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Re: Effective Range for Bow Hunting?
[Re: Navasot]
#5441962
11/25/14 05:36 AM
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crapicat
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I would like every shot within 30 but just because that is a chip shot.
Deer gives me the right shot at 50-60yrds shame on um Plus 1...the first deer I ever shot with a bow was 47 yards...the first deer I ever missed with a bow was 15 yards...go figure.
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Re: Effective Range for Bow Hunting?
[Re: Bowhunt Only]
#5442392
11/25/14 04:08 PM
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mad_mike
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I have 79 and 2 NY State black bears with a bow - no guided hunts - one was 37 in the neck 6 pointer, another @ 35 spine doe. Killed a stupid 4 pointer on the walk back to the truck @ 40 heart and lungs. All the rest were inside 30. I won't shoot outside 30 unless everything is perfect and I always shoot high for the spine beyond 25. If I miss high it doesn't wound the deer and a miss low gets the heart and lungs. Won't shoot beyond 40 because I don't need a deer bad enough to take a chance on wounding and not recovering it. I was shooting a long bow, a re-curve, went to a Bear compound in '82, then a Martin Cougar set @ 62# in '86. Still have all of them but I haven't hunted in 10 yrs. Most of mine were NJ or NY State kills. Both bears in NY State @ 15 and 19 yds. on the ground behind blow downs, no bait. A 176# 9 pointer is my biggest buck with several 120-165#. Biggest doe is 120#. Came to Texas in '96 (big racks, small deer), killed 2 here but I won't hunt over bait so I need decent hardwoods and cover, which ain't easy to find. I also tracked wounded, mostly gut shot, deer up north for inexperienced hunters. I can usually track a deer for 500-600 yds. after I lose the blood. Learned that in VN. I love getting close to them. To me, that's what makes it worthwhile. One chance, one shot. If I miss he won. I only have one sight on my bow, zeroed @ 25, keeps things simple which is the key to killing deer. I also skin and butcher my own deer and once in a while tan a hide. I'm in NJ now visiting family and my son-in-law arrowed a nice 6 about 135# a few days ago. Deer hunting laws here are liberal and you can legally bow hunt from Oct thru winter bow season at the end of Jan. with 6 kills allowed and a chance to get an extra permit for 2 more. But I love Texas. If anyone comes to Hood County, look me up and we can exchange info and learn new things.
airborne
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Re: Effective Range for Bow Hunting?
[Re: mad_mike]
#5442853
11/25/14 08:20 PM
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Joined: Jan 2012
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blackcoal
THF Trophy Hunter
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I have 79 and 2 NY State black bears with a bow - no guided hunts - one was 37 in the neck 6 pointer, another @ 35 spine doe. Killed a stupid 4 pointer on the walk back to the truck @ 40 heart and lungs. All the rest were inside 30. I won't shoot outside 30 unless everything is perfect and I always shoot high for the spine beyond 25. If I miss high it doesn't wound the deer and a miss low gets the heart and lungs. Won't shoot beyond 40 because I don't need a deer bad enough to take a chance on wounding and not recovering it. I was shooting a long bow, a re-curve, went to a Bear compound in '82, then a Martin Cougar set @ 62# in '86. Still have all of them but I haven't hunted in 10 yrs. Most of mine were NJ or NY State kills. Both bears in NY State @ 15 and 19 yds. on the ground behind blow downs, no bait. A 176# 9 pointer is my biggest buck with several 120-165#. Biggest doe is 120#. Came to Texas in '96 (big racks, small deer), killed 2 here but I won't hunt over bait so I need decent hardwoods and cover, which ain't easy to find. I also tracked wounded, mostly gut shot, deer up north for inexperienced hunters. I can usually track a deer for 500-600 yds. after I lose the blood. Learned that in VN. I love getting close to them. To me, that's what makes it worthwhile. One chance, one shot. If I miss he won. I only have one sight on my bow, zeroed @ 25, keeps things simple which is the key to killing deer. I also skin and butcher my own deer and once in a while tan a hide. I'm in NJ now visiting family and my son-in-law arrowed a nice 6 about 135# a few days ago. Deer hunting laws here are liberal and you can legally bow hunt from Oct thru winter bow season at the end of Jan. with 6 kills allowed and a chance to get an extra permit for 2 more. But I love Texas. If anyone comes to Hood County, look me up and we can exchange info and learn new things.
The Greatest Enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.--Stephen Hawking
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Re: Effective Range for Bow Hunting?
[Re: cmc]
#5442857
11/25/14 08:23 PM
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blackcoal
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Not sure you ever master a fly rod or a recurve. Agree on that issue. You can get good, but master ???
The Greatest Enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.--Stephen Hawking
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Re: Effective Range for Bow Hunting?
[Re: Bowhunt Only]
#5442892
11/25/14 08:43 PM
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mad_mike
Green Horn
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Never could fly fish and a recurve was easier than a longbow but still difficult. When someone considers themselves a master then that means they stop learning. No one is good enough to stop learning.
airborne
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Re: Effective Range for Bow Hunting?
[Re: Bowhunt Only]
#5460768
12/06/14 06:14 AM
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Buckenvy
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My comfort level and ethics really butt heads on this...I said 40...I know I can make clean kill shot much further
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Re: Effective Range for Bow Hunting?
[Re: Bowhunt Only]
#5462191
12/07/14 06:35 AM
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Posts: 5,925
DFWPI
THF Trophy Hunter
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I chose 40 yards, but all my set-ups are 18-20 yards.
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Re: Effective Range for Bow Hunting?
[Re: mad_mike]
#5462192
12/07/14 06:38 AM
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DFWPI
THF Trophy Hunter
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I have 79 and 2 NY State black bears with a bow - no guided hunts - one was 37 in the neck 6 pointer, another @ 35 spine doe. Killed a stupid 4 pointer on the walk back to the truck @ 40 heart and lungs. All the rest were inside 30. I won't shoot outside 30 unless everything is perfect and I always shoot high for the spine beyond 25. If I miss high it doesn't wound the deer and a miss low gets the heart and lungs. Won't shoot beyond 40 because I don't need a deer bad enough to take a chance on wounding and not recovering it. I was shooting a long bow, a re-curve, went to a Bear compound in '82, then a Martin Cougar set @ 62# in '86. Still have all of them but I haven't hunted in 10 yrs. Most of mine were NJ or NY State kills. Both bears in NY State @ 15 and 19 yds. on the ground behind blow downs, no bait. A 176# 9 pointer is my biggest buck with several 120-165#. Biggest doe is 120#. Came to Texas in '96 (big racks, small deer), killed 2 here but I won't hunt over bait so I need decent hardwoods and cover, which ain't easy to find. I also tracked wounded, mostly gut shot, deer up north for inexperienced hunters. I can usually track a deer for 500-600 yds. after I lose the blood. Learned that in VN. I love getting close to them. To me, that's what makes it worthwhile. One chance, one shot. If I miss he won. I only have one sight on my bow, zeroed @ 25, keeps things simple which is the key to killing deer. I also skin and butcher my own deer and once in a while tan a hide. I'm in NJ now visiting family and my son-in-law arrowed a nice 6 about 135# a few days ago. Deer hunting laws here are liberal and you can legally bow hunt from Oct thru winter bow season at the end of Jan. with 6 kills allowed and a chance to get an extra permit for 2 more. But I love Texas. If anyone comes to Hood County, look me up and we can exchange info and learn new things. Just talking to my brother this evening and he is telling me shotgun season opens Monday in NJ and he is laying down the bow. I think he has three or four already this year with his bow up there.
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Re: Effective Range for Bow Hunting?
[Re: Bowhunt Only]
#5476111
12/14/14 09:05 PM
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Posts: 3,958
1FowlHntR
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My farthest shot to date has been at 64 yards. Not something I'm necessarily proud of, but I was a really young and spooked a deer on the way to my stand. She stood broadside on the side of the hill so I took it. Now, I regularly practice out to 50 yards and can group consistently at that distance. I wouldn't hesitate to shoot at a whitetail out to that distance. I prefer to keep my shots at 30 and under, however. My current setup is 30 yards to the tree line, and 17 yards to the feeder pen.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
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Re: Effective Range for Bow Hunting?
[Re: Bowhunt Only]
#5528388
01/08/15 09:17 PM
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Posts: 5,067
titan2232
THF Trophy Hunter
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I knock the dust off maybe three times a year at 40 yards and group them real tight. I bow hunt mainly East Texas and have never taken a shot over 30 even when the deer seem calm. My bow is shooting 306fps with FMJ's
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Re: Effective Range for Bow Hunting?
[Re: Bowhunt Only]
#5566282
01/27/15 02:03 AM
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4dog
Woodsman
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Woodsman
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I shoot selfbows only..so 20 yrds is as far as im comfortable..my preferencs 15 yrds or less.
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Re: Effective Range for Bow Hunting?
[Re: Bowhunt Only]
#5593863
02/11/15 03:33 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 59
Bowhunter
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Outdoorsman
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I practice to forty plus yards, but almost all my kills have been inside of twenty yards. I have killed a lot of animals with a recurves or a longbow.
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Re: Effective Range for Bow Hunting?
[Re: Bowhunt Only]
#5598132
02/13/15 09:47 PM
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,043
okbowhunter
Veteran Tracker
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Veteran Tracker
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28 yards is my farthest kill I don't like anything past 30 and ideal is 15 to 22. I shot 50 yards to a bag a few months ago and hit the bulls-eye perfect centered it. Luck + some skill I suppose lol. But I wouldn't shoot at a deer that far.
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