Your longest trad shot on an animal?

[reddogge]

1972, last day of the season for me where I hunted, last hour of the day and a 6 pointer with a high white rack walks perpendicular to me at a longer yardage than I was comfortable with.  I put the point of the broadhead on his nose and watched the pink fletch go into his side.  Now I can't remember how I anchored in 1972 so if I put my first finger in the corner of my mouth it would have been 55-60 yards.  If the middle finger like I do now 40 yards.  I didn't have time to pace it off due to darkness.  At any rate the deer is dead and I wouldn't do it again.
 

[xtrema312]

I used to knock off chipmunks when I was a kid out to 35 yd.  Did it more than once.  We had a lot of them and hungry barn cats that liked them.  Woodchucks and rabbits to about that also, but I had way better eyes then.  I have never taken a shot on big game much past about 20 with a trad bow.  With a compound I used to shoot 3" groups with BH's out to 60 with no problem, but my longest shot was only 37.  Regardless of bow type I have killed 80% of my deer at under 20 yd. and very few over 25  I got back into trad bow because I liked it better, but also because I shoot them close so didn't see the need for all the high tech stuff.

[Ben Maher]

I chest punched a sow at 40 yards ... didn't think about it before the shot .... before i knew is i picked a spot and let loose .
she was double lunged and down in 50 yards .\\
These days i aim for 10 to twenty yards as my preferred shooting distance but am pretty confident out to 30 yards.
Once punched a rabbit at 60 yards ... more arse than class on that one though !!!

[BOWMARKS]

15 Yards on a button buck,I am set up so as I can not get any shooting over 20 yards.

[PICKNGRIN]

35yds. at an antelope my son had missed just seconds earlier at our waterhole.  The doe started to run and began to slow down.  When she stopped broadside I was coming to full draw.  At the time it just felt right. The antelope was down in seconds. Not sure I would do it again.

[bawana bowman]

Back in the early 80's I took shots at 3 deer which I would never attempt to take now.
First was at a doe, she came out of a stand of scrub oaks about 70 yards away and moved across a field onto a marsh pond. About 20 minutes later she came out of the pond and headed back to the oaks. She was walking slow but steady, and I figured "What the heck, give it a try". She stepped behind a bush and I Drew, led her a bit and released. Thought I missed low, she just kept moving at the same pace, 20 seconds later she jumped into the oaks. My buddy who was 90 yards away, climbed down from his stand, walked over to the oaks and pulled the doe out. Said she dropped as she jumped in to the oaks. perfect heart shot, 57 yards! Stand was only 12' up the tree.

Second was a 6 point chasing does. He was spooked by my buddy as he drew. Buck came by my stand at 18 yards at a fast trot. I led him about a body length and shot, missed about 1 inch behind him.
He then ran to some palmettos and stopped to look back at the does. Was mad that I missed the first time, picked a spot on a palm fron covering his chest and shot again. He spun around and dropped. 63 Yard double lung.

Third was another Doe, Walking to our stands for an afternoon hunt. We jumped her and she ran from my left to right in front of me. For some unknown reason I just drew picked a spot ahead of her and released. She seemed to run right in to the arrow. Heart shot 52 yards!

All three were witnessed by two of my hunting buddies.

I was shooting a 62",70# Stemmler TD that season.
Consider the 2 does more on the side of luck, but the buck was due to practicing out to 80 yards on a regular basis just to fine tune my form back then.

[BRITTMAN]

22 steps so I would say 20 to 22 yards

[Sheepshooter]

30 yds on a sheep and 31 yds on a small doe. All others under 22 yds. Shot a cow elk at 6 yds!

[Rod in SC]

About 40 yds.  I've made some pretty shots at over 30 yds and some ugly ones at 10 yds.  I just shoot when I feel like I can hit 'em.   Even though I practice all the time sometimes I just don't make a good shot.  All I can do is either quit hunting or keep on letting the arrows sing. And I ain't quitting!  

[KentuckyTJ]

Originally posted by frassettor:
 

Originally posted by Biggie Hoffman:
65 yards running.

Wyoming antelope 1988. Never would have taken the shot had I thought about. When I released the arrow, there was nowhere in the world it could go but right in the pocket. Afterwards, my buddy paced it off. I was as stunned as he was.

 

HOLY CRAP!!   :eek:  [/b]

65 Yards dang brother, gonna be hard to top that one. 36 was my longest. Shouldn't have shot but the dang deer was tempting me.

[COMPOUNDLESS IN CONCRETE]

Only trad kill I have is a couple weeks ago.  My 4 yo daughter was out with me while I was shooting and there was a big crow landed in the back about 50-60 yds away.  She urged me." Shoot him Daddy, shoot him!"  I couldn't resist, I let her fly and watched the arra plow him over where he stood.  She was extatic!  It was all fun and games until the other 5 million crows around saw him laying dead and then they all started balling and squaking and making the most awful racket I have ever heard in my life.  I looked down to see my little Brooke standing there with her hands over her ears saying, "Shoot them all daddy, Shoot them all!"  I said," Daddy isn't that lucky, and he doesn't have enough arrows sweetie."  I have never seen or heard crows do that before, but it is a pretty memorable experience for me and my daughter as well.

[cohutta orange]

I almost like the stories of the real close shots better. My shortest is is 1yd with a homemade 12inch. hickory bow. (yeah it is true it was a boring day with nothing to do) field mouse. I made the bow to shoot in the house. I used straws with epoxied thumb tacks. No deer yet, but longest would be a bunny at about 18 paces.

[vernon]

I shot an antelope buck at about 35-40 yards a couple years ago.  I hate shooting over 20 yards but the shot just felt right.   With traditional gear you know when the shot feels right and what you can, and cannot do.  Since that time I have never shot at anything over 20 yards.  I did not know it was that far when I shot I was jus comfortable with the shot and knew i could make it.

[excelpoint]

30m for me. I have a 30m target that I practice a lot on and am starting to become comfortable at that range. I like shots 20 and under though.

[Eugene Slagle]

Back in 85' I took a White Tail Doe at 32 yards with my grandfathers 50* Bear Grizzly & so far that has been my max distance that I've had a shot at anything living with Traditional Gear & quite frankly I think it to be a close max for myself & possibly my gear at a living creature.

[Sheepshooter]

I know this is a "longest shot" thread, but let me tell you about the prettiest shot I ever made.

I had a young bull moose at 15 yds and was having a hard time finding a hole thru the black spruce and willows. Finally I found one! I got down on one knee and I canted my bow paralell to the ground and about 18 inches off the ground. The arrow ended up right behind his elbow and he went about 60 yds. My compound shooting buddy was right there with me and he just shook his head. He told me he could never have shot that moose. I'll never forget that shot!

[Bonebuster]

After waiting for what seemed like hours, a Michigan spike that was munching acorns FINALLY turned and offered a shot.

The shot turned out to be 27 yards. I watched that deer for so long, I convinced myself it was within easy range. I was in a treestand at fifteen feet, he was uphill from me and it put us at just about the same elevation. In my minds eye, I STILL see that deer standing there, and it STILL looks like he was in my lap.

Passed alot of deer at ranges similar to that since then, but that day, I must have just known I could do it.

[Earl E. Nov...mber]

Never underestimate the power of the bow.. It can't miss if we stay out of the way.
Like others, when you shoot instinctive, (However you define it) you really don't think yardage, you just know if the shot is good or not and that typically is before you even draw the bow.
For me, it was 38 paces on a running tom turkey. arrow went in just in front of his left thigh exited his right wing butt. He took off flying and folded when he hit tree top level.

[KentuckyTJ]

Originally posted by Sheepshooter:
I know this is a "longest shot" thread, but let me tell you about the prettiest shot I ever made.

I had a young bull moose at 15 yds and was having a hard time finding a hole thru the black spruce and willows. Finally I found one! I got down on one knee and I canted my bow paralell to the ground and about 18 inches off the ground. The arrow ended up right behind his elbow and he went about 60 yds. My compound shooting buddy was right there with me and he just shook his head. He told me he could never have shot that moose. I'll never forget that shot!

Now that is cool Sheepshooter!

[Keith Karr]

My longest shots have been on two elk - 53 and 35 yards. Longest on whitetail 27-28 yards.

I regularly shoot out to 60-70 yards while stumping.