90 YARD BOW KILL........

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I was looking around in the trophy room and come across a guy in rutherford county who claims he shot a 8 pointer at 90 yards....Is that a mis-print or mis-type ? Has anyone on here killed a deer at 90 yards ? I thought maybe it could have been cross bow, but that still is a heck of a shot too. It's hard for me to believe that.
 
More likely a compound bow than a crossbow. A crossbow loses speed and KE much quicker (usually).

It's possible and if you believe what you read on some of the big archery boards there are those who take those shots.
 
ShaneHallum said:
I can't focus past 40yds.

I would love to watch somebody shoot that distance.
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Come on over one afternoon. :D

FITA events are 30M, 50M, 70M and 90M. We shoot field archery out to 80yds. It's a lot of fun to shoot long range and helps with short range shooting.
 
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i saw a guy kill a pronghorn on video at 93yds. my dad and brother met him when he came and spoke at their church. he is an olympic-class archer, and had patterned that goat for a couple days, but couldnt get any closer to where it was coming to drink. practiced the shot for a whole day before he killed it. very cool, but not within the ablilty of all but the very, very best archers.
 
I noticed that when I approved the picture for the trophy room.
Could be a typo, could be the actual yardage.

I know two things.

1) A 90 yard kill with a bow is doable.
2) You will get CRUCIFIED if you admit to doing it.
 
I know of a guy who has killed 2 at exactly 100 yds! With a compound. Both deer dropped in their tracks. I would never try it but it has been done.
 
I'd say it's doable but that's stepping it on out there. Furtherest I've ever killed one at was 76 yards. A few reasons I took the shot. #1. I knew the exact distance via range finder and how my sight adjusts to that point. #2. The distance from my porch to my target is 75 yds and I shoot off it all the time when I'm too lazy to go for a full shooting session. #3. Relaxed deer and wide open field with no obstructions.
 
Long range shots arent for everyone! You need to have confidance at the yrds you are shooting. I shot a turkey at 101 yrds luckly with a friend range finding it for me so i had a witness. lol. But i shoot every day and regurly at 50 and 75 yrds. So 90-100yrd deer shots are very do able if the person practises enough. I do not encourage it though.
 
bparchtech said:
Long range shots arent for everyone! You need to have confidance at the yrds you are shooting. I shot a turkey at 101 yrds luckly with a friend range finding it for me so i had a witness. lol. But i shoot every day and regurly at 50 and 75 yrds. So 90-100yrd deer shots are very do able if the person practises enough. I do not encourage it though.
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I agree 100%. I've seen some folks shooting bows that had no business shooting at a deer beyond 10 yards. And I've seen some that I would be comfortable letting them shoot an apple off my head at 40.

The furtherest I've actually shot and hit something I was aiming at, was 133 yards. I shot a 1 gallon milk jug. Now I wont sit here and lie to you and tell you that I did it my first try. Nope, it took a few tries but I did managed to hit it twice. But I've been shooting a "real" bow and arrow since I was 4 years old and was shooting a homemade bow (out of a stick and kite string and a little tree limb) since I was about 3. I got a little Bear Brave style bow for my 4th birthday and I just turned 27 last month. Have killed many more deer with my bow than I have with ML or gun and traveled many miles shooting tournaments.
 
I don't see why people say it's stupid or unethical.Jealous
of others abilities maybe? ;) Maybe if that person had never
practiced long shooting and was carelessly just flinging arrows
but I have seen some pretty amazing archers that can flat out
shoot.
 
For kicks and giggles earlier this evening I was changing some things around with my bow setup. I moved the scope on my sight to let it go lower...thus enabling further distance. I got it set from 20-60 dead on. Then stepped back to 100 yds (range finder) and now I can hit the red circle on my Yellow Jacket bag target at 100 yds. I can't hit it center every shot but I can hit it :) I switched from Slick Tricks to Rage 2 blade as well.
 

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