When I practiced every day, I didn't think anything of a 50 yard shot. I suppose the same can be done with a cross bow. You just have to know the limitations of your specific equipment, then practice so your ability is equal to that of your bow.

I've shot to 80yds at a backyard target, but game would have to be half that or less.

But surprising just how well my Xbow shoots at target ranges I thought to far before I bought it. And the 12-14" deep arrows in the targets wayyyyyyy out there also came as a welcome surprise to a point........Problem is that at 30 yd. range they go through my target and bye bye fletchings.....

I have seen shots in excess of 200yds at targets, but out to 50yrds for an ethical kill shot.

Wow, excess of 200yrds with a crossbow. I would love to see that. No way my Vortex would do it, that's for sure. Did hit some 50-60 yard bulls off a bench on a calm day though. I guess some of the newer CB's could do it. Mine is 200lb draw recurve. May be a little older, but still love the quality and reliabilty.

Wish I had the shot on video. Did a quick youtube search and found this one of a 200yrd shot. http://youtu.be/IlDi-5ueaVM

Stay around 40 for a ethical shot.....beyond that probably 200 yrds plus