As someone who's experience failure & murphy rearing his ugly head and then had to live gut wrenching realization of a lost bull here a a few points that represent my ethos now:
1. Regardless of how far you feel comfortable shooting on the practice range establish a hard limit in the field that is much closer than what it is on the range.... for me that's 40 yards unless we're talking a follow up shot. Part of this is for the animal and part of this is because I personally believe archey is more about the how than the filling of the tag. That to me translates into as close as possible.
2. Practice, practice, practice; as much as possible & out as far a possible and become proficient at 50, 60, 70....100. Then go back and see point 1 above.
3. See point 2 above.
In all fairness my own failures were not a result of shooting too far but probably more lack of practrice... failure to excecute at the moment of truth. It seems to me that there is a large population of folks out there that are guilty of both inadequate practice and over estimating their true max hunting range.
1. Regardless of how far you feel comfortable shooting on the practice range establish a hard limit in the field that is much closer than what it is on the range.... for me that's 40 yards unless we're talking a follow up shot. Part of this is for the animal and part of this is because I personally believe archey is more about the how than the filling of the tag. That to me translates into as close as possible.
2. Practice, practice, practice; as much as possible & out as far a possible and become proficient at 50, 60, 70....100. Then go back and see point 1 above.
3. See point 2 above.
In all fairness my own failures were not a result of shooting too far but probably more lack of practrice... failure to excecute at the moment of truth. It seems to me that there is a large population of folks out there that are guilty of both inadequate practice and over estimating their true max hunting range.
