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October 21st, 2019, 05:39 PM
#101
Originally Posted by
Fox
So you think that 20 yards is pushing it with a modern crossbow?
LOL! Crossbow is a different story. I’ve been really working on my compound skills as of late so that’s where my heads at. Should have been clearer. I’m comfortable with my crossbow to 30 or 35 yards. More than that is a bit shaky for me.
My compound bow I would use up to 20 yards. Anything more is a no for me. I’m sure others can do better but it’s all about staying within ones limits...
Last edited by Mr.Boiler; October 21st, 2019 at 05:44 PM.
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October 21st, 2019 05:39 PM
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October 21st, 2019, 06:07 PM
#102
Originally Posted by
Fox
Nope, I am actually wondering why he thinks that 20 yards is the absolute max for bow hunting deer with a modern crossbow? Is he actually not using a crossbow but rather a traditional bow? I have a 40lb long bow that I shot every day for a summer before the hunt and would only sit in a stand that limited me to 10 yards with that particular bow. Maybe there is some physical reason why the range of 20 yards is the max limit with 10 yards being average.
I am honestly wondering why? 10 yards is nothing for something with any kind of sight on it, 20 yards is an average range for slow bows.
Perhaps these are his own personal set limits. Which more bow hunters should have.
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October 21st, 2019, 06:23 PM
#103
So you think that 20 yards is pushing it with a modern crossbow?
I interpreted that it was a max he set for himself.
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October 22nd, 2019, 06:32 AM
#104
Originally Posted by
Mr.Boiler
LOL! Crossbow is a different story. I’ve been really working on my compound skills as of late so that’s where my heads at. Should have been clearer. I’m comfortable with my crossbow to 30 or 35 yards. More than that is a bit shaky for me.
My compound bow I would use up to 20 yards. Anything more is a no for me. I’m sure others can do better but it’s all about staying within ones limits...
See that makes a lot more sense to me 
. This is the point of my comments, the bow in use and the comfort and control of the user plays a significant part in the ethical range. I have no problem at 40+ yards on a deer with my exomax with a clean shooting lane but, my long bow and compound bow do not go hunting now as I cannot make the time at the moment to practice, it would not be ethical to sling arrows at any animal if I did not know I was going to land that arrow in the right spot.
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