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 What Yardage
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08/28/08 05:37 PM
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RedRiverHogSniper
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What yardage do yall mainly focus on, when practicing. I know it's good to be good at different distances. In your opinion what shots(yardage) are present most of the time? Just curious. 
Last edited by RedRiverHogSniper; 08/28/08 05:38 PM.
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: RedRiverHogSniper]
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08/28/08 05:44 PM
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TX_Hoghunter
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85% 20 yards
10% 30 - 40 yards
5% just for fun out to 75 yards
-john
Time to catch a hog..........
A friend of Ken's
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: TX_Hoghunter]
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08/28/08 05:51 PM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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30-40 yards most the time. makes the 20-25 yard shot easier.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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Re: What Yardage
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08/28/08 06:21 PM
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BowHuntTexas
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Due to limitations on yard side I mainly practice out to about 23 / 24 yards on flat ground (the back yard).
When I'm out in the field I practice from an elevated blind from 15 - 30 yards.
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: BowHuntTexas]
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08/28/08 06:29 PM
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12thman
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15-25 due to my back yard. 30-35 when I can get out in the open. I like to set up about 20 for my shots
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: RedRiverHogSniper]
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08/28/08 06:34 PM
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PrimitiveHunter
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Since I shoot instinctively, I don't measure the yardage but it's probably random ranges from 10 yards out to about 30 yards. I usually end a session by backing up to about 50 yards for a few shots. More than anything, this is a mental reinforcement that I can shoot those ranges at targets but choose not to at deer.
Most of my actual shots on deer are 20 yards or less.
Practice doesn’t make perfect.
Practice makes permanent.
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: PrimitiveHunter]
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08/28/08 06:40 PM
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tkuehn5410
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I usually practice at 30 yards 50% of the time and 20 30% and 10 and 40 - 20%. I am not sure if I want to shoot a deer at 40 yards away, but am trying to get my mind set up before deer season comes.
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: tkuehn5410]
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08/28/08 07:19 PM
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BMowatt
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practice at 40, makes the short ones easier
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: BMowatt]
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08/28/08 07:30 PM
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Redneck Messiah
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Quote:
practice at 40, makes the short ones easier...................... to shoot over their back 
Originally Posted By: cody
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: Redneck Messiah]
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08/28/08 08:08 PM
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BowHuntinTX
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I usually start at 20 yds(60%), then back out to 30 yds(20%) and then 40 yds (10%)
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: BowHuntinTX]
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08/28/08 08:36 PM
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Paulpaul
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Practice the shots you anticipate while hunting.
 Why are you still talking, I stopped listening a long time ago!!
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[Re: BowHuntinTX]
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08/29/08 12:01 AM
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DSST_Construction
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I usually start at 20 yds(60%), then back out to 30 yds(20%) and then 40 yds (10%)
60+20+10=90 what do you do with the other 10% lol jk
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Re: What Yardage
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08/29/08 12:05 AM
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Big Tony
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Shoot at the yardages you'll be huntin. when you get done huntin', fling an arrow for practice.
"A hunt based only on trophies taken, falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be." -Fred Bear
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08/29/08 12:54 AM
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passthru
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Quote:
30-40 yards most the time. makes the 20-25 yard shot easier.
There it is. 
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: DSST_Construction]
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08/29/08 12:59 AM
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BowHuntinTX
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I usually start at 20 yds(60%), then back out to 30 yds(20%) and then 40 yds (10%)
60+20+10=90 what do you do with the other 10% lol jk
Boss walked by and i couldn't finish the post... the other 10% I change it up, shooting from random distances and from my roof and so on...
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: RedRiverHogSniper]
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08/29/08 01:29 AM
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TXBowhunter1
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practice at 40-70yds and u will be a ton better at 20-30 yds.
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: TXBowhunter1]
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08/29/08 11:20 AM
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AdgerC15
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30 yards 60%,20yds. 20% this should be a second nature shot for most hunters. 40-50 20% cause i can only take that shot while at certain places. But I know I can make a 40 yd shot on a deer under the right circumstances, I am not confident enough yet past that.
All of my feeders are set up between 25-25 yards and very makable shots!
ac
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: TXBowhunter1]
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08/29/08 05:52 PM
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popeye
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Quote:
practice at 40-70yds and u will be a ton better at 20-30 yds.
i can't see 70 yds 
do yall practice shooting out of your blinds?
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: popeye]
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08/29/08 06:04 PM
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BowHuntinTX
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I don't have a tripod at my house, but have found that standing on my roof works pretty well. but i wouldn't do it if you have a steep roof.
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: BowHuntinTX]
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08/29/08 09:50 PM
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TexWild
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My back yard limits me at 20 yards. I will try a couple from the pop up this weekend.
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: TexWild]
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08/30/08 01:52 AM
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psycho0819
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I shoot one set (5 arrows) from 20yds, then back up to 30yds for 3-5 sets, then out to 40yds for 3-5 sets, and if I'm having a good day I back up to 50yds for a couple of sets. By then the skeeters usually have me light headed from blood loss, so i go back inside.
Jay
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The end of the world began the day it was created, and life is a sexually transmitted terminal disease.
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Re: What Yardage
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08/30/08 08:28 AM
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Big Daddy K
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: Big Daddy K]
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08/30/08 07:14 PM
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lotsofshots
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25, 35 several sets of 5 arrows each. My 3 year old daughter likes to watch me (from behind and out of danger)so we play a game together. I walk around the backyard until she says stop. I nock, draw and fling. Helps me estimate yardage and puts the target at different angles than a straight broadside shot. She really enjoys the game!
Thanks- lotsofshots 
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: lotsofshots]
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08/31/08 03:19 AM
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HunterTed
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I practice out to 80 yards. Most of the time I shoot 5 to 10 arrows at known distances and then 3 or 4 at unkonwn distances from 20 to 80.
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Re: What Yardage
[Re: HunterTed]
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08/31/08 12:18 PM
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Hopedale
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In the backyard 20 yards.
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