I myself practice out to 60 yards but doubt i would take that shot.Somedays i can drive nails at 60 other days i can't do that.I say start at 20 yards move back 5 yards incerment when you can put 5 out of 5 in a 8 inch pie everytime keeping moving back till you can't.I can drive arrows out to 45 to 50 yards everytime but isn't archery a close game i rather them be under 25 yards.I was shooting out to 90 yards this winter but it was causing bad habits so i stop at 60 yards.

I know this is beating a dead horse, but I'll say it anyway.  A lot of the arrow rifle post-inception anger could have been subdued a bit if the PGC grew a spine and kept with the open sights requirement. I don't see how they couldn't have grandfathered in all the disability permits already issued.

Im on the fence about this one. Once they allowed the Xbows i seen an influx of xbow hunters in allegheny co. every little nook and cranny of the city woods too. They are a great weapon of choice for our youth and older hunters. but seriously, if you cant draw a bow, sit still, and be patient... should u even consider yourself an "Archery" hunter???????

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 is that my son who is 8 can now hunt archery season on his mentored tag with an x-bow. He shoots it very well and can continue to do so until his draw weight is up to hunting levels on his vertical equipmment.

 
Glad to see that Musky.  There are some pretty strong statistics from Ohio's long crossbow history that shows that kids that start hunting early with crossbows eventually switch to compound or traditional equipment by their late teens.  It is a positive tool to increase interest in archery in general. 

He shoots his compound very well and is up to around 35 lbs draw weight on it. I think by the time he is 10 he will be pulling (and shooting well) in the low 40's range and able to switch.

The grief I am expecting has been from a lot of older sportsmen in my area who don't like the mentored program.

Actually the comment I got after he shot his gobbler this spring was that "Those kids have no business out there before us!"

The second comment was that "It takes a lot of balls to take that kid out and shoot a bird that I've been watching for a month"

that bird was on a sportsman's club property that is open to public hunting without permission.

So at the next meeting when that particular guy (who didn't have the guts to say it to my face) was in attendance, I brought in a can of flourescent paint and instructed anyone who was watching a particular bird or animal, to go out an "mark" them with the paint so that the kids didn't shoot "thier" birds.

I agree F them f'n arseholes.