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<blockquote data-quote="outdooraddict" data-source="post: 182315" data-attributes="member: 9460"><p>J E Custom, I agree I am new to the whole long range rifle thing but I have been shooting archery since I could walk and competitivly about as long. I am currently shooting a martin slayr at 94.5 lbs with a 480gr arrow which gives me 313fps inturn I get approx 104 lbs of energy. I know I can keep a 3in 3 arrow group at 60yds that would be my absolute max on any game and I probably will never take a shot over 45-50 my longest so far is 42 on a nice 8 point white tail. I would say an average bow hunter should not shoot over 35-40 yds on anything. That is part of bowhunting getting close without spooking them. Alot of guys dont have the skill either not trying to pi55 anyone off but I have seen guys that think there Ted Nugent and cant hit a 8" circle at 20yds. Not kidding either we had a local nature center allow bow hunting to help with the deer population one of the requirements was they had to come to our archery shop and shoot 3 arrows in a 8" target not that i agrred with that but it was there rules. Out of 137 try outs 26 passed I was instantly scared for our deer around here. To many people head to there walmart grab a bow/rifle and a handfull of arrows or box of shells and hit the woods it just scares the crap out of me expecialy as Michigan is the most heavily hunted state an average of 310,000 bow licences each year witch is 7.382 hunters per square mile and its even worse for gun hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="outdooraddict, post: 182315, member: 9460"] J E Custom, I agree I am new to the whole long range rifle thing but I have been shooting archery since I could walk and competitivly about as long. I am currently shooting a martin slayr at 94.5 lbs with a 480gr arrow which gives me 313fps inturn I get approx 104 lbs of energy. I know I can keep a 3in 3 arrow group at 60yds that would be my absolute max on any game and I probably will never take a shot over 45-50 my longest so far is 42 on a nice 8 point white tail. I would say an average bow hunter should not shoot over 35-40 yds on anything. That is part of bowhunting getting close without spooking them. Alot of guys dont have the skill either not trying to pi55 anyone off but I have seen guys that think there Ted Nugent and cant hit a 8" circle at 20yds. Not kidding either we had a local nature center allow bow hunting to help with the deer population one of the requirements was they had to come to our archery shop and shoot 3 arrows in a 8" target not that i agrred with that but it was there rules. Out of 137 try outs 26 passed I was instantly scared for our deer around here. To many people head to there walmart grab a bow/rifle and a handfull of arrows or box of shells and hit the woods it just scares the crap out of me expecialy as Michigan is the most heavily hunted state an average of 310,000 bow licences each year witch is 7.382 hunters per square mile and its even worse for gun hunting. [/QUOTE]
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