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Offline ishiwannabe

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #20 on: January 29, 2007, 10:12:00 PM »
Havent made a trad kill yet...determined to get a bunny though. LOL.
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Offline wifishkiller

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #21 on: January 29, 2007, 10:16:00 PM »
I still dont get why people get all bent out of shape on longer shots?  This wasnt directed at anyone just thinking out loud lol
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Offline Guru

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2007, 10:41:00 PM »
Dove...70+ paces, 60#

Chipmunk...30+ paces,60#

Big Game.......Pronghorn 40+ paces this year, 62#

90 percent of what I kill is under 15yds....
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Offline nc recurveman

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2007, 10:41:00 PM »
55yds stationary stump broadside  :rolleyes:   w/ flu-flu and witnesses.  :thumbsup:
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Offline Carbon Caster

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #24 on: January 29, 2007, 10:45:00 PM »
I still never got that pic Cleve!!!!  Where's the witness????  LOL!!!
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Offline JDinPA

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #25 on: January 29, 2007, 10:46:00 PM »
Robin - 10 yards with a matchbox car when I was 6.
Deer - 37 yards with training wheels.

I'm still a virgin when it comes to the stick.
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Offline Carbon Caster

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #26 on: January 29, 2007, 10:48:00 PM »
My longest Recurve kill was a Bear at 2 feet from the end of my broadhead!!!!

My longest Longbow kill would probably be on a Squirrel at 30 yards.  BTW it was a lucky shot!!!

Big Game Longbow kill would be about 20-22 yards.  I am going to go for a little farther shot on a bear this spring if I get a chance.  There is just no challenge shooting them at 2 feet.
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Offline nc recurveman

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #27 on: January 29, 2007, 10:50:00 PM »
Brian, look under va skwerl hunt thread Talondale posted'em. Don't make me send you a new pet!  :eek:    :D    ;)
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Offline Carbon Caster

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #28 on: January 29, 2007, 10:52:00 PM »
"Yes Sir" - Said in a very shaky girlish voice!!!

I got 12 of those little pets in the mail today from a fellow in the States, but they were the rubber ones sold by black widow as string silencers.  I love those things, not their live cousins!!!!
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Offline Little Tree

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #29 on: January 29, 2007, 11:14:00 PM »
12 yard whitetail buck. Last buck was at 10 feet. But I did shoot a skwerl at 30 yards......all Self-Bow.
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Offline Whip

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #30 on: January 29, 2007, 11:24:00 PM »
Starling, about 180 yards - 3 wood.  One of the few birdies I ever had when I golfed.  :D  

Out of quite a few deer kills over the years I honestly can't remember one over 20 yards.  And that includes while I was still on the dark side!
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Offline John3

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #31 on: January 29, 2007, 11:33:00 PM »
30 yards years ago with a compound.
18 yards with my recurve, deer on both.


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Online The Vanilla Gorilla

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #32 on: January 29, 2007, 11:37:00 PM »
Neighbors fighting rooster. 24 yards. Carbon arrow with snaro tip.
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Offline KyleAllen

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #33 on: January 29, 2007, 11:56:00 PM »
thats freakin hillarious about the robin and the matchbox car, i dont care who ya are!! I literally laughed out loud. I suppose its so funny cause i can see a younger me doing that.
Kyle
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Offline Old Ways

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #34 on: January 30, 2007, 12:06:00 AM »
wifishkiller - Your post got me thinking. A skillfully made long shot on a target is an impressive feat. Especially if it can be done repeatedly. However, mathematically there is potential for disaster in taking long shots on live game. I made some quick calculations just for my own mental reference. Hope I did this right.

Speed factor - If you figure an arrow left the bow at 185 FPS and a deer is 40 yards away it will take .65 seconds to reach the deer. If your bow makes a "twang" or your feathers sing those sounds will travel at 1100 FPS reaching the deers ears in .12 seconds. That gives the deer a full half second to react. If it moves the arrow could strike it in a less than desirable location. This is not even taking into consideration the fact that the arrow's velocity decreases downrange.

Penetration factor - As downrange velocity decreases so does the energy of the arrow. Less energy means less penetration.

Windage factor - The farther the shot the more exposure it has to deflection by the wind. A side wind could push an arrow more to the side with every yard traveled.
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Offline homerdave

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #35 on: January 30, 2007, 12:18:00 AM »
i'm with ishiwannnabe still...but i'm working on it  
years ago  i pegged a bluegrouse at 30 yds with a wheelie bow...it flew off and we found it the next day after a lot of looking...
bunnies beware  :D
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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #36 on: January 30, 2007, 12:33:00 AM »
With a 30/30, 225 yards running shot, with a trad bow, 8'!   Pat
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Offline buck-tamer00

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #37 on: January 30, 2007, 12:38:00 AM »
cottontail,
40 somthin yards,
absolute luck!!!
with a 47 pound recurve!!!
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Offline Hot Hap

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #38 on: January 30, 2007, 01:23:00 AM »
A doe at about 28 yards. Shawnee Traditions Longbow 58# @ 30". Hap
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Offline Jaeger

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Re: Whats the longest kill shot you ever made?
« Reply #39 on: January 30, 2007, 02:44:00 AM »
Whitetail buck at 30 yds. with a PAW Somerset longbow. 48#. 418gr Axis with a 125gr Snuffer. Complete pass through and a very short track.

I double lunged a McKenzie elk over the summer with the same setup at 80 yds but that was as much luck as anything! Impressed the hell out of my compound toting friends though!
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