whoa no need to get all bent out of shape. im like you i wont take that long of shot ether. but i just wanted to say that i dont think that the point of bow hunting is to get close.
The farthest I wold shoot is 40 yards with a bow. Now I practice up to 60 yards, but I would never take a shot like that. It's just not ethical.
To each their own, but I would never take anywhere close to a 100 yard shot. I practice long shots all the time and feel confident shooting long ranges, but to much can happen between yourself and the deer when you start talking long ranges.
I think you meant the coriolis effect, but that applies to about 1000m+ sniper shots. at 100yards you dont need to account for it. It starts that fast and in the one second it takes to hit the target it doesn't slow down 200%. After a few seconds it would start dropping off more and more, but in one second it wouldnt. Tfox was right on. Maybe 1.2-1.5 seconds max. Someone should maybe do a real world test?
Haha not bent outta shape brah, just saying. I like being up close and personal while I practice from 60 yds I prefer 20-30 yds angles are the best for me.
Guarantee it will not hit the target in exactly 1 second because air resistance slows the arrow as soon as it is released. Also how much the arrow is affected by the air depends on the conditions. That is fact...that is physics. I said originally that it was not 3 seconds and I even said I did not know how long. Now if you want to talk about theoretically in a vacuum with no air resistance, then yes exactly one second because there would be no air friction slowing it down.
Personally, my theoretical max is 50 yards and that would have to be a wide open field shot. I've taken one 50 yard shot in my few years of bowhunting and that didn't turn out well. I forgot to allow for the arc in my heavy arrow trajectory and "killed" an oak limb 15 yards from my stand. As I said, we do practice at long range, but 85 yards is the max range that my bow sight will dial, and to be totally honest, I'm just not really good enough at that yardage to take a hunting shot. Based on what I've read here others may very well be good enough, but I know that I'm just not consistent enough at that range to risk it. I still say that there's one aspect of this that is being largely ignored. There's a huge difference in a target shot and a shot at a live animal. How many "chip shot range" shots have we seen on TV or in real life that were "a little high" or "a little back"? Do you think those guys shoot that badly at targets? The pressure and the adrenalin rush totally change the dynamics of the situation. I just don't see most people being able to keep it together well enough to put a shot on a live deer at 80 plus yards like they can on a target at 80. That's not to say that there aren't some of you out there with nerves of steel and the ability to do it, but I'm not one of them.
100 yards? I would have walked right then and there..... I found this on NAPs website awhile back and it must have set wrong with me because I thought of it when I read this post. 64 yard shot in what would appear heavy cover. Maybe the camera angle was deceiving. Cover or not I think its irresponsible no matter how good you are... [video]http://www.newarchery.com/videogallery/new-archery-nation/eric-hale-iowa-buck-with-nap-killzone-broadhead-1376/[/video]
ALL of my big buck kills have been well over 100 yds, its not a problem with my pink princess bow. I just aim at the clouds and let er fly. But I shoot a REALLY big expandable broadhead!!!
Because, even a relaxed deer can take a step before that arrow gets there, and you have a gutshot animal. Fact
I would never shoot anything I respect at that distance...I respect the animal I pursue too much to do that.
Years ago,like 30 or so, I took up bowhunting the first time. I had an old Bear Whitetail with like a 45 or 50 lb draw. I was shooting some aluminum arrows that I grabbed off the shelf. I wasn't using a release or sight and thought I was all that if I could group my arrows at 20 yd. I had shot at longer distances but not consistant. Well I had a small forky looking at me from 40 or 50 yds. I shot and the arrow "at" him. It hit at his feet and he jumped. he then started walking towards me and I swear he was laughing. I laughed too and we parted ways. I loaned that bow to a friend who bow hunted and he was going to "tune" it and I never got it back. Fast forward 30 years and I now have a new bow with sights, release, carbon arrows, rangefinder and other toys. I am pretty confident out to 50 yards after practicing 4-5 times a week. But I think about 100yd shots and I can't get that forky laughing at me out of my mind and would quit bow hunting again if I went through that again.
I hate it for you that its all about the kill with you. Unfortunately there seems to be alot of "bowhunters" that think the same way you do. Just kill it. It doesnt matter how far it is or anything else, just kill it.
If your after getting close to a deer then use a knife Rambo. I hunt deer to fill the freezer and put racks on the wall. So if I decide to shoot a bow at 80 yards or a rifle at 800 that's my business. If I wound animal and lose them then criticize. But please enough of the "real" hunter bs. Trail cameras, bait, 300 fps bows, range finders, scent proof clothes all allowed. But far shot??? What are you sick!!!! If you want to close to something furry call a 1-900 #.
To everyone who respectively says they don't shoot that far I apologize the thread got side tracked. I respect your yardage if if 5 or 500. If you can do it, all the power to you.
Thread topics that get posted a couple times a year: Ethical length of a shot? Crossbow should not be be allowed? Expandable broadheads vs. fixed heads
