longest shot?

[Broken Arrow]

its all good diggie....i think we may have avoided a 20 page meltdown!

[RadSav]

I haven't been too good about remembering dates.  Just looked at the picture in my entry.  I guess Fred told me that story in '86 at the Houston Astro Hall/S.H.O.T.


This is the first thing you see when you enter my house...Fred and Duke!  Yeah, I'm an archery geek

[h20hunter]

Now thats cool.

[kentrek]

They were true sportsman and bowhunters...

In '85 I was lucky enough to have a long sit down with Fred Bear at the SHOT show.  One of the more funny stories he told was of his longest bow kill.  I can't remember what country he was in, but he was hunting tiger.  He said when he saw the cat it was too far away and he figured his only chance to kill the cat was to shoot an arrow over it's back into some rocks and maybe it would come his way for a closer shot.  "I missed the rocks and killed the cat instead".  When I asked how far the shot was he said, "Far enough a guy couldn't hit a hillside full of rocks."

I was only able to sit down and talk with him three times before he passed away.  But, those three days are at the top of my three best days ever!  He was such an entertaining man.

Cool story,I have that hunt on film an he doesn't mention that portion of the story...I have another film of Fred telling that exact story tho..said he even double lunged it   :
 

[MLBowhunting]

I like it Bryan

[RadSav]

Cool story,I have that hunt on film an he doesn't mention that portion of the story...I have another film of Fred telling that exact story tho..said he even double lunged it   :
 

Who produced that film?  I would like to get that!

[kentrek]

Cool story,I have that hunt on film an he doesn't mention that portion of the story...I have another film of Fred telling that exact story tho..said he even double lunged it   :
 

Who produced that film?  I would like to get that!

Not sure..I found it at black sheep in lewiston...I bought the last one ! Il be home later tonight il get ya the info of who ev made it....if you can't get it any more you more then welcome to my collection..I prolly don't need it for a couple years lol

[wrongway]

WOW this thread makes me sick, I hate it when people tell me I am not a sportman just because I shoot over 40 yards with my bow. I have killed several deer and elk at over 40 yards, my deer was at 62 this year. I have killed elk out to 80 yards. I cant count how many I have killed under 20 yards as well, one year the combined yardage of my deer and elk kill was three yards.

[duckmen1]

52 yards on cow elk. I do practice a lot and was very confident in the  shot. It went 50 to 60 yards and was done.

[4fletch]

Hornseeker is talking straight arrow and the others in the 45 yrd range, ( Talking about elk ) unless the arrows are extremely heavy there will be less penetration at longer distances hitting a rib bone going in will most likely make it  a possible a one lung shot or a marginal shot which means lost animal or a long cruel death a lot can happen to the arrow in  60 yards ,  I brag about my close shots 15 , 20 yrd ers

[jay.sharkbait]

I will never post details regarding my hunts on HuntWa.

Never

[coachcw]

Gringo . 40, 100 and 300 . did you just pull those numbers outta you hinie ?

[jay.sharkbait]

Gringo . 40, 100 and 300 . did you just pull those numbers outta you hinie ?

the 300 number had me laughing

[gonehuntin68]

Anyone who shoots over 47 yards is not a true sportsman or bowhunter... it is unethical and would make Fred Bear roll over in his grave. Howard Hill too.... Geesh....

You need more practice.

52 yards cow elk. She went about 75 yards.

[snarkybull]

53 yards on a cow elk....call the ethics police!!!