I'm not trying to start a debate about which broad head is best. Just wondering whats the longest shot you will take at a deer with a fixed blade? For me 30 to 40 yards. I'd take a 30+ shot as long as wind was not howling. I'm shooting G5 Montec CS with a 60lb draw.
Fixed blade or mechanical, nothing over 30 yards. Too hard to know if the deer will still be in the same place once the arrow gets there. No reason to be taking longer shots.
^^ what he said, i can shoot a fixed blade and a mech at a target at 100 yards and hit it dead on, but at a animal, nothing over 30 yards for me
You probably should hope some elk & mule deer hunters chime in. 30yds will seem "chippy". Wow. They get better every year. How big is your target?
I personaly have harvested animals well past 30yds. But i have past on many more than not over that distance. For me it's a situation thing mostly.
personally i'll take a 40 yrd shoot if its a very open shot and the wind isnt a factor but thats hardly ever the case. usually its 30 and under. even then you have to be thoughtful of shot placement. you owe it to the animal to make a humane kill. wether you shoot fixed or mechanical broadheads you have to know your limits as a hunter and a archer. circumstances have led to bad shots for us all and i'm sure we've all felt that sickening feeling b/c of that. I shoot a magnus stinger 100 grain 4-blade.
To Jeff's point, the answers will vary dependant upon a lot of factors. Out West, if you don't shoot an animal past 30 yards you're going to go home empty-handed and eating tag soup most of the time. I prefer not to shoot past 40 myself, especially when hunting at home. But then again, I've got greater control of placing more mitigating factors under my own control (stand placement, etc.). If I had limited my shots to that on my recent elk hunt, my taxidermist would have been $800 poorer this year.
Everyone's set up, hunting environment, prey of choice, and physical capabilities are different. Therefore everyone's answers will differ.
For me it's the same for any head. If the wind (or any other factor) is such that it would call me to question shooting an expandable in place of a fixed head, I ain't shooting. I am no that talented to shoot that difference.
Under the right conditions I have no problem shooting at 40. I have taken many shots in the 30-35 yard range. I love those 15 yarders though Three years ago I let the biggest Buck I would have ever taken with Bow walk at 40 Broadside, a 160+. There was a 25-30 mph crosswind and he was nervous anyway. Just depends on the conditions and the situation.
I was shooting my block from a stand the other day at 40 yards. I'm confident I can make that shot. It sure looks a long ways away though. I prefer 20 and in. That dude that's dead nutts at 100 yds, cudos....
I would take a 50 yard shot with my muzzy 3 blade if there was no wind.I practice alot at 50, 60 and 70. Whitetale hunting from a stand most shots are 15 to 30. I took one deer at 40 two seasons ago and hit him about 4 inches below the spine far back. The shot hit a main artery, clear pass through, and it sounded as if a balloon burst when I hit him. He went down within 30 yards. You must have a well tuned bow to shoot at those ranges with muzzy's. I would think the Montec's G-5's would be even more accurate as I have shot them and I really liked the way they fly. My brother hunts exotics and elk and most often he has shots not less than 40, 50 to 55 being the norm and he uses either G-5's or Magnus stingers. Of major concern would be a whitetale jumping the string at longer distances before the arrow got there, this would be a major reason, if any, I'd pass on the longer shots.
