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Long Range Shot With a Selfbow
StickMark:
flat terrain, 15 yards, if I am honest
steep uphill, steep downhill, 20-22 yards.
TimBo:
About 15 yards for me too. I would like to improve to the point that I can put the arrow right where I want it at 30 yards (I can dream!), but I doubt that I will ever feel right about taking a shot at a deer from more than 20.
BowEd:
I like 5 to 10 yards myself.Not only the scouting of movement getting honed but ambush placements/stalking tactics/scent and wind too.More so on the same level with the animal improving other hunting skills besides relying on technology to make up the difference.
bjrogg:
I'm like Ed. About 9 yards is my sweet spot. I'd be pretty comfortable at 15 but a lot depends on the the animal. It gets hard to draw on a animal when they are that close to. I'd rather shoot 12 yards at one that just walked past me and is looking somewhere else Than a five yard broadside with deer on high alert. I'm still very much learning this type of hunting yet but I really love it and find it extremely rewarding.
Bjrogg
bradsmith2010:
10 or 15
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