Longest kill shot with xbow??

[sportsman70003]

what was the longest shot and animal taken with your Excalibur???

[Boo]

Thirty-eight yards. Raking away, head down, eating and completely relaxed. If all the conditions didn't exist I would not have taken the shot. Otherwise 30 yards is my max.

[rt2bowhunter]

Like Boo, I shot a Buck last year 37,38yds with my Y25. Before that in side 30yds.

[Farmer]

A doe at 43 yards ( with a Exocet165 w carved limbs ) but only because I thought my buddy had already shot shot her .

[Masboy]

40yds. For me, our deer go bonkers when they here my vortex go twang! I prefer close as I can get and have better luck using my quietier vixen with heavy arrows.

[vixenmaster]

41 yds in 09 used me E'cet 200 fer that one. Wouldn't have been that long but he refused to stop walkin!

[DuckHunt]

I've taken two doe at a ranged 40 yards with my ExoMax. Both were clean kills at relaxed deer. I took a shot at a doe that was alert at 38 yards and the deer almost pulled a Matrix maneuver before the arrow arrived. Luck was on my side and it was still a quick clean kill, but I wouldn't do it again. I prefer my shots to be in the 25 to 30 yard range. I want them close, but not too close.

DuckHunt

[Woodspike]

... I want them close, but not too close.

DuckHunt

DH- Take a deer at 7 yards with a longbow, and tell me it's not a rush.


First year with the Excal, all my kills were around 20 yards... Might be willing to stretch it to 35 next year if the conditions are right.

[kd8jgu]

I try to keep within 40yrds when deer hunting (weather permitting)
Hog hunting I am trying to keep everything with in 30yrds.

[agingcrossbower]

32yards quatering away and recovery was short.

[Hester0305]

35 yards was the longest so far I would try one at 40 if the conditions were perfect and the deer was completely relaxed.

[yooper_man]

My first and only kill so far was this year a big whitetailed doe at 25 yards broadside with The (Equinox) Beast. I pass on game over 30 yards which is my maximum.

yooper_man

[wabi]

While I usually keep shots close I did shoot one at 21 yards a couple seasons back.
And I have shot a few at less than 10 yards.

[Normous]

My first deer shot with my Exocet (1993) was a longshot and I had to finish the doe with my knife. Since then I have harvested 35 +/- deer with my Excalibur's under 20 yards. Too many variables can and do happen as the shot distance increases, therefore I constantly try to improve my hunting skill to keep shots close. My recovery rate is very good and the way I see it, keeping shots close leads to increased hunting success. I am not a fan of long shots.

[taz3]

Is this too close?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-1uYxXLmNs