90 yard bow kill on a cow

[TheHunt]

I do not have the skill but this is pretty interesting read.

http://www.gamefishin.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=32724

[wraithen]

10 yards farther than his longest range pin... I'm not so sure that guy didn't get a little lucky. Either that or he is a supreme BA bowhunter. Some hunters around here couldn't make that shot with a sniper rifle 

[carpsniperg2]

It's a very long shot and it sounds like conditions were good. If people know there gear they can make those type of shots and have plenty of killing power. I would never shoot that far on a first shot on a animal. I will always put another shot into a aniaml with any weapon I have if given the chance. I have never made that far of shot but I did put a 2nd shot into my nz boar this year at between 75-80 when he was on the run from my first shot. I do shoot a ton and shoot to 100 yards. Just incase I get a chance to follow up with a 2nd shot

[Biggerhammer]

More power to him if he's capable, when I was shooting a bow allot years ago. In good conditions at 90 yards, I can put them on or very close to a paper plate we would put against a big soft dirt pile. Using field tips of course, but I have never shot at a animal that far. My furthest shot on a Mulie was 64 yards.  Same goes for long shots with a rifle. The bench accuracy is all out the window, when the adrenaline is up, things are happening quick, your pack and gear and or breathing hard. Allot of factors come in, but by the sounds of it, he had all the time in the world to make it happen and when you have time and the right conditions same goes with a rifle, you can take them way out there.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Yeah iT all depends on the person ...my longest shot was @ 70 yrds and foggy .....never heard the arrow hit but the elk took off hard to the left ...so I waited about 25 min or so walked out there and blood everywhere ...went about 60 yrds and there he layed ... it was awesome to see him laying there !!!no doubt the bows now are definately capable of doing it 

[colockumelk]

Yeah iT all depends on the person ...my longest shot was @ 70 yrds and foggy .....never heard the arrow hit but the elk took off hard to the left ...so I waited about 25 min or so walked out there and blood everywhere ...went about 60 yrds and there he layed ... it was awesome to see him laying there !!!no doubt the bows now are definately capable of doing it 

Just think if you would have had a better broad head he only would have went 30 yards.

[big wood]

IT'S COOL TO BE ABLE TO SHOOT THAT FAR, BUT TO MANY VARIABLES CAN HAPPEN. A QUARTER INCH CAN BE TWO FEET, AND I FEEL YOU OWE IT TO THE ANIMAL TO MAKE AS PERFECT OF A SHOT AS YOU CAN. ALL MY ARCHERY BULLS HAVE BEEN WITHIN 40 YARDS. WOULD HE HAVE TAKEN THE SHOT IF IT WAS A BULL? GLAD HE GOT HER BECAUSE IF HE WOUNDED HER HE COULD HAVE KILLED 2 ELK!!!!

[PA BEN]

Howard Hill could do it all day long w/a 100lb long bow.

[billythekidrock]

IT'S COOL TO BE ABLE TO SHOOT THAT FAR, BUT TO MANY VARIABLES CAN HAPPEN. A QUARTER INCH CAN BE TWO FEET, AND I FEEL YOU OWE IT TO THE ANIMAL TO MAKE AS PERFECT OF A SHOT AS YOU CAN. ALL MY ARCHERY BULLS HAVE BEEN WITHIN 40 YARDS. WOULD HE HAVE TAKEN THE SHOT IF IT WAS A BULL? GLAD HE GOT HER BECAUSE IF HE WOUNDED HER HE COULD HAVE KILLED 2 ELK!!!!

[longknife]

Sorry, but no one has the skill level for keeping game from moving. It was lucky the cow didnt take a step ,,or three.
It looks like it worked out for him, congrats to the hunter!

[DaveBTS]

I used to hunt with Paul when I lived in WA. He's a good shot. I can't say much since my last elk was killed with a 90 yd shot.

[Biggerhammer]

Some peoe can do it and some people can't and that's a fact. Some people strive for perfection, some people never make it past the minimum requirement. Just like with a rifle, ranges that some people consider unethical. Some of us consider a chip shot.  If he has it, he has it, maybe he can stretch it out to 100 yards next year. Either way, well done. He put it on the money and in the freezer. There are plenty of people still staring at their un notched elk tag and he isn't one of them.

[jnevs23]

You know what would impress me more? A 10 yard shot

[Recurve-Elk]

This thread could get ugly, just saying  . 

As for my reaction, I am glad the shot was a clean kill!  A lot of people can sink those shots just fine, but their chance of wounding an animal is obviously higher than a shot taken at say 50.  I personally don't shoot past about 30-35 yards, but that is just because I know I am a pretty poor shot past that.  If Ive got my recurve ill limit to 20 yards max.  Everybody is different.  I know a guy who put an arrow in the heart on a mule deer doe from 90 yards. 

[longknife]

Not saying it cant be done, i have taken a nice 4point buck 90yrds uphill shot(heart shot).  But i would never take one again. Just too much that can go wrong