30 yard shot grouping...

[BULLBLASTER]

Please do bh45! Just be careful I heard sometimes foam target's bend the weak aluminum ferrule on those...

[BOWHUNTER45]

I think I will just ignore that comment 

[BULLBLASTER]

I think I will just ignore that comment 

  i dont think harassing you will ever get old... 

[coachcw]

should I walk out into my yard and show ya what a 30 yrd group looks like with a WASP .....?  THATS WHAT I thought 

Do you have a wide angle lens ?

[Angus]

I've been shooting 20-30 arrows a day out to 60 yards, 30 yards and in I can cover a 5 shot group with a baseball, from 30 to 50 a softball, the last 10 yards with a paper plate. won't shoot at an animal beyond 50.

[stickinmaster]

I've been shooting 20-30 arrows a day out to 60 yards, 30 yards and in I can cover a 5 shot group with a baseball, from 30 to 50 a softball, the last 10 yards with a paper plate. won't shoot at an animal beyond 50.

Im with you, cant belive people even think about shooting past 50.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Well I used to talk like that but after practicing at 60 & 70 and taking a couple critters at that distance I will not think twice about it as long as I know the yardage and it is a clear broadside shot ...The bow has the ability as long as the hunter feels comfortable with the shot ..couple elk I shot the arrow passed threw like butter so that tells me there is room for alittle longer shot ...But most of the critters I have killed have been inside 30 ...which I prefer 

[Angus]

I have little doubt my bow could drop a deer or elk out to 60-70 maybe 80+ yards as will most bows on the market today, what stops me from shooting beyond 50 is,(and this is just me, your results may vary) I can hold steady all day long shooting at a target at 50 yards but I know if I'm looking through my sights at a big bull/buck at 50 yards and beyond I'm going to have some adrenalin pumping and a little if not alot of shaking going on, at that distance a little shaking can make for some poor shots, something I personally try to avoid, again, thats just me. 
If another hunter has the confidence and skill to make those long shots, more power to him, I'm envious, but as Clint once said, "A man has to know his limitations" and I know mine is 50 yards.
Is it 9/1 yet?

[sebek556]

Angus something for you to try, in my Army unit we used to do a thing we called stress fires all the time. The idea behind them was to get your heart rate way up and possible nerves going as well.  It was set up as a course, you ran 100 yards carrying full water jugs(5 gallon each) into jumping jacks or push ups, run with more cans, more jumping jacks or push ups, anther  run with cans, pick weapon, load weapon then go through a urban warfare course with someone yelling at you the whole time.   

[Fullabull]

I shoot at different points at 30 yards because I do not want to mess up my arrows at this time. It's to close to the season to be shooting groups now. just shoot at different locations on your target. Save your arrows 

[deleted BGS]

I am really curious as to why people dont shoot 50 yds or beyond? Are they shooting old bows, not trying to make people mad, but it gets irritating to hear this. I know people on here shoot better than me and I am grouping arrows in a plate at 60 with lots of speed and impact.

[lokidog]

I am really curious as to why people dont shoot 50 yds or beyond? Are they shooting old bows, not trying to make people mad, but it gets irritating to hear this. I know people on here shoot better than me and I am grouping arrows in a plate at 60 with lots of speed and impact.

I think a lot of people here do target shoot out there, just don't hunt at those distances.  A lot can happen to an arrow or a deer/elk at those distances. 

I used to shoot to 100 yards out in the dunes of Southern OR, paper plate five of six but would not shoot at a critter that far.  Though I did estimate a 100 yard shot at an elk a guy I was hunting with gut shot, sliced the skin on the brisket behind his legs, guess it was 105....  I did end up sinking one in him at twenty at least.

Right now, I am happy with my 40 yard groups of cantelope size for my upcoming moose hunt.  My groups were smaller when my eyes were better and my tremors were less....   

[sebek556]

target practice for out is great, remember the farther you are out the more little errors show. Hunting I want up close, elk or bear I will go 60 cause I have tested my self and my bows power out to 60 and know I can brake cows ribs and still have 9 inches of penetration. Part of the joy of bow hunting to me is the stalk, sneaking in close to your prey. Using your skills and abilities to get past the animals natural senses and abilities.

[mfswallace]

I shoot at different points at 30 yards because I do not want to mess up my arrows at this time. It's to close to the season to be shooting groups now. just shoot at different locations on your target. Save your arrows 

Just cut 2 different fletchings off today at 30, down to 5 good arrows.  Won't be grouping anymore, wish I would have read this yesterday

[demontang]

Here is what I tried for out to 50yds