How far do you like your shots
05-22-2003, 10:37 AM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Rushville NE
Posts: 343
RE: How far do you like your shots
20 to 30 yards, too close & the animals I' ve shot will spook more and it' s harder to get drawn. Not that I wouldn' t like them closer out of a ground blind or something & I don' t use tree stands.
05-22-2003, 11:02 AM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Chatsworth IL USA
Posts: 5,012
RE: How far do you like your shots
I prefer 15 to 20 but usually end up with 10 to 15. And nothing is a slam dunk in my book, if I start thinking with that mentality, I won' t concentrate on the shot as much.
05-22-2003, 11:40 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NW Montana / SW Alberta Rockies
Posts: 3,258
RE: How far do you like your shots
I have missed deer right under my stand and I have missed deer out to 35 yds, so I really don' t know what the perfek range is, 
but if I had a choice I would choose 20-25 yrds because my movements and sound will be a little more foregiveing at this range as to have one close to you. But sometimes you just don' t have a say so in the matter and before you know it, that dang thing is right in on ya. Bobby[
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but if I had a choice I would choose 20-25 yrds because my movements and sound will be a little more foregiveing at this range as to have one close to you. But sometimes you just don' t have a say so in the matter and before you know it, that dang thing is right in on ya. Bobby[]
05-22-2003, 11:42 AM
#19
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Omaha NE USA
Posts: 261
RE: How far do you like your shots
I' m on a good streak of getting short shots right now. I love those 10-15 yarders but sometimes those 10 yard shots have a down angle that often concerns me when you are 18-20' up. Inside 20 are slam dunks and I can' t count how many 15-18 yard shots I' ve taken.
However it takes a lot of patience and sometimes missed opportunities when you pass up a 25-35 yard shot in hopes of a point blank shot that never materializes.
However it takes a lot of patience and sometimes missed opportunities when you pass up a 25-35 yard shot in hopes of a point blank shot that never materializes.