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I practice out to 20-25, but really try to set up shots for 15 yards. Obviously they don't always happen like planned, but I will never shoot past 20 because that is the max I have practiced.
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I know that I am not good enough yet to shoot an animal at over twenty yards, so I know my limits. Biggie- I completely agree with you in what you said. I was just wondering how close you are to the animal when you shoot and all of you answered my question very well. Thanks and shoot straight! -Lee
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During every practice session I will try to stretch shots to 30 and even 40 yards. If I can hit a target in the vidals at those distances then I can build my confidence at 20-25 yards. Hunting I would like to have shots within that 20-25 yard range but it doesn't all ways work out. Depending on the animal and the terrain I am hunting I may or maynot take that 25 yard plus shot. I guess what I am trying to say is no your ability and take only ethical shots.
-------------------- Black Widow PCH II 58" 57# Black Widow PLV 64" 57# South Louisiana, USA Posts: 165 | From: Louisiana | Registered: Apr 2008
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It looks like the majority opinion is that inside 20 yards is best. We all want quick, clean kills, and the challenge and fun is often the act of getting close to game and staying undetected. And isn't the challenge of getting close the point of using a bow in the first place? I tend to believe that bow hunting is more hunting than shooting -- good woodsmanship and being patient really count for a lot and increase the challenge and the fun. Getting very close is the key, and under 20 yards is close, under 15 is closer, under 10 even closer, etc. Many years ago, just to see if I could do it, I got close enough to a doe to touch her with my hand. I let her go without trying to take a shot. Getting that close was an incredible rush, and that day is one of my best hunting memories. Joe
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My average kill distance is around 12-14 yards. Longest shot is 20.
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Well I only hunt on the ground for hogs so my shots are usually close.Under 20yds for an average for sure.Probably under 15 if I had really kept count of them.
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I practice from 10-30yards,and would take a 30 yd. shot in an open field. That however is my limit, and like most post on this, most of my shots are under 20yds. I feel very confident out to 25 and like I said, if everything is right, out to 30. All this being said, I took a doe last week at 22 yds, she traveled 45yds and crashed. I have shot 100+ shots a day, 4-5 days a week for the last 6 months. Know your limitations. When I shot a wheelie bow, all my best and biggest bucks were taken under 25 yards, a few out to 40-50, on field edges that were marked for yardage. The main thing is to enjoy the hunt, and be honest with yourself about you known limits, and any day hunting is a good one. Sam.
-------------------- samuel koger Posts: 1768 | From: monticello, KY | Registered: Feb 2008
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Guys, don't forget too it's not how far you can shoot accurately, it's what the animal has time to do while the arrow is in the air. Alot of us can shoot a pieplate at 40 and 50 yards but that's too long for an arrow to be on the way. A deer can turn completely away or take a full step forward. Guess what happens then...
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"If you are twenty and aren't liberal you don't have a heart...if you're forty and not conservative you don't have a brain".....Winston Churchill Posts: 4373 | From: Gray, Ga. 31032 | Registered: Mar 2003
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I feel comfortable out to 30 yards but looking at my diaries it shows right at 90% of my deer were took inside 10 yards over the past 40 years. I guess I am too old to change that now. Closer is better.
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