Max Yards

[elkrack]

practice 70 in field 50- 60

[Drifterat]

Practice out to 80.

Tight groups to 60.

Adrenalin dump changes everything on a hunting shot. I've missed an elk at 30 and crushed a broadsided deer at 60.

[CSOUTFITTERS]

Holy crap 83 lbs!  I am in good physical condition but i worry about that one time I  pull my cranked up 72 lb bow back and i hear a pop from my shoulder or something else which equals several months of not shooting or the possibility of never shooting a bow again.   

I agree with alot of these guys.  We all can shoot lights out at 60 80 yards standing, no wind, no buck fever, in the back yard with known distances.  When game is involved alot can happen from the time you release to when that arrow gets 60-80 yds.   Some guys get lucky and we hear the success story but you never hear the 80 yd gut shot or ass shot story which wounded the animal.

I think bowhunting should be an up close game and stalking within 50 yds is ideal.  Any distance farther than that a guy should switch to muzzleloading.   The real studs in the archey game are the traditional guys but im having fun killing game with a compound.  maybe someday ill make the switch   

[carpsniperg2]

yeah i like the higher pounds just me i am 6'1" and 250ish right now will be about 230 by elk season and farm for most of my living and i shoot a bunch much more then most people if i did not shoot my bow for a month i don't think i could pull my bow back and have to back it off to like 73lbs and work back up.

and it does depend on the situations at hand i shoot in a lot of diffrent conditons wind/rain/out of breath etc to try to best prepare myself this year i have a multi deer tag and will be hunting with both trad gear and my regular setup. i always muzzle for deer and will probably end up shooting a buck in the late muzzle unless mister big makes a mistake early

[PA BEN]

I haven't picked up my bow for 3 years, I moved to the wet side 5 years ago and don't have the time off to hunt archery and gun hunt with the kids. So, I gun hunt for now. I bow hunted for 21 years and killed deer every year. Most deer were killed with in 30 yds. I killed one at 60 yds once. I killed two elk right at 60 yds. When I gear up for bow elk I practice out to 70 yds, and have no problem taking them at that yardage.

[Wild Bill]

My opinion is this... I switched from rifle to bow for the encounter, not the meat...
If I want to whack an elk at 60+ I'll go back to muzzy or rifle...
60+ has too many variables that even a stud archer cannot control, IE wind, small blades of grass, and brush generally invisible to the naked eye at that distance...

 I take my shots to 40, and I practice all year, and often... I can shoot grapefruit groups at 70, but feel like I'm getting away from the reasons I hunt archery in doing so...

Besides, having bullsnot in the face is a rush!

[PA BEN]

Ya, bow hunting the rut for bulls is the best. But when that bull is at 70 yd's------will?? I say kill him.

[h2ofowlr]

My first pin starts at 30.  I usually shoot 2-3 times a week out to a max distance of a 100 yards for fun. I have not had to take a shot at an animal over 60 yards.  The closest kill was 5 yards using my 30 yard pin.  I am shooting the Bowtech Destroyer 350 and it has a lot of pop still at 100 yards.  Tuning broadheads and a good fletch job is key with the fast bows as the longer distances otherwise they will dance and not hit the correct point of aim.

[DOUBLELUNG]

Out to 60 in practice but 40 or less in the woods during season.

+1

[let.it.fly]

on a good day i can shoot dinner plate sized groups at 80 yards. that being said it would be hard pressed for me to shoot passt 70 in the woods. circumstances would hasve to be perfecdt for me to shoot that far.

[Lowedog]

100 -  110  yards is my max, after that the wind and other things tend to throw things off a bit.  I have a pin for 120 but that's just in case it's a really big one, and I just have to try the shot.

 

[D-Rock425]

I shot an elk once at 80 plus yards think she was closer to 90 but she already had an arrow in her from my cousin.  We got her but it wasn't pretty took 3 arrows.  My shot was back almost in the guts but I did get some liver.

[mrmorton]

i train at 60 so i shoot all the way out to 60. i punched through a 5x5 muley last december at exactly 60 yards and the arrown was sticking into the tree behind him about 1/8 inch. there is no max yardage, just what you can accurately hit. 60 is my max because i only have 5 pins starting with my first being the 20yrd pin.

[romaknows]

You might be able to put 12 arrows inside a 6'' circle at 60 yards every time , but after you release , even an animal that you thought was at rest could move enough to just wound it .Alot can happen in a split second.

[Tony 270WSM]

I practice beyond 60, but want to keep game at 50 or less. They could easily take a step or spook in the time it takes the arrow to get there and now you have a poor shot.