Posted: 3/10/2013 7:15:06 PM EDT
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Whats the max range for Archery?
Whats the furthest a arrow can travel? |
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Supposedly some Turkish dude once shot an arrow 800 yards, IIRC. I'll see if I can dig up a cite. Here ya go. There's a list of folks said to have made 800 meter plus shots and some pictures of the memorials set up at the alleged sites. |
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Maximum effective range of an arrow in 1400s England was about 250yrds +/-.
Olympians compete at 70m and 90m. Field archers go from about 20m to 80m when they compete. In Flight Archery arrows can fly upwards to 1,000yrds. But that's a highly specialized field. Most modern arrows for recurve and compound may go 400yrds. 2009 World Records for all types of flight arrows, including regular shooting. |
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Maximum effective range of an arrow in 1400s England was about 250yrds +/-. Olympians compete at 70m and 90m. Field archers go from about 20m to 80m when they compete. In Flight Archery arrows can fly upwards to 1,000yrds. But that's a highly specialized field. Most modern arrows for recurve and compound may go 400yrds. 2009 World Records for all types of flight arrows, including regular shooting. So i guess a compound bow isn't good for the real long distance stuff. |
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Realistically you won't be shooting reliably, and accurately, over 45 yards-50ish yards. When I was a teenager I was pretty good (state champion archery team, actually) and I would sometimes shoot at 60 yards for kicks and grins. I could keep them on a paper plate, mostly.
When the English archers were killing men at 200+ yards, they were shooting at massed formations of other soldiers (and not aiming at one deer standing broadside to them). Arrows can go stupid far, however, and also penetrate incredibly deeply. |
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They'll go a damn long way in outer space. But on Earth, 200-300 yards is probably the maximum effective range of a mass of archers shooting volleys. There's probably a few people who can accurately shoot that far as individuals, and they probably have a gold or silver medal gather dust in a closet somewhere. |
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I won't take a shot over 80yrds. That's with the bowtech assassin shooting 340 ST epic by Easton. Not enough ass after that to knock em' down. Plus too many other factors out at that distance So thats only 240 ft i would have guessed more. I meant as far as hunting goes. I've jacked around an shot out to 150yrds. Like I said you better have perfect conditions |
| Once about 25 years ago, I was hunting with about 10 other guys. We were in a big ass field and decided to see which bow would shoot the furthest. No matter which bow they all landed within 20 yards of each other. I would like to re-test this since bow technology has come so far in the last 10 years. I can't remember exactly how far they would shoot, but we were all surprised at the distance. It was not as far as you would think. Like a little over 200 yards. |
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When I was shooting and competing regularly, I would often practice at the 100 yard line, using a 60 yard NFAA field target.
This made the 80-70-60 tournament station nearly as simple as the 40 and under shots, other than the wind drift and elevation cut. I'm sure I could make shots with a compound at 300-400 yards, so long as the wind isn't whipping, and the target is large enough. However, at that kind of distance, I'm going to need some tall trees behind the target house, so I'll have something to aim at. 
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Maximum effective range of an arrow in 1400s England was about 250yrds +/-. Olympians compete at 70m and 90m. Field archers go from about 20m to 80m when they compete. In Flight Archery arrows can fly upwards to 1,000yrds. But that's a highly specialized field. Most modern arrows for recurve and compound may go 400yrds. 2009 World Records for all types of flight arrows, including regular shooting. I shot Olympic Recurve for a while. Shooting at 90M is a pain in the ass, at least it was to me. I had only worked up to about 33-35lb draw. Most of the Olympic competitors are shooting around 45-50lb. |
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Maximum effective range of an arrow in 1400s England was about 250yrds +/-. Olympians compete at 70m and 90m. Field archers go from about 20m to 80m when they compete. In Flight Archery arrows can fly upwards to 1,000yrds. But that's a highly specialized field. Most modern arrows for recurve and compound may go 400yrds. 2009 World Records for all types of flight arrows, including regular shooting. I shot Olympic Recurve for a while. Shooting at 90M is a pain in the ass, at least it was to me. I had only worked up to about 33-35lb draw. Most of the Olympic competitors are shooting around 45-50lb. I'm shooting Oly now, but haven't worked my way up past 70m yet. I shoot 70 for fun, but have been working on 20-40 lately. I'm about to start shooting field and can't wait. I don't care if I get 10s, as long as I hit the target this year I'm good.
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I use the air force scoring method - so far, none of my archery ordinance has failed to hit the ground at any distance, therefore, 400 yard shots are cake.
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no one is accurately making 300-400 yard shots with a compound, get the fuck out of here with that bs. |
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I use the air force scoring method - so far, none of my archery ordinance has failed to hit the ground at any distance, therefore, 400 yard shots are cake.
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no one is accurately making 300-400 yard shots with a compound, get the fuck out of here with that bs. well then that's different
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Reliably - 60 yards and under.
Distance to just see how far it goes - 250-300ish as others have said. Hunting, personally I will not take a shot at game over about 40-50 yards and that would have to be good conditions. For 3-D shoots, I routinely shoot 60 yards. Imagine with the correct angle and some more pins, I would be confident up to 80 to 90 yards. |
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Quoted: I have an Elite XLR (31.5 draw with Revolution cams). My max range for a 6" target is 75 yards. I stay within 60 yards for hunting. The arrows could go farther but you sacrifice accuracy when shooting out to 500 yards or more. LOL. You sacrifice accuracy at 500 yards or more.  Try 80yards or more you start to lose a lot of velocity and accuracy. At best your bow is somewhere between 310 - 320 FPS IBO. 
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It has to due with how well the bow/shooter is tuned too.
If the arrow is fishtailing / porpoising, it's losing more energy in flight versus one that is flying true and straight. An arrow that is flying true and straight will be much more accurate and forgiving to shooting form errors as well. Arrows that enter the target straight also penetrate deeper. |
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I use the air force scoring method - so far, none of my archery ordinance has failed to hit the ground at any distance, therefore, 400 yard shots are cake.
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no one is accurately making 300-400 yard shots with a compound, get the fuck out of here with that bs. well then that's different Yeah when I said I shot 450 I meant by holding at 45 degrees and letting it fly into an open flat field. No darn way there's any aiming going on at that kind of distance. |
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All I know is that when I got my 1st compound bow I launched one at about an 80 angle.
I dont think that damn arrow has hit the ground yet. Holy hell do they go far! I wont shoot at a game animal past 40 yards. I've had them jump the string on a measured 21 yards. I would much rather clean miss than stick one in the guts or ass with an arrow. |
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I normally try to stay under 40 yds for shots on deer. My last outing had a perfect broadside shot that I could not pass up. I adjusted for the range and the arrow hit exactly as intended. Measured distance was 78 yds.
I normally group better with a bow than a handgun. |
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I have an Elite XLR (31.5 draw with Revolution cams). My max range for a 6" target is 75 yards. I stay within 60 yards for hunting. The arrows could go farther but you sacrifice accuracy when shooting out to 500 yards or more. LOL. You sacrifice accuracy at 500 yards or more.
Try 80yards or more you start to lose a lot of velocity and accuracy. At best your bow is somewhere between 310 - 320 FPS IBO. I'm pretty sure he meant 50 yards. 
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When I was into it, 50 yards was my max, but I was going for deer. We had an outdoor archery class at college, IIRC 100 yards. I think I shot it ONCE. I shot indoor archery for a while, like 25 yards. I didn't have the stamina to shoot 100 arrows in one sitting. I could shoot the first 10 like lasers. Then my groups opened up. But if you're hunting, only first shot counts.
Don't shoot at anything you don't think you can hit. If you shoot enough, your brain becomes a ballistic supercomputer. I once connected at 80 yards on a windy day and a walking target. Enough said. 
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Reliably - 60 yards and under. Distance to just see how far it goes - 250-300ish as others have said. Hunting, personally I will not take a shot at game over about 40-50 yards and that would have to be good conditions. For 3-D shoots, I routinely shoot 60 yards. Imagine with the correct angle and some more pins, I would be confident up to 80 to 90 yards. Here ya go...this is accurate. You could probably hit something at a hundred yards but from a hunting standpoint it needs to be in a 9" plate...not as easy. |
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I shoot a longbow instinctively, no sights, no mechanical release, etc. I limit shots on deer sized game to 20-25 yards, I can make hits out further but won't try when hunting. I also shoot longbow (45#). I don't hunt, just shoot bales with cheap wooden practice arrows. I'm lucky if I can get 5 arrows in a 12" target at 20 yards. That's on a VERY good day. But I'm a self-taught beginner. One tiny mistake in form with the longbow and the arrows go everywhere but on target. I had an old cheap compound bow (Browning with wood risers) that I could shoot a lot more accurately, but the string broke and it's not worth fixing. Longbow is more fun anyway. If I want to make tiny groups at long range I'll shoot my rifle
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https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9870/ARFCOM/seven-samurai3.jpg I would love to get a proper Yumi [Nisun-nobi (227 cm)], but I don't have that kind of extra coin right now.... I would as well, the elegance of the Yumi cannot be understated. Also, Yabusame - Japanese horse archery And of course... 
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I have an Elite XLR (31.5 draw with Revolution cams). My max range for a 6" target is 75 yards. I stay within 60 yards for hunting. The arrows could go farther but you sacrifice accuracy when shooting out to 500 yards or more. LOL. You sacrifice accuracy at 500 yards or more.
Try 80yards or more you start to lose a lot of velocity and accuracy. At best your bow is somewhere between 310 - 320 FPS IBO. Yeah, I was kinda joking around there at the end. Forgot the 
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Whats the max range for Archery? Whats the furthest a arrow can travel? Flight shooters go quite a bit over 800 yards. It's been a while since I looked into it (25 years), so I'm betting close to 1000. They're not really hitting anything though, just distance. A volley by a couple hundred bowmen might get your attention. I just quoted OP on the above. In warfare, massed bowmen raining arrows are effective at quite a distance. Point shooting at individual targets, less than 100 yards. At several turkey shoots with modern equipment, shots were made fairly regularly on a turkey's head at 40 yards, and maybe 50% at 60 yards. Near 80% at 80 yards on full body shots, so I'd say that's a good assessment for point targets on human vitals, maybe a tad more with modern equipment. |
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Whats the max range for Archery? Whats the furthest a arrow can travel? Flight shooters go quite a bit over 800 yards. It's been a while since I looked into it (25 years), so I'm betting close to 1000. They're not really hitting anything though, just distance. A volley by a couple hundred bowmen might get your attention. http://www.usaarcheryrecords.org/FlightPages/2009/2009%20World%20Regular%20Flight%20Records.pdf World record for 2009 for unlimited recurve in Flight is 1,336yds. Crossbow is 2,047yds. The Unlimited English Longbow (medieval type) record was 371yds. |
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Whats the max range for Archery? Whats the furthest a arrow can travel? Flight shooters go quite a bit over 800 yards. It's been a while since I looked into it (25 years), so I'm betting close to 1000. They're not really hitting anything though, just distance. A volley by a couple hundred bowmen might get your attention. http://www.usaarcheryrecords.org/FlightPages/2009/2009%20World%20Regular%20Flight%20Records.pdf Wow, 1300+ yards! That's quite a bit from the late 80s when I was interested in it. Those bows are something to look at too. Not practical for hunting, but I still wouldn't want to be hit by an arrow from one at 1300 yards. World record for 2009 for unlimited recurve in Flight is 1,336yds. Crossbow is 2,047yds. The Unlimited English Longbow (medieval type) record was 371yds. |