Max distances
#1
Spike
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Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 34
Max distances
All,
Thanks for answering all my newbie questions :-)
I have been practicing quite a bit with our new Vixen II xbow. Love it!
I am up to 125ft in practice shots and doing quite well ; always within 3 inches of center in the target. I am now wondering what is that maximum realistic distance to shoot/kill deer? Hunting season is quickly approaching and would like to get some idea on now much farther I could expect to shoot (and also to practice at)
Thanks for your input.
Thanks for answering all my newbie questions :-)
I have been practicing quite a bit with our new Vixen II xbow. Love it!
I am up to 125ft in practice shots and doing quite well ; always within 3 inches of center in the target. I am now wondering what is that maximum realistic distance to shoot/kill deer? Hunting season is quickly approaching and would like to get some idea on now much farther I could expect to shoot (and also to practice at)
Thanks for your input.
#2
I hunt with a vixen & have fer some yrs. They're very accurate but also on the slow side as its lower poundage. Imho you have reached the vixen's many other CB's max effective range of 40 yds. Too many variables can be present during a shot. So the shorter the range of game the better chance of killing shot!
#3
I hunt with three bows, a lot. Last yr I passed on 18 targets within 30 yards. The deer I have shot were all within 20 yards. My shoot-to limit is 40 yards even though I practice out to 50. It's the HUNTING that's fun; killing is most anticlimactic. A crossbow gives you no advantage for distance than modern vertical bows ... one which is now advertised at 366 fps.
#6
Good Hunting!
#9
I personally wouldn't try to take a kill shot over 40yds. But I do hit good groupings at 50yds but that's under contolled conditions. When I'm hunting I get all pumped up and adrenalin pumping and I like the 35 yds or less shots. Good Luck and Happy Hunting