This a.m. a guy hunting a couple of hundred yards from me shot a seven point buck. He was using a compound bow. The arrow hit the hind quarter on a heavy angle toward his front quarter and did not exit. The buck traveled 80 yards and dropped. He said his range finder showed the buck to be 52 yards off. That's a great shot.
Anyway, the reason I brought this to the forum is to show that these compound bow hunters are making long shots. There is no way, they can claim that a crossbow has a range advantage over a compound bow.
Long shots are made by people that practice long shots and have a range finder. It was a bit breezy this morning too. As he told me when I said, "Good shot!" , he said, "More like good luck".
Here is a picture . . .nice buck, small tight rack.
It was an active morning. It has finally cooled down enough here in Ga to feel like it's "the season".

I saw two deer, two coyotes, a tom turkey and several squirrels. One deer came within 15 feet of me, but, it was a fawn. It still had spots on it's little legs. The other deer snorted at me and ran off before daylight. The coyotes were nice and big . . .would have had me one, but, we are only allowed to kill deer on the public property I'm hunting(we also have to stop hunting at 10a.m. and let the joggers, walkers, horseback riders, and such use the property). One of the coyotes headed straight at me, I raised the bow at 10 yards and he froze. I was planning on shooting if he had continued toward me after I gave away my position. After about 15 seconds, he headed for the bushes. The big Tom would have been safe, he crossed behind me well after the coyotes left the scene.
The acrons were falling off the big White Oak I was resting against. I'll be back there Friday.
I'd rather wear out than rust out.
Perception trumps intention.
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