How far do you practice?

[Timberghost]

Lets hear it, lately I've been shooting out to 80, which is as far as I can get on my yard, and it makes everything closer a breeze. How far do you guys shoot?

[carolinagreenhead]

50 yds is as far as I go.

[DocHolladay]

I can go to 60yds at my buddies house

[BigAL64]

50 is my last pin so 50 it is.

[Timberghost]

50 is my last pin so 50 it is.

You just have to add a little bit of air beneath your pin lol.

[BigAL64]

50 is my last pin so 50 it is.

You just have to add a little bit of air beneath your pin lol.

Would never try a shot over 40 anyway. To much chance for movement at the sound of the string. Respect the animal to much.

[2eagles]

What is this the Robin Hood forum? You guys are real shooters! I practice mostly at twenty yards. I keep all my shots less than 25 yards. I like to be real close to my prey when I shoot because so much can go wrong with long shots. I agree those 50 - 60 yard practice shots make the closer shots seem easy. I do OK though, 13 deer bow kills the last four years. Got to love Iowa where there's a P&Y buck behind every tree. I saw it on TV.

[DocHolladay]

I have a different answer for how far I shoot when bow hunting, but that wasn't asked. It was asked, how far we practice. 60yds is my answer.

[oklongbeard]

I practice to 70. My bow carries a lot of kinetic energy but not enough speed for the distance. Meaning it would kill at that range but I wouldn't be comfortable shooting at that range in fear the animal might move.


But my bow is old by today's bow's standards......


As for recurve, nothing past 20.

[BertoMurray]

The farest i shoot was 50 yards. Not so impressive but i keep practicing. The next week i will try 60 yards.