The long shot?

[Coasthunterjay]

Longest shot I took was a three way with two blondes in Vegas...

I missed...

hell yah!

[Mangy]

Practice, confidence in your equipment, know your abilities and limitations, and there are always those variables that you cannot control.

Sounds like Broken Arrow sleeps with his compound?  Maybe he should have spent more time with the traditional before quiting. 

Broken Arrow what is your longest snapshot?

[popeshawnpaul]

Back 15 years ago I shot a doe at close range.  She wasn't down so I stuck her again at 70 yards or so.  I wouldn't have taken that shot as a first shot.  These days I'm limited to about 50 -60 yards with my new bow and only if I range it first.

[PA BEN]

Killed two elk at 60 yds. I pratice to where I can hit the bullseye at 70 yds. Also killed white tail at 50 yds.

[crazymofo]

I agree that it all boils down to practice time.  Personally i probly had about 1000 hours of practice ( 20 -80 yds.) in before i had my first chance at a deer. Two shots at 70 and one at 50 and i had my first archery buck. ( 5 x6 blacktail ) Last year it only took one shot at 75yds to drop my second archery buck  (3 x 4 blacktail )  Some say thats unethical. But i say they need more practice. 

[EastWaViking]

I took off my 50 yard pin a few years ago.  Sure, you can shoot a nice group at 50, 60, 70 yards, but, it's
what the animal does while the arrow is in flight that matters.  40 yards and closer there is not a lot of time
for reaction, at 70 yards the animal has time to make a sandwich, check his watch and then duck, or step forward for a nice gut shot.  For me it's 40 yard or closer.  I love the 10 to 20 yard shot.

[General Disarray]

I have 5 pins on my sight, start at 30 and go out to 70.  I only shoot distances I feel confident with.  A 20 yard shot is a chip shot and with a 30 yard pin, you only have to hold slightly lower than you're aim point. 

I've killed animals at just over 80, to me distance isn't a factor nearly as much as shot placement.  Lost the biggest buck I've ever shot at when I chose to take a shot I felt good about but only hit one lung on a nearly straight on, 23 yard shot... Opening day of late season a few years ago.  hasn't been the same for me since then...

[mlgunkel]

I try not to shoot to far but I practice out to 110 yards.  Yesterday I took a shot at a muley I had been working for 3 hours at 82 yards.  I normally wouldn't shoot that far but he had me pegged & the conditions seemed right.  He was quartering away slightly but his nearside front leg was back.  It didn't slow my arrow down any.  The arrow went through both shoulder blades.  He took off running hard downhill after about 100 yards his front legs gave out.  He wheel barrowed for a bit then went to rolling about 100 yards down hill where he stopped stone cold dead.  The whole thing was over in around 10 seconds.

This was my second day hunting & my first kill with a used bow tech tribute I bought on ebay.  I've got it screwed down all the way & the scale says 69.5 lbs.  Shooting 400's with 125 grain Wac Em Broadheads - total arrow weight 438 grains.  They chrono at 282 fps.  Have a Ripcord fall away rest.  The best part of my setup is my sight.  I don't have a peep.  I'm using a hind sight and absolutely love it.  It shows bow torque right away and works great in low light.  The thing I love is something I'm doing with it that I have not seen anybody else do.

They recommend always aligning crosshairs on the top pin no matter what the distance & using the rest of the pins as normal.  The crosshairs are used for bow alignment only.  I do that then I have pins every 10 yards out to 60 yards.  I've found that if I align the cross hairs with a lower pin I can use the existing pins to shoot much further.  For example if I align the crosshairs with my 40 yard pin and aim with that pin it is dead on at 80 yards.  If I align with the 40 and sight with the 60 I'm 8" high at 90 yards.  Align & aim with the 50 yard pin & I'm dead on at 100 yards etc...  To shoot long distances before I'd have markers on my sight bracket.  This is much better and I can't get over how accurate you can be from around a 100 yards.  The target looks so small the pin covers it up.  I'm amazed that they group so tightly.

[wastickslinger]

Man I am confused, when did we start talking muzzleload range? I thought this was a long shot archery. 

Way too many things that can occure out at the long range for me no matter if you are the best shot in the world.

I agree with others, as long s your wiling to notch the tag when your arrow hits shoulder bone and only penetrated two inches and the buck hobbles off and becomes coyote bait, fine.

I prefer to sneak in and see how close I can get. Every one has a different way of thinking. AS long as we are ethical bout our decisions, the end result should be the same no matter how far you shoot. Only kill one deer/elk a year, recovered or not.

I did smack one at 50 yards right in the center of the heart 3 years ago. 50 is my longest pin. Majority of my kills have been about 30-40.

[Bscman]

50yds for me is the maximum shot I'd take on an animal...and there are a lot of factors for that. Beyond 50yds and my groups start opening up beyond 4-5".

Most of my animals have been taken around 30yds....the closest being 7yds, the furthest behing 46yds. No matter how impressive the animal, I'm not willing to take a chance and take a shot I'm not 100% comfortable with.

[300rum]

I try to tell my self all the time....It is about how close, not how far, that is why I am an archer, but, I know it is real hard when you are locked up at a range that I shoot all the time in the back yard.

One more thing.....I have a hard time convincing myself that 100 yards can be ethical, you can light a cigarette, smoke and have a cup of coffee by the time the arrow gets to the animal, not to many animals just wait for us that long.  I don't smoke, maybe that is why I can't make that shot.  

The biggest boast and envy in the world goes to you guys who get within 10 yards of an animal, I could care less about hearing how some of you smoked one at 110 yards.

[wastickslinger]

I watched my buddy miss a buck at 5 yards. No joke. He was on one side of the sagebrush and the buck was bedded on the other. I was across the canyon with a spotter watching the whole thing. It was the best spot and stalk I have ever witnessed. I saw him draw back and let go. Buck stood up trotted a few feet looked around and then bounded off. I was thinking no way. Well sure enough I met up with my buddy and he said that his string whacked a large part of the sage as he released(pretty bad, suprised it didnt pop the string from the cam). Sent his arrow flying. We have never let that one go, he always hears about it. 

Doesn't really relate to the topic but when 300rum talked about getting within 10 yards it made me remember the story.

[mlgunkel]

You guys are getting to me.  I passed up a 6 point bull on one side by spike on the other in a spike/cow only unit this morning.  It was 82 yards (almost the same distance I killed that buck at on Wednesday)
It just didn't feel right today. 

[wastickslinger]

Hey man dont let us get to ya. Most of us are full of crap

[robb92]

My longest shot was 55 yards, I do practice out to 50 yards, took the doe right in the bread basket and she ran 30 yards and piled up.