From: Crow
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Date: 09-Oct-17 |
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Went hunting this morning. Only found s couplevtracks. One small rub.Didnt see snythong. Took a shot at what I guessed to be 30 yards.Heres s pic the small tree laying cross wsys has whatblooks like a big leaf leaning on it.I zoomed the phone in so it may not look that far.
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From: Crow
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Date: 09-Oct-17 |
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I cant get my second pic to post.Dangit,,, Antway im very confident outvto around 32to 44 yards. Thats a major improvement over my old shootong. Once i lowered my anchor and started aiming and using a little gapping and a little string walking my shooting has greatly improved and its more consistant. Thanks to all the help from everyone here and watching Jimmy Blackmon videos.
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From: Crow
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Date: 09-Oct-17 |
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Gee that suppose to be 32 to 34. Anyway im confident out to that distance.
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From: Bowguy
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Date: 09-Oct-17 |
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Congrats on great and confident shooting. Here's where I'm gonna give you something to think about. 32-34 yards in the woods is pretty far. Long distance for things to go wrong. On another note your effective range while hunting will be less, never exactly what you do calmly in good light. Hope you understand and follow that.
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From: Crow
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Date: 09-Oct-17 |
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Yes I do. Thanks for that statement and that is how i feel also. Just a little bragging on the 32 yards bug most if not all my shots will be under 20. Even better woukd be under 15. I would not try to shoot over 20 on deer and i really dont want it to be that far. Thanks again bowguy.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 09-Oct-17 |
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Not everyone is confined to short yardages. You need to know what you're capable of on a consistent basis. Many times a longer shot is less likely to be "ducked" than a short one. It's up to the person...their ability, and their confidence...and the ability to read the deer as well.
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From: Missouribreaks
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Date: 09-Oct-17 |
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Thirty two yards is a short shot for many of todays hunters. Personally, I like 20 yards and under, and from the ground. Never was a great shot beyond 25 yards, so I hunt close and low.
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From: Fiero Furry
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Date: 09-Oct-17 |
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Great shot Crow! ...as far as taking one on a animal I would not go past 15-20 yards depending on how thick the cover is. It is not just about if you can hit the animal or can shoot consistent 100 yard shots but about what is in between you and the animal that counts too. Myself and most others included cannot see a half inch sapling in front of a deer's vitals. I hunt some pretty thick stuff because that is where my bucks like to travel-lol, so most of my harvest are less than 10 yards.
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From: Fiero Furry
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Date: 09-Oct-17 |
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Inside that little window of opportunity in above pic. His travel corridor to his bed on a South wind only, traveling east to west.
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From: David McLendon
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Date: 09-Oct-17 |
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Here is a point to ponder as well. Over story can be an issue as illustrated in the above pics and comes into play more often with a slower arrow and high arcing trajectory. So for a longer shot with overhead cover you are better off with a faster flatter shooting bow/arrow combination. Also less time of flight for something to happen after the arrow leaves. Great shot BTW and a good confidence builder for a shot of any distance. Practice at longer distances makes for more confident shots at shorter ranges.
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From: dean
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Date: 09-Oct-17 |
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30 is not that far, but it takes practice. With any shot at any range on game, the deciding factor has to include what the animal is up to and where it is looking.
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From: dean
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Date: 09-Oct-17 |
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I would take a 40 yard shot at at preoccupied deer if his vision and alertness at me was not an issue. I pass on under 15 yard shots every year, when a deer has got me nailed down and I am out of position. I quite often get those same deer when they are leaving, after they have checked me over and looking away. Of course those are most of the time over 20 yards, but if the deer is not alarmed, it is a new game. I shoot best at a one thousand one tempo out to 30 yards, beyond that I add a bit of hard aim time. I only hunt on the ground.
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From: Draven
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Date: 09-Oct-17 |
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Great confidence builder, nice shot. I did something while shooting 3D course I train : I make small movies from time to time to put pressure on me and to verify form. On top of this I realised that at 30 yards between release sound and impact is a second of fly. Inside 18 yards the release and impact are almost simultaneous. I would not shoot a living thing with “awareness on” at 30 yards. On course I shoot 40 and 50 without problem.
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From: sheepdogreno
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Date: 09-Oct-17 |
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If your confident in yourself than that's all that matters! Where I hunt I won't even have a shot opportunity more than 18 yds. And I like it that way. I can hit the insert all day at 25 and sometimes consistently out to 35 but in a hunting scenario I know for me I'd never try it. I enjoy dropping back to big yardage in my practice to boost my confidence as well!!! Thanks for sharing!!
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From: zwickey2bl
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Date: 09-Oct-17 |
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When I was shooting every day I was pretty confident out to about 35, and killed two deer at 37 and 38 long steps. Even then, I knew those were long distances and would only take a shot like that under ideal conditions. For example, one of those deer's vitals were bracketed between two trees, I figured it was either a kill or hit a tree. It was a kill.
These days, with less practice time, I'm a 20 yard shooter, and in my present hunting spots, that's a long shot. It's brushy. 10-15 yards is more likely. A man's gotta know his limitations.
Good shooting, Crow. Keep up the practice.
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