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Freak of Nature
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Oh, I'mm NOT saying a quartering away shot is bad, just nothing wrong with straight broadside..... 
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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MAX RANGE 50 in a good open area in the woods u r lucky to shoot 40 yards! I have shot several deer at 45 broadside!
There is no such thing as a Bad day in the woods or on the Water!
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i would not shoot over 30 yards ive killed 70 deer with bow none with gun
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Think of it this way, sound travels over 1000ft per second. My Buck Commander Cross Bow will scoot an arrow 365ft per second. So the further you are from the deer the more likely he will here the sound of your bow and duck to jump causing you to shoot over him. Therefore the closer you are the less likely the sound will reach his ears before the arrow hits his heart. My opinion with a fast bow and noisy woods 40 yards max, 25 yards ideal.
Give thanks for our military men and women. Because of their dedication and sacrifice, you and I are able to enjoy the frredoms we have today in America. God Blesss the USA.
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BIG-AL wants to fire Alabama's offensive coordinator because Alabama sucks so bad, so that eliminates whatever credibility he has on judgement calls.
Broadside is great. So is quartering away.
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12 point
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40 IN the wide open, in the woods 30-35 depending on brush
Roll Tide!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is all...
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30 yds max. never shot further than that at a deer. I prsctice out to 50 butwould never risk injuring one, anything over 30 id unethical.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
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30 yds max. never shot further than that at a deer. I prsctice out to 50 butwould never risk injuring one, anything over 30 id unethical. why is "over 30" unethical???? troy
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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25 yds for me. I want a passthru or maximum penetration. I don't want a wounded animal running around with an arrow hanging out.
Poor penetration on a bad shot could allow an animal to leave the range where I could legally track it too.
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15 to 60 yards for me.i have killed them right under me but dont like the shot angle so i now let them go by and shoot them going away if possible.dont usually have a shot farther than 30 in the woods but its a different story in alot of this pasture land i hunt.
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30 yards for me no matter how much I practice, the idea is to get them as close as I possibly can! Preferred range 6 to 15 yards!
"After all, it is not the killing that brings satisfaction; it is the contest of skill and cunning. The true hunter counts his achievement in proportion to the effort involved and the fairness of the sport." Dr. Saxton Pope
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I love to shoot long range. My last pin is set at 85. I don't hunt at that range but I do hunt farms in SW KY so my range goes farther there than here at home. It's funny when my son watches hunting shows with me. He will laugh at people on tv because they brag about a 40 or 50 yard shot. 
O God, you are my God; early will I seek you. Psalm 63:1
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Freak of Nature
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he laughs because 1. 40 yards is a chip shot?
2. 50 yards is way too far?
troy
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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I know you shoot 50 with your stickbow Fred !
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he laughs because 1. 40 yards is a chip shot?
2. 50 yards is way too far?
troy He laughs because both are chip shots for his dad on our little 3-D range. I'm still his hero and he thinks there is a big S on my T-shirt. He doesn't realize they are shooting in an uncontrolled environment but he does see the poor shots they make and the way practice pays off for me.
O God, you are my God; early will I seek you. Psalm 63:1
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most of the idiots on TV are pretty easy to laugh at, congrats on your son.
troy
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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If your worried about shooting a deer at 50 yards you may as well take a rifle, for your sake and the deer's. Getting super close to the animal is the real thrill with bow hunting, and once you kill a deer that is so close you can hear it chewing it wont even seem like a challenge using a "modern weapon" anymore. Ive only been bow hunting for 4 years (killed 11 deer only one being a buck and a 2.5 year old at that) and since i started Ive only taken a rifle to the stand with me three times or when hunting with my fiance. I have never attempeted a shot over 30 yards most have been 20 or less.
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I practice out to a hundred yards. With a big bodied deer i would go 40yds probably. I have only lost one deer with a bow. A doe at 41yds.
That deer heard and was in motion reacting to the shot. She jumped back and i caught her across the front. Til that experience i honestly never had an appreciation for how fast they can react to noise.
The other deer i have killed were between 17 and 32yds.
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30 yards... when are you realistically going to get a shot over that in the woods? If you can then you aint huntin in the right spots for big daddy.
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all "big daddys" ain't found in the woods......
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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