ktbearpaws

Ivery rarely take a bow shot longer than 50 yards.
I just don't feel comfortable taking that long a shot.
My buddies say I should beconfident to take shots as long as 70 yards...
I shoot a Darton Lightning@ 55# w/ carbon arrows..
Whatis the longest bow shots any of you sucessfully made?

salukipv1

You're buddies are crazy.

around here alotta guys won't take a whitetail past 30yds with a bow, 40yds is far to most.

Out west for elk I was prepared for 50, maybe 60yds.

Good Luck.

Hurricanespg

Are they talking about taking a shot, or taking a shot at game? 70 yards on game is way out of my range.

adirondackhunter

I have one pin on my bow,i am good to 30 yards.That is max for me.

arrow2512

The farthest shot i've taken with a bow while hunting deer is 25 i practice up to 30 but won't take a shot at a deer at that distance because i'm affraid of wounding it and not finding it.

kodiakhuntmaster

The longest shot I ever made with a bow was 45 yards. That was back when I was younger and had better form.

The longest shot I would take now is 30-35 yards depending on the situation. When I was into field archery I would practice out to 75 yards but I would never take a shot at a game animal that far.

smallSHOT

i practice mostly at 20 to 30 yards, but have a 40 yard sight pin. I am not sure i would take the shot outside 30 yards though.

kelleno

70 yards!? id never even think about takin that shot!

timbercruiser

I'm not a bow hunter, but if you practice at longer ranges, have good equipment and canconsistently hit a pie plate target at those ranges then go ahead. A friend of mine went to Alaska caribou hunting a few years ago and killed a nice caribou at 83 yards, but he practiced long range shooting a long time before he went up there just in case.

jimmy28303

Your buddies are NUTS!!!!! I am as confident as anybody probably has been with a bow and i will not shoot past 50. I have shot out to 100 just messing around on the range and there is NO WAY i would ever shoot at a animal at 70. At that distance you have no room for human error, much less wind, trees, deer movement, or anything else you can think of. I believe no ethical hunter would ever shoot that far.