Farthest shot
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Re: Farthest shot
....and to answer Chad's question ...under the right conditions and confidence at that time I would take the shot at long range. Thats just me though. Nothing but respect for everyone else's opinion and personal shot distances.
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Re: Farthest shot
X2, I could not have said it better.halfbreed wrote:....and to answer Chad's question ...under the right conditions and confidence at that time I would take the shot at long range. Thats just me though. Nothing but respect for everyone else's opinion and personal shot distances.
If all the conditions are right, I would take a long shot in a heartbeat with my 405.
Re: Farthest shot
Like has been said above, the conditions at the moment have the biggest impact on what an ethical shot is. Is the deer alone ? Are there Turkeys in the same area ? Windy ? Dew Point ? Agitated deer or relaxed ?
For the sake of arguement, Say an arrow that starts traveling at 330 fps and maintained that velocity would take .55 seconds to travel 60 (180ft)yards. Now remember that sound travels at 1,125 feet per second or 3.42 times faster than your arrow.
So in .16 seconds he hears the shot and has 4 more tenths of a second to react ?
So what can go wrong ? lol quite a bIt actually.
For the sake of arguement, Say an arrow that starts traveling at 330 fps and maintained that velocity would take .55 seconds to travel 60 (180ft)yards. Now remember that sound travels at 1,125 feet per second or 3.42 times faster than your arrow.
So in .16 seconds he hears the shot and has 4 more tenths of a second to react ?
So what can go wrong ? lol quite a bIt actually.
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Re: Farthest shot
O.K. IMHO, I am from the old school, I started bow hunting in 1960 and back then everything was the closer the better, we didn't have all of todays modern high tech equipment, so I am stuck with my old ways, back then if it was farther than 20 yds. we simply would not shoot..... now I hunt with a equinox,,,,, but I still can't bring myself to shoot at longer distances, but I did get cocky when I first got it and shot one at 32 yds. But to sum this up if you have the confidence that everything is right, and you can make a humane shot then by all means go fer it,!!!!
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known as doe bow
vixenmaster custom string
swacker bhs, 2/1/4" cut 120 grn.
xx75 Easton 2219,s
firebolt arrows
S5 pads
if it ain't broke don't fix it
be safe in all you do
see ya in the woods
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Re: Farthest shot
no more than 30