90 yd. shot with bow?

[Button Nubbs]

Goosegetter

He could have had a 90 yard pin. So he could have held right on it.

Stupid stupid stupid no matter how you look at this situation.

[goosegetter79]

Goosegetter

He could have had a 90 yard pin. So he could have held right on it.

Stupid stupid stupid no matter how you look at this situation.

K thanks

[seth30]

How much velocity does a arrow lose at that distance?  I have never shot that far on purpose

[high country]

I don't know the bc of his arrows, but trajectory at that range favors a spine hit to a double lung......unless it was bedded.

[Button Nubbs]

Lots of velocity kinetic enegry and momentum is lost at that range

[BOWHUNTER45]

Well said, pianoman9701.

yeah yeah 

[JimmyHoffa]

How much velocity does a arrow lose at that distance?  I have never shot that far on purpose

Depends on the size of vanes/fletching in comparison to the arrow weight.  It is a bit though.  With a long, light arrow that has most weight near the broadhead the balance will be far forward so the vanes can be small giving less velocity drop.  Whereas with a crossbow the bolts are short and need large vanes to keep steady---so they slow down very quickly.

[got2hunt]

I killed my buck this year at 83 yards on the opening Saturday of deer. The buck walked off 40 yards and bedded and didn't move. Arrow almost passed through the deer

[Snapshot]

An arrow travelling at 300 FPS takes a full second to reach it's target at 90 yards. It doesn't matter how well you shoot. An animal can move further than a full body length in a second. In addition, I don't care if you're Superman, you can't see small obstructions like twigs at that distance. To add to that, the consequence of wounding a bear with a shot like this is the danger that it puts others in.

In my opinion, taking a shot like this, no matter how well you shoot at stationary targets, is irresponsible and unethical, and is typical of a  bow hunter who is unable to get close to his quarry (which should be the whole point of bow hunting). There are far too many things outside of your control when shooting at a living thing at this distance. If you act out of respect for the animal, there would never be a question about taking this shot.

 

[pianoman9701]

I killed my buck this year at 83 yards on the opening Saturday of deer. The buck walked off 40 yards and bedded and didn't move. Arrow almost passed through the deer

Respectfully, were I you, I'd consider that there are things outside my abilities which could effect such a shot, and perhaps you should reconsider doing this again. I say you were damn lucky of a humane kill at that distance. I'm not judging. I'm asking you to think about outside circumstance which might cause you to wound and lose animals at this extreme range, crack shot or not. I, too, can punch paper at a 100 yards, but my limit for living things is more like 40 and under.

[demontang]

When I was using a bow and arrow I would say There might have been a few days a week I didnt shoot. At 60yds I could cut vanes off and I even broke a few arrows and almost robin hood a few. I limited myself to 40yds and if every thing was perfect maybe just maybe 50yds. Animals can move a lot before the arrow gets there at 50 plus.

[NoBark]

Unfortunately, some hunters are in the stage of "I gotta kill something or it'll be a bad trip."  Fortunately most of us have passed through that stage and regained some perspective and respect for the animals we hunt.  I wouldn't even try a second shot at a wounded animal at 90  sheesh.  A we can do is try to police ourselves before stories like this force someone else too.

[dirty24d]

Hey look an animal at 90 yards!!  Get ready!!!

[bobcat]

Hey look an animal at 90 yards!!  Get ready!!!

   

[pianoman9701]

Hey look an animal at 90 yards!!  Get ready!!!