Long Range Shooting

[fasteddie]

Long Range Shooting

[Doc]

I guess we need to concentrate less on people falling out of their treestand and more on crazies that are wobbling around on rickity step-ladders up on their raised decks. Anybody else wonder about the sanity of this guy? That was some pretty good shooting, and it's nice that he was able to gratify his need to show off a bit, but he sure didn't impress me at all with that nutty stunt on the step-ladder.

[Geno C]

hey whatever floats his boat... hes shoots out to that distance with that much assurance, god bless em. I dont think hes doing anything unbelievably crazy that should be frowned upon in society. i wont knock him, its great shooting even if his practices seem a bit unorthodox with his ladder setup but who am i to judge.

I dont think hes doing anything crazy.... nice vid 

[Fantail]

It must take him all day to mow that yard. 

[sweet old bill]

I use to shoot out to 80 yards with NFAA and during the filed round you would shoot a lot of arrows over 50 to 65 yards. But never have shot at a deer in the woods over 30 yards, just to much brush in the way and you sure would need to have a good way to tell the exact yardage to the deer in low light conditions. A survey was done years ago when the compound came in, with trad archers they shoot most  90+ % at 20 yards or less with the compoud they found the movement out was just to 25 yards or less for 90 + % for deer taken. Have any one of you taken at deer at over 35 yards in the woods ???

[G-Man]

I've never taken a deer over 35 in the woods well maybe 36, just to much brush.. I have killed a buck at 55 yards in a field.I practiced for several weeks to 60 yards as he kept crossing at 50-55 yards everyday from my stand and i was determined to get him the last weekend. I guess i could of tried to get closer off the ground but the only way to see into the goldenrod was to be elevated and the only spot for a stand was 50 yards away. I would never try a shot like that in the woods and conditions were perfect a nice calm clear frosty morning! 

[fasteddie]

The farthest I have shot a deer was 35 yards but it wasn't in the woods . He was moving a hedgre row , crossed a field and stepped into the field I was hunting . To top it off , it was on the Marine corps Birthday .

[Doc]

I used to work with a guy who bragged that he could hold a coffee cup sized group at 50 yards ..... Consistantly. And by golly I and several others watched him do it at will. But I'll never forget that particular season when he came into work to report his 5th wounded loss. That's right, 5 lost deer in one season. That the year after he had three lost deer. And yes, he was taking shots at deer at 40 and 50 yards. I'm not going to say that it can't be done because I know better. However, I think there are a lot of people out there that think that archery range accuracy can and should be duplicated in the woods. Of course just like this guy at work, nobody will ever tell these people that archery range accuracy does not translate into deer hunting accuracy without a very healthy dose of luck involved.

My take ....... long range shooting is great fun on a field course or an Olympic competition. I'll admit that it is truly magical to watch that arrow arc way up in the air and finally drop down into the target. But bowhunting has always been considered to be a close range kind of hunt where the emphasis is put on the "hunt" rather than the shot. There is nothing about modern day archery equipment that has changed any of that. Long distance hunting ...... that's what they invented rifles for.

[G-Man]

Well said Doc! Although i would probably take a long shot again if the conditions were perfect. 99.9% of my shots are under 25yards, its not worth wounding an animal due to a deflection, i hunt in fairly thick woods and 25 yard shots are rare even with trimming shooting lanes.

[Larry]

I ran an arrow going 350 ftps tough my ballistic program and here is what I got.

Here how I did it not knowing his arrow weight I use the weight of my arrows 400gr that is with a 100gr head. Then not knowing the speed I gave it 350ftps that’s on the high side, I also had to give the arrow a ballistic coefficient I used .700 this is also high.

Here the data the ballistic arc was just over 12ft  if sighted in for 25yds the drop at 100yds is 8.6 ft.