Increased range with 405?

[Kegbelly]

That is the very reason i use n hunt wid Excals fastest model he Vixen

Tick toters beware!

[XCaddis]

Its an interesting debate...

I've taken two deer past 50 yards with my Exomax and I have never wounded and not recovered a deer with a bow or crossbow. I can respect the fact some people don't shoot past 30, but if I get a 405 I will not be concerned with a longer shot under the right conditions. I practice from 80-100 yards regularly in the offseason and can make a 50 yard shot sleeping under the right conditions...that means no 60 knot winds with an alert deer through the brush.

[Limbs and Sticks]

Sorry I don't believe in string jump I like the mph approach on this, 350 fps= 238mph, no deer is going to jump,duck, or side step a well placed arrow at 30yds at this speed,I've shot them just under 40yds with my max and they just stood there wondering what just happened took a couple steps died. 400fps = what in mph,of course got to sell items to make the bow quite or the deer will jump the string at this speed also what do you think? To me what is called string jump at this distance [30yds] is a miss or near miss in the making from the start. My advice if your not sure about the shot then don't take it and you won't be saying the deer jumped the string because of a miss or worst yet a wounded deer running off that won't be found until next day maybe.

Wes

[vixenmaster]

String jump or what ppl. call it. I have saw many deer in my Bowhuntin thru the yrs move, but its not from string noise. Somtimes the vanes/feathers will make abit of noise & the deer hears it jus a few yds before arrow impact & they move cause they are not used to that sound close to them. They think its danger & it is & they try to load up to jump. TOO LATE The few times i shot n missed a deer it weren't the deer bein fast droppin & they are fast but more of my misjudgin the yardage

[nchunterkw]

I think these ranges would be more correctly called "possible maximum theoretic range in a vacuum".

Now that made me laugh. But what I was trying to go after was this....

If you have a certain bow and have been hunting with it for some time and know your effective range.......then by using a new bow that is faster, you should be able to increase your range to some degree.

In my case I have a Vortex = 330fps. 30yds is about my limit, and at 35yds I would have to have the stars aligned and be holdin' my lip just right to pull the trigger. But if I upgraded to the 405, I'd be very comfortable if a 35yd shot presented itself.

However.....again, I will pull out the "actual deer shot distances data" that says 32/36 deer this year shot by members of this forum were 20yds and under. So mostly this is just fun stuff.

What I have also found to be true in the Midwest and NC, is that the only places I hunt where I can shoot over 30 yds are places I do no see bucks in. Buck are in the thick stuff and usually at 20 yds you only get a soccer ball sized hole to shoot through, like Mike says.