You need to understand the basic behavior of the deer. So, it is better to aim a bit low if you are using a tree stand and hit behind the front leg the right into the lungs for a deadly shoot.Īs being a deer hunter with a crossbow is really skillful and challenging task. If you did not pass throw it you might lose your solid killing chance. If you are using a good quality broadhead there is a big chance while hitting the shoulder blade that you might break his bone. If you are using a tree stand to aim on a deer while hunting you will be 15 to 20 feet above then try to make sure that you avoid the shoulder blade while hitting the target which is located at the top front of the deer. It is recommended to practice on 3D crossbow target which helps you to take the perfect shoot when the real animal is standing front of you. Second, if you able to hit the lungs of the deer which suffocate the animal and kill him in the end and hitting the perfect shoot to lungs. The deer will die due to blood lose and high quality broadhead with a big wound and make this easy for a hunter. One, you have a large high quality broadhead which makes the deer to lose a lot of blood. Remember, crossbow hunting is a game of probabilities, and the most successful crossbow hunter is the one who chooses the shot with the highest chance for success.There are two ways to kill the deer with arrow. The closer you are to the animal, the chances are less that your shot will be affected by an obstruction, arrow drop, a loss of speed and energy, wind drift, or the animal “jumping the string”. However, your arrow will take more than 0.67 seconds to arrive, and this nearly half-second gap is enough time for the animal to react and move out of position before your arrow gets there.Īs an ethical crossbow hunter, you accept the responsibility to take the shot at an animal that you feel will give the greatest chance for an accurate shot that causes the animal to expire quickly. If you take a shot at 100-yards, at the average speed of sound, it takes approximately 0.27-seconds for the sound of the crossbow shot to reach the animal. These losses in speed and energy grow exponentially the further you shoot past 50-yards, which can lead to poor arrow penetration and a wounded animal with little chance for recovery.Ī crossbow arrow may be pushed a few inches off-course by the wind at 50-yards but can result in several inches of wind drift at extreme distances, which is enough for you to miss the vitals on an animal altogether.Įven if your crossbow shoots at an extreme speed, an animal can still “jump the string” at extreme distances. Some crossbow arrows can lose up to 15% of their speed and up to 25% of their kinetic energy levels by the time they have reached just 50-yards.

This means that your shooting lane must be wide enough for your arrow to fit through but also high enough for your arrow to pass through without striking an overhanging tree branch or vine. For example, at 100-yards, a 400-grain arrow traveling at 400 feet-per-second will still drop 93-inches (over 7 feet) at this distance. Even if your crossbow shoots arrows at extreme speeds, no crossbow arrow can overcome the pull of gravity. Crossbow scopes help to magnify the image you see when sighting to take a shot on an animal, however, most crossbow scopes carry only 3X magnification, which is not enough to see a small object in front of the animal at an extreme distance like 100-yards.Ĭrossbow hunting arrows lose speed, energy, and elevation quickly past 50-yards.

The further away an animal is, the less chance you will see an obstruction to your arrow’s flight path. Modern hunting crossbows shoot harder and faster than ever before, with many shooting beyond 400 feet-per-second.Īs a result of this evolution of performance, many crossbow hunters now wish to extend the effective hunting ranges of their crossbows out to distances greater than 50-yards, which has been the distance accepted by most crossbow hunters for many years as the maximum ethical distance for crossbow hunting.ĭespite the recent advancements made to hunting crossbows, several factors still exist that make attempting a shot at an animal at greater than 50-yards a high-risk proposition.

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