longest shot?

[coachcw]

Gringo . 40, 100 and 300 . did you just pull those numbers outta you hinie ?

Yep 



Hello, My name is Gringo I shot a buck this year at 79.5 yards with my bow.   


I don't like shooting that far but don't regret it either.  I carry a 3 arrow quiver and one is a judo.

It's not so much a distance thing . I know a guy that emptied a five arrow quiver then pulled one arrow out of an elk to finish it of . all where very close shots . It's not a matter whether or no the equipment is capable but rather the human behind it . to lump all into the same limit is retarded .

[D-Rock425]

Gringo . 40, 100 and 300 . did you just pull those numbers outta you hinie ?

Yep 



Hello, My name is Gringo I shot a buck this year at 79.5 yards with my bow.   


I don't like shooting that far but don't regret it either.  I carry a 3 arrow quiver and one is a judo.

It's not so much a distance thing . I know a guy that emptied a five arrow quiver then pulled one arrow out of an elk to finish it of . all where very close shots . It's not a matter whether or no the equipment is capable but rather the human behind it . to lump all into the same limit is retarded .

I know that guy too or maybe your not talking about me.   if their still stand I'm still flingin. 

[pianoman9701]

50 yards, really? YOu realize that is 3 yards past the ethical limit.... shhheeeesh!!!
 

Yes, but when you figure I'll be shooting at an elk that's running straight at me, by the time the arrow bounces of his sternum, he'll be within ethical distance.

[jay.sharkbait]

Gringo . 40, 100 and 300 . did you just pull those numbers outta you hinie ?

Yep 



Hello, My name is Gringo I shot a buck this year at 79.5 yards with my bow.   


I don't like shooting that far but don't regret it either.  I carry a 3 arrow quiver and one is a judo.

It's not a matter whether or no the equipment is capable but rather the human behind it . to lump all into the same limit is retarded .

It's basically applying ones personal limitations to others and calling it "ethics"

[brushhunter]

elk 65 yards

[blacktailcody]

Ewww gross!! ! That is not ethical at all you should really keep the shot within petting range. 

[RadSav]

I remember opening day 1985!  I had scouted three nice blacktail bucks in the same swamp.  When the biggest of the three stepped out from behind a tree at 12 yards I missed him clean.  Don't ask me how cause I still don't know   If I were to guess those antlers were just too big for me to concentrate   Once he was safely in the bush the smaller of the three stepped out at exactly 60 on the other side of the swamp.  I put a 29" four blade Zwickey Delta tipped 2219 XX75 right through the boiler and had my first P&Y buck.  He ran out of steam in about 15 yards.  It was exciting to be within 12 yards of a book buck, but killing one at 60 was much more exciting!!!  I can't imagine the gratification of killing that buck would have been any different at 12 than it was at 60.

[sakoshooter]

My farthest was a spike whitetail shot with a cedar arrow off a 45# Groves Spitfire Magnum recurve at 65 paces instinctively. Dec 28th, 1974.

[7t9cobra]

A coworker of mine, who likes to make stuff up, told me his dad shot an elk from 200 yards away, hit an artery in its leg and it dropped dead where it stood. He was using an old compound with only 50% let off, no sights and no release. This guy also thinks he saw bigfoot 

[BOWHUNTER45]

My longest shot was a bull at 70 yrds on a dead run with  100 GR WASP ....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[hoyt2002]

My longest shot was on a mule deer. He was at 50 yards walking across the creek.  He went 10 yards and fell over.

[mountainman]

Some on here need to practice more! Bottom line, the ethical shot distance is one you feel 90% comfortable to make a clean kill..I know aome who have ahot a deer in the nose at 30 yards with their long range rifle rigs! Know your limits and stick to them!!!

[huntnnw]

my distance on a whitetail changes alot with the seasons...sitting in 85 deg weather in Sept in a light shirt on a stand versus sitting in late Nov on the stand in temps in the teens with tons of clothes on changes my effective range

[Jonathan_S]

my distance on a whitetail changes alot with the seasons...sitting in 85 deg weather in Sept in a light shirt on a stand versus sitting in late Nov on the stand in temps in the teens with tons of clothes on changes my effective range

That's a good point.  It's easy to practice in 80 degree weather in t-shirts but it doesn't develop your skills in a coat

[huntnnw]

yeah or the fact you have been sitting for 4 hrs and now you have to draw your bow and your stiff and cold