Don Brown holds a handful of flight shooting records.. among them:
[align=left]Unlimited Field Bow-(Hunting Bow) 611 yards, 2 ft, 5 inches[/align][align=left][/align][align=left]Unlimited Longbow 408 yards, 1 foot, 4 inches[/align][align=left][/align][align=left]and [/align][align=left][/align][align=left]Unlimited Recurve 1,252 yards, 10 inches[/align][align=left][/align][align=left]http://www.usarchery.org/files/06_Flight_National_Regular_Records.pdf[/align][align=left][/align][align=left] how do they get that much distance????? [/align][align=left][/align]

I don't know much about flight shooting, but here's what little I have read about. One, some shooters use VERY heavy draw weights (Don was one of those). Arrow weights can be very light, at least in some classes. A good tail wind helps a bunch. Release is very important, as is holding your bow at just the right angle for optimum distance. And of course bow performance plays a role, but it's not always a determining factor. Think it was last year a world record was set with a stock Martin bow.

Chad

heres the records::::



[align=left]UNITED STATES NATIONAL ARCHERY ASSOCIATION[/align][align=left]FLIGHT COMMITTEE[/align][align=left]WORLD REGULAR FLIGHT RECORDS - SEPTEMBER, 2006[/align][align=left]The following distances are recognized by the United States National Archery Association Flight[/align][align=left]Committee as World Male and World Female bow type and weight class Flight Records irregardless[/align][align=left]of age Divisions.[/align][align=left]MALE WORLD FLIGHT RECORDS[/align][align=left]BOW TYPE YDS.-FT-IN/METERS NAME DATE SET[/align][align=left]Unlimited Recurve 1,336-1-3 /1,222.01m Don Brown....................... 08/02/87[/align][align=left]40kg (88.2lb) 1,177-1-2 /1,076.60m Alan Webster 08/14/83[/align][align=left]33kg (72.8lb) 1,066-2-0 / 975.36m Dennis Riley 09/12/81[/align][align=left]25kg (55.1lb) 1,072-2-6 / 981.01m ..........Harry Drake` ......................09/12/86[/align][align=left]Unl Compound 1,320-1-3 /1,207.39m Kevin Strother 09/12/81[/align][align=left]18kg (39.7lb) 646-0-0 / 590.70m ............Rick Valdez....................... 07/31/92[/align][align=left]40kg Compound 1,162-0-10/ 1,062.79m ........Barry A. Groves ................ 07/26/97[/align][align=left]33kg Compound 1,206-0-10/1,103.03m .........Buddy DeConnick............. 08/01/92[/align][align=left]25kg Compound 934-0-6 / 854.2m .............Barry A. Groves ................ 07/25/97[/align][align=left]18kg Compound 619-0-3 / 566.09m ...........Colton Jones..................... 09/05/03[/align][align=left]45lb Target Compound 659 - 0 - 6 / 602.74m .........Kelly Reynolds.................. 09/05/04[/align][align=left]60lb Target Compound 786 - 2 - 8 / 719.53m ........Arlan Reynolds ................. 09/05/04[/align][align=left]Unl Am. Longbow 479-0-5 / 438.12m ............Luciano Cecili .............. 10/02/99[/align][align=left]70lb Am. Longbow 393-0-7 / 359.54m ..........David Lynn Hayes ........... 09/06/03[/align][align=left]50lb Am. Longbow 369-2-6 / 338.18m ..........O. L. Adcock ..................... 09/08/06[/align][align=left]35lb Am. Longbow 319 - 1 - 1 / 292.00m .......O. L. Adcock..................... 09/09/05[/align][align=left]Unl English Longbow 353-2-11 / 323.66m ........Marlon Torres ................... 09/09/06[/align][align=left]50lb English Longbow 279-1-7 / 255.61m ...........Chris Bissell...................... 08/14/04[/align][align=left]35lb English Longbow 239 -2-7 / 219.32 m Chris Bissell...................... 08/19/06[/align][align=left]Unl Primitive Self 309-1-1 / 282.89m ..........Luciano Cecili ................... 10/01/99[/align][align=left]50lb Primitive Self 300 - 0 - 9 / 274.54m ........Alan Currier ...................... 09/09/06[/align][align=left]35lb Primitive Self 233-0-3 / 210.37m ...........Scot Perry (Intermediate).. 08/03/02[/align][align=left]Unl Prim. Simple Composite 351-2-4 / 321.72m ...........Dewayne Smith ................ 09/06/03[/align][align=left]50lb Prim. Simple Composite 326-1-11 /298.67m Bert McCune..................... 10/08/94[/align][align=left]Unl Prim. Complex Composite 619-1-7 / 566.50m Don Brown 10/07/95[/align][align=left]50lb Prim. Complex Composite 321-0-8 / 293.74m Dewayne Smith 09/06/03[/align][align=left]Primitive Turkish Style 291 -1-7 / 266.58m Jaap Koppedrayer 09/09/06[/align][align=left]Unlimited Field Bow 674-1-0 / 616 .62m Luciano Cecili 10/01/99[/align][align=left]70lb Field Bow 601-1-7 / 550.03m Don Brown 07/25/97[/align][align=left]50lb Field Bow 498-1-3 / 455.76m Giancarlo Marchisini 09/08/06[/align][align=left]35lb Field Bow 429 -1-5 / 392.70m Giancarlo Marchisini 09/10/05[/align][align=left]50lb Target Bow 530-2-1 / 485.27m Arlan Reynolds 09/06/03[/align][align=left]35lb Target Bow 430 - 2 - 3 / 393.90m Giancarlo Marchisini 09/09/05[/align][align=left]Unlimited Footbow 2,028-0-0 /1,854.40m ..........Harry Drake ...................... 10/24/71[/align][align=left]Crossbow 2,047-0-2 /1,871.84m ..........Harry Drake ...................... 07/31/88[/align][align=left]Footbow 1,542-2-10/1,410.87m Harry Drake ..................... 10/06/79[/align][align=left]World Regular Flight Records[/align][align=left]Page 2[/align][align=left]FEMALE WORLD FLIGHT RECORDS[/align][align=left]Unlimited 1,039-1-1 /950.39m April Moon......................... 09/13/81[/align][align=left]25kg 807-2-5 / 738.66m ........ Wendy Walk...................... 09/13/81[/align][align=left]18kg 740-1-8 / 677.16m Sherrie Reynolds 09/12/81[/align][align=left]Unl Compound 807-1-3 / 738.30m ........ April Moon......................... 08/01/87[/align][align=left]25kg Compound 904-0-5 / 826.73m April Moon 07/28/89[/align][align=left]18kg Compound 600-0-7 / 548.82m Sherrie Reynolds 08/04/01[/align][align=left]45lb Compound Target Bow 487-2-3 / 446.01m Lesley Carter 08/16/03[/align][align=left]60lb Compound Target Bow 373-0-2 / 341.13m Irena Rosa 10/19/03[/align][align=left]Unl Longbow 278-0-10 / 254.46m Gwen Perry 07/26/97[/align][align=left]35lb Longbow 321-1-1 / 293.86m Jordan Case 09/09/06[/align][align=left]50lb Longbow 383-0- 5 / 350.35m........ Juli Adcock........................ 09/09/05[/align][align=left]35lb English Longbow 195-2 1 / 178.94m Wendy Rath 08/31/97[/align][align=left]50lb English Longbow 240-0-10/ 219.71m Wendy Rath 09/21/96[/align][align=left]Unl. English Longbow 262-1-1 / 239.90m Wendy Rath 09/21/96[/align][align=left]Unl Field Bow 491-2-2 / 449.62m April Moon 10/06/95[/align][align=left]50lb Field Bow 461-2-6 / 422.31m ........ Juli Adcock........................ 09/09/06[/align][align=left]35lb Field Bow 340-0-1 / 319.16m........ Janice Willrich................... 08/03/01[/align][align=left]50lb Target Bow 463 -2-10/ 424.23m Janice Willrich 09/05/04[/align][align=left]35lb Target Bow 409-1-8 / 374.51m Janice Willrich 09/04/04[/align][align=left]Unlimited Primitive Self Bow 248-2-3 / 227.5m Gwen Perry 08/14/98[/align][align=left]50lb Primitive Self Bow 202 - 2 - 6 / 185.33m ...... Jordan Case ..................... 09/09/05[/align][align=left]Unl Primitive Simple Composite .....Records Have Not Yet Been Established *[/align][align=left]50lb Primitive Simple Composite * .......................................[/align][align=left]50lb Primitive Complex. Comp. 219-2-7 / 201.05m Jordan Case 09/08/06[/align][align=left]Unl Primitive Complex. Composite *[/align][align=left]Primitive Turkish Style * ..........................................[/align][align=left]Footbow 1,113-2-6 /1,018.48m ....... Arlyne Rhode .................... 09/10/78[/align][align=left]Please go to www.archery.org (FITA) for additional information.[/align][align=left]Rulon I. Hancock[/align][align=left]Chairman[/align][align=left]United States National Archery Association[/align][align=left]Flight Committee, September, 2006[/align]

im just having a hard timewondering howa bow can shoot an arrowover 1000meters.

also note that the 35lb american longbow shot 319 yards
the 50 lb longbow shot 369 yards
and the 70 lbshot 393 yards

double the poundage only added 74 yards of distance to the shot.

a 50lb self bow shot 202 yards.

some of the records havent been broke in a while.(no-one is atempting to Break them???? or are they that hard to break???)

also the 33 kg compound shot farther than the 40kg compound?
seems to me like not many attempts are made at these records...and thats why they are so inconsistent.
i see alot of the same last names in the book and the some of the same dates,thats kindof why i think there arent many attempts at it.

They are not inconsistent , what is inconsistent might be the gear, long flight is achieved with very short bows, but you must shoot the arrows with small vanes usually 2" vanes, if you go to 3' or 4" vanes you will not achieved the same results.
I have a bow I made a statistic recurve that is 48" shoots #41 (80+LBS)@ 28 and I shot consistent 335 to 350.
There no longer places I can shoot that distance so I stopped trying to break records.
But it is all true.
a 33 KG bow is over a 65LB Bow.

I don' think there's that many people dedicated to the sport. For one, how many folks have acess to a 1,000 yard stretch of flat, wide-open terrain? In at least some classes, with the heavy draw weights and light arrows, a bow's life isn't going to be very long. Then you have some very specialized bows that are good for nothing but flight shooting. Seems to me it would take a decicated individual, with plenty of time and enough money, to get to any level of proficiency. I don't think there's that many folks who care to have their name in a book because they got an arrow to fly X-yards.

There's an article in Primitive Bowhunter about flight shooting--think it may still be on the stands. I need to re-read it and get back to this.

Chad