What is your max yardage for hunting?

[Flyboy718]

I practice at 20 yards in the back yard and I shoot fine. I shoot tourneys and the max they put the targets out for traditional is 25 yards and I do great at the tourneys and usually come home with hardware. But, when it comes to the woods and a live animal my max yardage is 15. How about you guys?

[flippnsticks]

17-18 yards max for me.

[Trad-Man]

Depends on what I'm hunting.  The larger the target the further I'll shoot.

[sweeney3]

"Yeah, I can make that shot", or "Nope, I don't think I wanna try that" are my hunting ranges.  Typically, that translates into "pretty darn close".  I don't even know at what yardage I practice.  I do know that I shoot from as close as a step or two to half a 25 acre square plot of land away (just for fun).

[Flyboy718]

Originally posted by flippnsticks:
17-18 yards max for me.

I am actually good to go at 17 yards also...but it is something about that magic number of 20 yards with me...

[kennym]

I say 20 , but have passed a lot of em closer than that! I favor about 16-17....

[JCJ]

15 yards or less or I don't shoot.

[huntin_sparty]

20 or less

[YORNOC]

I killed a bison at 25 yards and although the shot was good, I didn't like it. Much more comfortable 20 or less.
no matter how good your skills are, you cant control what an animal will do after you release the string. Spook, sneeze,step, scratch, etc. which could turn a normally good shot into a wound. The closer I am, the less chance for error.
I know a lot of guys aren't concerned about this, but I am and thats how I'll stay. I'm happy with it.

[trad_bowhunter1965]

I don't know I shoot instinctive I just look at what I want to shoot, I do not think about yardage.

[TaterHill Archer]

I practice out to 30 but would put my current limit at 20 and under.

[mookie]

20 or less is what I work for.

[BRONZ]

I like it under 17.

[doug77]

15 and under

[wooddamon1]

Stumping in the mountains will have ya tuned up for 20 yards on almost anything...

[ishoot4thrills]

20 to 25 yards.

[Night Wing]

Carrying a tape measure in my backpack is a must with me.

I've always tape measured the distance after I've arrowed an animal. During the last 8 years, the farthest shot I've taken has been 17 yards and the closest has been 12 yards.

[sawtoothscream]

if i hunt with mine this season im limiting myself to 15 yds.  i have to see what my stand situation is first.

[Zbearclaw]

I killed my Sitka buck at about 35 yards.  That is surely about as far as I would shoot an animal.  Everything was perfect and the green light went off.

Also took a doe at 30 yards and a javelina at about 4 feet.

I wish I was a good enough hunter to consistently get within 45 feet of western animals on my stalks but thus far that doesn't happen often.

[Bjorn]

I don't measure but it is likely 15 yds maybe 20 on occasion. I hunt on the ground either spot and stalk or ambush.