how far could you shoot...

[jkm97]

50-60...inches

[BOWMARKS]

WOW got to agree with the "some of you are great shots" Give me 15 yards !!  

[Roughrider]

the was I was shooting last week, about 50 - 60 - inches  -  if it were calm and I were careful!

[Bowwild]

20 yards.

Right now (working on it). I could do 3-5 at 30 and 2-3 at 40. I have no idea beyond that.

All my practice 30-40 yards is to make 20 a gimmee although I always set-up when hunting for 15.

[dnovo]

I figure I could get all 10 arrows in a 12" target at 80- 100 yards.
I didn't see anything that said I could only shoot each arrow once!!!  

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Last years deer was 4 .5 yards so I guess at least that far.

[ermont]

I'm guessing 20 yards on a good day. I'm deadly inside 10! The hard part is getting game to cooperate.

[ThePushArchery]

12" pie plate, 5 out of 10? 40 to 45.

8 or 9 out of 10?  30 to 32 yards.

[J. Cook]

Well...I've successfully missed just about every distance.  Does that count?        

When lived out in the country, I spent a great deal of time shooting from point on to just a bit under and over point on.  My point on with that Schulz longbow was over 60 yards, depending on which arrows I was shooting.  I shot one deer at that range that happened to be standing by a badger dig that I had shot at many times across a pond.  The buck was just stairing at the sun and paying no attention to anything. I simply reacted and shot.  The Wasp broadhead, hit just right. It lost one blade in the hide on entry, one on the edge of rib and part of the third probably on a rib as well. What was left of it went through the buck's heart. The buck made two jumps looked back at me and dropped.  Now thirty plus years later, my wheel house range is 25 yards and under.  If I shoot a deer that is beyond that, it would be because I misjudged the distance. My longest shot that I took game was about 80 yards at a pheasant. It was way past point on, just got lucky.

[Dimondback]

Depends on the day and the bow....Some days I can barely keep a 9" group at 20 yds and other days can stack them in at 50...who knows...I did hit a dip can and a squirrel target in two consecutive called shots at roughly 40yds while camping awhile back though...must have been one of the "good" days  

[rxhntr]

Most days 5 out of 10 arrows I could do at 50-60 yds, especially with a little practice before hand.

[PeteA]

From 18-20 I'm at about 85% in a 4 inch circle. From 22-25 I'm about 70%. From 26-30 I'm 50% at best.

[Slickhead]

4 yds    

[KentuckyTJ]

35-40 yards I could get at least 5 of them in the plate with the others on the outskirts and one flyer Haha.

I shot at a buck in I believe '05 that was at the 30 yard range and hit it in the guts. Found him three days later. I could have hit the plate 5 times back then at 30. I think I am a better shot these days but that's just too far for me still on a critter. That plate doesn't move and the critter just might.

Then in '07 I killed a buck that was 32 steps from my tree. A perfect hit, but I was so worried about it the whole time I wouldn't do that again. I am not a very good shot. I have some buddies that 30 yards is a chip shot for them and the guys out West welcome a shot like that.

Practicing on long shot is fun and beneficial but don't take that to the woods unless you can hit the plate 10 out of 12 times.

[Lynch Mob]

You know I did a test one time, I called it my effective shooting range. I would use a pie plate and shoot 5 arrows, and the cut off would be when I couldn't hit 5 out of 5 or say 100%.
30 yds was five out five 35 I would always drop one arrow out of the plate.
I wouldn't consider my score or range if I was only hitting 50%, an animal deserves better than this.
I don't by any means, mean disrespect by this but it sounds like there is some outstanding shooters posted on this thread...not too long ago I was at a traditional show not mentioning where but they had off to the side a line of maybe 7 to 8 3d targets of deer no more than 10 yds  where folks were trying bows. I wish I would of recorded the hits and miss percentages, but I was amazed of the amount of shooters and arrows outside the kill at 10 yds.
 Have a Blessed Day
George