Typ shot distance

[salemons]

I hope to get a 45# Quinn Stallion for Christmas. I have not hunted deer yet but hope to next year. Want to use the Quinn and hunt from the ground. I have an older cheap 45# longbow I'm practicing with. I normally practice at 10 & 20 yards. What kind of distances should I plan for in NorthWest Indiana woods?

[Old York]

Don't really know the area, but I suspect it's like much of Wisconsin.

Honestly, anything beyond 20 yards is a Hail Mary, IMHO.

Deer are  fast.

[xtrema312]

With wheels I never shot over 35 yd.  Even with 60 yd. broad head accuracy.  Most all those years my kills were 25 yd. and under with most 15-20.  You can only shoot so far in the woods unless you cut roads for shooting lanes.  With trad it is 20 and under for me in those hunting conditions.  I practice out to 25 all the time and up to 35 off and on.  I like them about 10-15 yd.  This year they were 17,  20, and 15 yd. kills.  I get plenty of deer 20 and closer over th season not to have to shoot past that.

[Don Stokes]

Twenty is plenty.

[rappstar]

i hunt in the timber here in MO and it seems like the average shot distance is about 15 yards.

[BEN]

Last yea's deer-----7 yds.from treestand.
Last week's turkey---5yds.from brush blind.

What can I say----I love a slam-dunk shot  

[Buckeye Trad Hunter]

I like to keep it under 20 myself, but different people are comfortable at different distances.  I typically don't know the distances until after the shot.  If it feels right I'll shoot, if it doesn't feel right I won't no matter how close.

[BEN]

I'm with "buckeye trad hunter":  I can't say how far untill after and I step it off.  I have to go by what "Feels" right at the time. I have shot/killed a coyote at 33 paces---but I didn't know that untill after. I have passed on nice deer at 10, 20 yds----that just didn't feel right at the moment for whatever reason. I was caught unaware, or 1/2 asleep and just didn't feel comfortable shooting.
Because of this, I have passed on a lot more deer than I have shot--even when I used a wheelie bow.
SO......maybe the more successfull guys will chime in, too.