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How far are you willing to shoot..... #403168 08/11/08 10:17 PM
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What is your max distance that you are willing to take a shot on a Game animal?

Gun yardage = ?
Bow yardage = ?

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Re: How far are you willing to shoot..... [Re: Brother in-law] #403169 08/11/08 10:35 PM
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30 yargds with my bow
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40yrds bow
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Don't bow hunt but abt 175 with gun. I have dropped one abt 160 to 170 before.


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I'm comfortable out to 300 with my rifle, but only from the solid rest in my blind, or from a prone position. Maybe 200 from across the hood, or out of the door jamb.


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The farthest shot I have ever attempted was a touch over 450, and I droped the first 10 point I had ever killed right in his tracks with that shot!! I seriously doubt I would ever attempt a shot like that again now that I know just how much luck played into that shot!

I would say the max for me under ideal conditions is about 375! I have shot several deer between 250 and 311 yards all with clean one shot kills, so I figure 375 would be a good stoping point!

Even with high powered scopes those deer still look tiny at those distances!!


Re: How far are you willing to shoot..... [Re: JCB] #403175 08/11/08 11:46 PM
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Bow 35 yds
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Have shot elk out to 600 yds and deer at 500+ yds. Have custom built 300 win mag using hand load. Gun will drive tacks at 400 yds.


Re: How far are you willing to shoot..... [Re: JCB] #403176 08/11/08 11:51 PM
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Sorry, I don't really hunt with a bow, but hope to kill a javelina this next year and I ain't planning on take a shot of more than about 5 or 6 yards.

As for rifle hunting, with me, it all depends on the game being shot at and the location where I am hunting.

Out in Pecos county, I would try a 300 yard shot on a white tail.

Over the rest of the areas I have hunted, 200 yards would be on the outer edge of how far I would attempt a shot.

Elk/Pronghorn/Mule Deer, I will take a 350 to 400 yard shot if I have to.

If I can get closer I prefer it, but some times that just don't work out.

If I had my choice however, I would limit my shots to 100 yards or less.


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Re: How far are you willing to shoot..... [Re: Brother in-law] #403177 08/11/08 11:52 PM
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I don't bowhunt,yet.....but the farthest I will shoot with a rifle is about 200 yds. I feel comfortable out to that distance with my primary rifle and practice at that range, but where I hunt I don't have any shots that far. That would be the longest range I feel comfortable at, and I would rather not take a shot than make a bad shot and lose an animal.


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Shot a muledeer at 410 yds with a solid rest, without a good rest, probably 300 or so.


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i'll go 250 but move from a neck to a shoulder shot...30-06



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35-40 bow,
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Never had a shot further than 75yds on a deer yet, but pig have dropped at 200+.


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Bow = Probably about 30 yards ( I shoot instinctively so I don't measure range)
Gun = under ideal conditions, 400 yards



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bow 40 yards

rifle I feel real confident at 400, and ok at 500. I practice at 200 and 300 every time I shoot. I have shot at almost 500 at a target, but never a deer. Most of my shoots are between 100 and 300 yards.


Re: How far are you willing to shoot..... [Re: helomech] #403184 08/12/08 12:55 AM
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deer 200 yards

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Re: How far are you willing to shoot..... [Re: Brother in-law] #403186 08/12/08 01:53 AM
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Depends on the gun I am shooting...Poops gun=20 yards max. He missed a bobcat at 30 with it.

Bow at anything besides a hog 30 yards. Except if I ever get an op. for an Elk. Hog with a bow...no distance too far!


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Depends on which rock i'm shooting at.


Re: How far are you willing to shoot..... [Re: Johnny_J_JaMata] #403188 08/12/08 02:41 AM
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Bow, 25-30;
Rifle....1000 at paper; varies by situation at game;
Sig P226....100yards at silhouettes is pretty easy, have hit at 200 at about 40%


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20-25 with the bow if its a deer, varmits and hogs there is not much limit.

200 with the rifle. I can pass on the shot and come back next time with a better set up.



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Depending on the Wind- 350 to 400. I normally pass on anything over 300.

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Bow- 40yds
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Bow-50yds and gun 200yds maybe just a little farther.



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