Justin’s FB post on Distance

30 yards for me. Even though I practice shooting out to 70.

 

this is good entertainment to say the least!

 

Does it make me ethically superior if I sit on a corn pile so I don't have to shoot them past 40 yards?

 

I think my question is how many guys shoot a deer at 40 yards because they dont want to take a chance waiting for it to get closer? We have all had buck fever and certainly our thought process is altered in the moment. When the deer is feeding off or you’re losing light can you say no to a 40 yard shot? To me its easy to pass on 95% of the deer i see at 40 yards as i think a lot of things can go wrong at that distance. Can i make that decision on the buck of a lifetime if i believe its my only chance, to be totally honest that i dont know. I would also note that a lot of guys will take shots at deer from 20 ft up that are right below their stand and lose a lot of animals that way. Which is a worse shot?

 

Under the right circumstance and the right buck I'll shoot past 40 yds. But that's me each to their own.

 

I dont like shooting at things past 20 yds. Every bow set I make I try to get my stand within 15 yds of a deer.

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I understand that. I would have to agree. That’s ideal and I love that too.


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All my sets are planned out at 20 yards...and that where 90% of all my kills have happened, give or take a yard or two.

 

I usually try and hide a couple of claymores in a corn pile. Saves on arrows and the retrieval of chunks of meat instead of a whole carcass is far easier.

 

Headgear should never have one single thing to do with shot distance.

 

So a doe at 40 yards is ok then?

 

Absolutely!

It drives me nuts that guys will take iffy shots because a buck has a huge rack or because, "it's just a doe". But, that will never change, and so on we go.

 

Yeah I saw that comment the other day and was wondering if somebody was going to say something. I agree. If you respect the game your chasing, then all deer should be treated the same. What ever your ethical distance may be, it should be the same for all deer.

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I agree that all deer should be treated the same doe or buck. However if we are going to be totally honest i think that most guys are going to take a shot thats less than ideal on a monster buck. The buck i shot this year i had at 12 yards 3 years ago but he was over my neighbors fence and i had a couple branches in the way. I opted not to shoot and got a much older bigger him this year. I dont think a shot should ever be forced but distance is just one factor. I know guys that shouldn't be shooting at 20 yards because they dont practice at all. 40 yards is a long way with adrenaline pumping and animals can move.

 

I just wanted to say I only have 2 pins on my sight. 20yd and 30 yd. That's the only distances I practice at and that is the only distances I have taken deer at.

 

is the point of video that at distance its easy to not make great shot, to not get pass throughs, and that the animal will run a seemingly long ways?

 

170" at 42yds he's not getting any closer other than he's over "40 yards"everything else in good. I'm just saying I'm shooting him.

 

I would shoot a one horned spike at 68 if i was desperate enough ....

 

I think some of these people need a rangefinder that fudges the numbers a bit, so if the deer is at 40 yards and a foot away the rangefinder says 39