And of course the most important reason of all that they shoot what they shoot is number 4 ....... Because the bows and equipment that the pros shoot are given to them free from their sponsors and if they want to keep their sponsors they darned well better shoot their bows.
In your 100 yard test (make that 100 meters), perhaps you might want to invite Darrell Pace along just to get a real good comparison between the accuracy of a super hopped-up compound vs. a recurve in the hands of a guy that puts most of his emphasis on himself rather than the speed of his equipment.
I have wanted to ask a cop a question for some time and hadn't had the opportunity o do so . Yesterday I ran into an ex-neighbor that retired from the State Police and asked , " on TV , they use the terms vics , perps , skels , etc.. Do the cops actually do that? "
He said , " no , we just call them sh!tbirds " !
"In so far as a bow shooting from a tree stand at 30 yards... Well unless the deer is on the same level as your stand you are shooting down hill. When shooting downhill or at lets say 45deg angle your arrow has much less drop. So shooting a 30 yard shot from a tree stand at a 45deg"
Do you have any idea how far up a tree you will have to be to make this true?
"Point is when shooting down hill gravity takes less effect." Wrong, gravity is a constant in the equation.