furthest ethical shot

[jechicdr]

Take the number of points on your target, multiply by 5, divide by your heart rate multiply by 80, add the number of years you have been hunting, then multiply by the number of target arrows shot in a year beyond 50 yards divided by 1000, multiply by the number of arrows on a paper plate at 70 yards out of 100 shots divided by 100.  If the result is over 100, then if you think you can make the shot, you will make the shot.  If the result is under 50, take up rifle hunting.  Between 50 and 100 then in all probability, you will make the shot.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Take the number of points on your target, multiply by 5, divide by your heart rate multiply by 80, add the number of years you have been hunting, then multiply by the number of target arrows shot in a year beyond 50 yards divided by 1000, multiply by the number of arrows on a paper plate at 70 yards out of 100 shots divided by 100.  If the result is over 100, then if you think you can make the shot, you will make the shot.  If the result is under 50, take up rifle hunting.  Between 50 and 100 then in all probability, you will make the shot.

  HUH... That works ...

[jechicdr]

Simple enough calculation...

[GreatWhiteHunter]

Take the number of points on your target, multiply by 5, divide by your heart rate multiply by 80, add the number of years you have been hunting, then multiply by the number of target arrows shot in a year beyond 50 yards divided by 1000, multiply by the number of arrows on a paper plate at 70 yards out of 100 shots divided by 100.  If the result is over 100, then if you think you can make the shot, you will make the shot.  If the result is under 50, take up rifle hunting.  Between 50 and 100 then in all probability, you will make the shot.

lmao

A friend killed a cow at 90 last year, but he practices out to a 100, and is a damn good shot. Me 60-70 MAX.

[Recurve-Elk]

With my recurve 30 yards its a stretch    But with my compound I would say 40 yards or so. 

Am I ashamed of my rather week yardage?  No, I am proud! 

[stickslinger]

it all depends on the situation for me. last year dumped my muley at 73, but he was bedded quarter away and had no idea i was there (and yes i would have gotten closer but couldn't because of all the does that were with him and lack of cover along with crunchy snow) but if they are on there feet i like to be inside of 40

[bowhunter851]

It's no wonder there are so many wounded animals found after archery season. 
 
Bowhunting, it never was about how far can you shoot, it was always about how close can you get.
 
 

  exectly its hunting not target practice

[pianoman9701]

Take the number of points on your target, multiply by 5, divide by your heart rate multiply by 80, add the number of years you have been hunting, then multiply by the number of target arrows shot in a year beyond 50 yards divided by 1000, multiply by the number of arrows on a paper plate at 70 yards out of 100 shots divided by 100.  If the result is over 100, then if you think you can make the shot, you will make the shot.  If the result is under 50, take up rifle hunting.  Between 50 and 100 then in all probability, you will make the shot.

lmao

A friend killed a cow at 90 last year, but he practices out to a 100, and is a damn good shot. Me 60-70 MAX.

But it's not about how good you are shooting at a stationary target. In the time it takes even the fastest arrow to go 60+ yards downrange, and animal can move almost it's whole body length. You can be the best bow shot in the world with the most perfectly executed shot and still miss or gut shoot an animal because it moves after you shoot. This is not even to mention that you can't see fine items like tiny branches at that distance.

[Johnb317]

I put down 50 yards.... but that would have to be an ideal situation.   I passed on a B&C size Elk last year... 70 yards up-hill.. didn't even give it a second thought.  At the range my first shots say 70 yards no problem... but at the range if I miss I'm not wounding an animal.  (Went home empty handed that year... but what a thrill!)
 
We aren't subsistance hunting....   don't even want to calculate the price/pound. 

[Pathfinder101]

60 yards max for me.  I have short, stubby arms...
 

[micahash1]

I am just shy of 30 and have been bow hunting for almost a decade.  I by no means am an expert or an ace but living where I do on the Eastern slopes of the Cascades in the Columbia Gorge you are not going to sneak up on a blacktail to 30yrds in the grass lands.  If you can you are a much better man than I, and I am not a big guy, 5'7" and a buck fifty.  With that being said I regularly practice to 110yrds, I practice outdoors in the wind just about every day in the summer with as real life scenarios as I can, between trees, sitting, kneeling, uphill, downhill, you get the jist.  I feel comfortable in the field shooting a deer to 60yrds in ideal conditions because of this.  I know a lot of you would critisize this but I don't hunt the same type of land that most of you hunt where you have plenty of cover.  All of my deer have come from 30-60yrds and everyone has been double lung or heart shot and have gone no more that 100yrds.  I know I may be just lucky but I try to take most everything into account and have passed up many shots because they just didn't feel right.  This does not mean that some time in the future I won't have something go wrong because honostly the odds are always stacked against us, there are a million things that could affect a shot, and I hope to never have to experience that. 

[throttlejocky20]

I am just shy of 30 and have been bow hunting for almost a decade.  I by no means am an expert or an ace but living where I do on the Eastern slopes of the Cascades in the Columbia Gorge you are not going to sneak up on a blacktail to 30yrds in the grass lands.  If you can you are a much better man than I, and I am not a big guy, 5'7" and a buck fifty.  With that being said I regularly practice to 110yrds, I practice outdoors in the wind just about every day in the summer with as real life scenarios as I can, between trees, sitting, kneeling, uphill, downhill, you get the jist.  I feel comfortable in the field shooting a deer to 60yrds in ideal conditions because of this.  I know a lot of you would critisize this but I don't hunt the same type of land that most of you hunt where you have plenty of cover.  All of my deer have come from 30-60yrds and everyone has been double lung or heart shot and have gone no more that 100yrds.  I know I may be just lucky but I try to take most everything into account and have passed up many shots because they just didn't feel right.  This does not mean that some time in the future I won't have something go wrong because honostly the odds are always stacked against us, there are a million things that could affect a shot, and I hope to never have to experience that.

I hunt mostly big timber in western wa and I agree about the statement you made untill last deer season all my shots have been between 40 and 60 yards. Last season I killed my buck at 20 yards and my elk at 64 yards. the question isn't how far you can shoot most people can shoot 80 and 100 yards but that does not mean its an ethical shot.

[brianb231]

I tell you, I shoot alot all year and was pretty excited about the distance and repeatability I was getting with my setup. Not bragging, but I had shot enough and have a 3 pin mover sight that I could hit a playing card at 100 yards with some regularity. Now that was with fieldpoints. Broadheads was a totally different story. 50 yards will be my longest shot that I will take. The reason I am stating this is so that guys realize that what their effectiveness is with a fieldpoint does not translate to the broadheads and shooting at an animal.

Just my 2 

[et1702]

I put down 50yrds.  But, I have been archery hunting for over 32 years, and it would have to be perfect conditions.  I can hit a tennis ball stuffed in my foam block at 50yrds all day long in my back pasture.  But, it's nice and level, no branches or limbs to shoot around, lighting is great, etc.  Not so in the woods, especially after sitting in the stand for a few hours.  Longest shot I've taken in the woods on a deer is about 40yrds, and 90% of the other deer, elk, bear have been between 20 and 30 yards.  This is bowhunting, Get close!!!

[C-Money]

40 yards was a good poke for me. I got to where I could consistently hit a small paper plate stuck to a hay bale, but it took practice to hit it every time. So I guess, if you practice and can hit what you are aiming at and get good at judging distance or have a range finder, have at it!