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Re: max yardage
« Reply #60 on: April 04, 2013, 08:19:11 PM »
Spot Hogg 7DP plus I practice at 100 a lot. This isn't about ethics for hunting, just shooting and bs'n.
I did shoot my longest shot on a spike whitetail bedded across a frozen swamp in Dec in WI at 65 paces. 45# Groves Spitfire Magnum recurve. Instinctive.
Like I read earlier in this post: Practice long shots and the short shots are easy.
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Re: max yardage
« Reply #61 on: April 04, 2013, 08:56:45 PM »
Practice and play out to 200 yards. Hers playing out to 172 yards.

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Re: max yardage
« Reply #62 on: April 04, 2013, 11:54:03 PM »
Your comments about good groups at 30 and 70 interest me..
Do you shoot a single pin sight or multiple pins?

Both.  Depends on bow and conditions.  While in a blind I'm always shooting a single pin.  When we could actually shoot bulls on the east side I always shot a single pin regardless.  In heavier brush I like a multiple pin as it's easier to determine if I'm going to hit a branch or not.  I'm much less likely to have a target panic issue when shooting a single pin so I do like them better in most instances.  Favorite on the wet side is a three pin slider.


10-4.
I was just curious when you mentions good groups at certain yardages.
I have seen it a lot where guys have multiple colors of pins and struggle to shoot with their red or yellow pins.
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Re: max yardage
« Reply #63 on: April 05, 2013, 01:15:48 AM »
10-4.
I was just curious when you mentions good groups at certain yardages.
I have seen it a lot where guys have multiple colors of pins and struggle to shoot with their red or yellow pins.

Color doesn't seem to make much of a difference to me unless I'm shooting a Vegas face.  Only colors I do not like are blue and black. 

Before I got glasses I did have some problems with red as I always had ghost images of the pins.  In that case I always had to choose the brighter one to know which was the "Real" pin.  On red I could not tell brightest from the others.  Now with glasses I only see the one pin so no more picking and choosing which of the three or four pins is the real one.  Try shooting a seven pin sight when there are three to four ghost pins for each :yike:  I hate glasses, but I do shoot one heck of a bit better now that I have them.  And I suffer with target panic very few days a year now.
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Re: max yardage
« Reply #64 on: April 05, 2013, 09:24:44 AM »
 :yike:  I hate glasses, but I do shoot one heck of a bit better now that I have them.  And I suffer with target panic very few days a year now.
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I too have far from perfect vision I'd recommend try contacts over glasses if you have never worn them they are a pain at first  :yike:. Not having to worry about having your glasses fog, fall off etc. is well worth the initial discomfort, but contacts are more money I always take my glasses as a back up tho cause if you lose a contact there goes your day  :bash: learned that the hard way.
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Re: max yardage
« Reply #65 on: April 06, 2013, 09:04:48 AM »
I added a poll to help out

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Re: max yardage
« Reply #66 on: April 06, 2013, 09:33:42 AM »
ive practiced out to 109 yards.i hav a 5 pin sight with pins out to 60.many folks love to argue of the ethics of shooting beyond what their personal limits are.
i have only harvested one deer with my bow and it was around 8 yards.i will always stack the chips in favor of the most perfect shot i can make,and get as close as possible.that said though,under ideal conditions i would have no issues with letting an arrow fly at 60 yards.i have loosed many arrows at this range and over and feel completely confident in my equipment and abilities.
i have yet to encounter such a situation and do not know if i ever will.but i am practiced and confident if it ever is presented

 


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