50 yard attempt

Friends call me Pac · April 19, 2011, 08:51:00 PM

Tried to hit a life size pig target at 50 yards this afternoon. I'm shooting Mike's 43# Maddog midsize longbow and using my 5/16 woodies with 165 up front. I'm liking this bow more and more.

primitivealltheway · April 19, 2011, 08:58:00 PM

thats pretty darn good ,i sure hope the people living in that house behind the target trust ya ..lol .
just think of the days of old ,they shot 75-100 yards at game ,
i read it in traditional bowhunter one time ,had some good black and white photos of guys shooting at deer across a field.

rastaman · April 19, 2011, 09:00:00 PM

Awesome shot sir!

April 19, 2011, 09:12:00 PM

Pac Man, that is a long poke for sure! By today's standards anyway. Nice shootin

Thanks for posting the video!

Gator1 · April 19, 2011, 09:15:00 PM

Pac,

Any pics of the Mid Size Mad Dog?

NewtoTrad2008 · April 19, 2011, 09:22:00 PM

Great shooting!

sawtoothscream · April 19, 2011, 09:38:00 PM

good shooting. i attempted 40 yds a few weeks back and it was sad to say the least. out of many many arrows i managed to final hit vitals of a 3d deer. many many arrows haha

Friends call me Pac · April 19, 2011, 10:27:00 PM

My garden area between my straw bales and that house is about 20 yards wide. Haven't missed bad enough to have an arrow escape the garden area yet even after shooting over the bales. Besides the lady that lives there knows I shoot just about every day and doesn't mind at all. I watch for her and vice versa.

I started shooting longer range after reading about it in my last issue of TBM. I can honestly say I believe it has helped me.

The .92 arrow flys pretty good doesn't it. I'm still amazed that something I built flys so well.

bigugly1 · April 19, 2011, 10:31:00 PM

PAC what brace height do you have set. My son just got his midsize maddog recurve and I'm just curious.

copperhead95 · April 19, 2011, 10:36:00 PM

i shoot at 55 yds with my recurve pretty regularly, it definately helps improve your shooting. its also very satisfying to score hits!

59Alaskan · April 19, 2011, 10:38:00 PM

Great job!
I firmly believe shooting longer ranges helps with shooting at closer ranges. Or perhaps that's how I justify partaking in the extremely enjoyable act of watching an arrow fly 40 yards across the yard.

Friends call me Pac · April 19, 2011, 10:48:00 PM

BU1 my brace height is 6 1/2". You're boys will have to tinker with their own brace height to figure out what shoots best for them but maybe knowing where mine is can help with a starting point.

Here I make a great shot and do I get any whoop de do's cheer from the wife? No! All I get is critisism. Some people are just impossible to impress. :p

Mike Mecredy · April 19, 2011, 10:58:00 PM

Good shooting. Thanks for making the bow look good too. I try to explain that if they buy a Maddog they'll be nailing targets at 50+ yards. (kidding, never actually told anyone that)

KyStickbow · April 19, 2011, 11:02:00 PM

Nice shot!!

Gordon martiniuk · April 19, 2011, 11:44:00 PM

very good shooting ,, Now we all Know how good a shot trick shooters like Byron fergerson are he would consider that a chip shot!

TradDad · April 19, 2011, 11:51:00 PM

Nice shot Pac. If you don't mind me asking, what are the specs on your bow?

Friends call me Pac · April 19, 2011, 11:57:00 PM

Maddog midsize long bow
43@27"
60" bow

Arrows are 5/16 birch cut to 28" and tipped with 165gr.

rogers · April 20, 2011, 12:42:00 AM

Good shootin bud, you'll be nailin squirrels at 50 before you know it.

JohnnyWayne · April 20, 2011, 05:48:00 AM

Good Job

The longer distances are fun, there's an 80 yard target at my range I always try to throw a few at each time I go, it's pretty awesome when it hits :cool:

Eugene Slagle · April 20, 2011, 06:08:00 AM

Good shooting there bud.

I practice as often as I can out to 60 yards & from 40 yards down to 5 yards I can make a target shot that I'd be confident in a clean kill if it was a real animal but I'll keep my hunting shots to less than 30 yards.

One day I hope to be as effective at 50 as you are.