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I don't shoot my compound as much anymore and don't hunt with it much. I'm likeing my longbow and 15 yards is my comfort zone. However I can tag a playing card pretty easy at 50 yards with my Hoyt and feel very confident to 60 yards. On a target.
All of us who have bowhunted a while have made a bad shot. I've seen deer do some amazing twists moving out of the way of arrows and I've just plain screwed up a shot.
Given a deer can take just a step forward and throw a shot off 8" much less a string jumper reaction. And that is at any given range.
But it's not about drama. It's about what some feel is a complete lack of respect for what bowhunting should be. Close and personal. Working to get in that deer's comfort zone. 43 is stretching it but I've seen Kip Campbell make a bad shot at 60 yards and I was really disappointed in his judgement. I don't think you're a bad person or even hunter for taking the shot. And I'm really glad you feel sick above the outcome. If you didn't that would be cause for some drama.
Rifle hunting has them as well. Long range "hunters".
The long range shooters of any discipline are excellent marksmen no doubt. But that doesn't make them hunters. However that is a personal call. In the end we are the only ones responsible for our choices. Good, bad or indifferent.
Gary
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Most deer I shoot are 10-20 yards. I have only shot one deer at 32 yards, she was a fat doe, head down eating winter wheat. I have killed jackrabbits, hogs & coyotes at longer distances. My #1 goal on a bow is to make it as quiet as possible. Hard to pass on that big boy at 30 plus but in my opinion too much can go wrong. I choose to pass if the shot is not just right. I hate watching these guys shoot animals at 70+ yards on videos.
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