Maximum Effective Distance

[SDMF]

People used to shoot buffalo with sharp rocks tied to semi-straight sticks. They powered that combo with a pliable limb coupled with sinew one of the local females gummed off of a piece of meat.

To the OP, I'd say you're range limiting factor will be your ability to put the arrow where it belongs. When you reach the point that you can't do it, then that's too far. Then subtract another 10yds at least.

 

[Bowhunter_24]

I agree but I bet they wounded a lot of buffalo. Ha

 

[Meelosh]

My ‘Cape buffalo minimum archery requirements’ google yields a much different story.

In any case, KE doesn’t tell the whole story. The way I think about it is (and I know this isn’t a perfect analogy) think about .22 rim fire, commonly used to dispatch cattle for butchering. 36 or 40 grain bullet at roughly 1500fps at the muzzle. Plenty to get the job done at the few feet it’s doing it’s job at. With that same same bullet, how comfortable would you be taking the shot at a 50 or a 100 yards on the same critter? Now consider a 12 gauge slug. 400+ grains. Traveling about the same speed as the .22. Ridiculous overkill at point blank but now that down range shot seems a whole lot more manageable.

Every year, 1000s of deer and elk, etc. fall to archery equipment all across the spectrum of weight vs speed. Do your own research and come to your own conclusions I guess.

Also, I’m in the “you can’t over spine” camp. I base this on shooting a lot of arrows at different spines and seeing the results.

 

[SDMF]

When did North American Antelope and Cape Buffalo become comparable in any way?

 

[guywhofishes]

 

[Meelosh]

I have it on good authority that guywhofishes wears socks with sandals.

 

[Kurtr]

socks with sandals is the worst

 

[Meelosh]

No guy is the worst. I hear he even grinds back straps into sausage.

 

[MarbleEyez]

No guy is the worst. I hear he even grinds back straps into sausage.

Ahh, what else would you do with them??:;:huh;:;popcorn

 

[Whisky]

Ahh, what else would you do with them??:;:huh;:;popcorn

They make pretty easy, uniform slices of jerky off the meat slicer, I do know that....

 

[guywhofishes]

lol

 

[PrairieGhost]

My ‘Cape buffalo minimum archery requirements’ google yields a much different story.

I see it's gone to 80 ft lb. A few guys must have not done so well on the old 60 ft lb requirement. Howard Hill shot a longbow somewhere over 100 lbs. I wish I was in the shape that guy was when he was 71.