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<blockquote data-quote="Broken arrow" data-source="post: 889396" data-attributes="member: 58671"><p>Too many experts on here, each person needs to know the limitations of their self and equipment. For me, my maximum range varies from year to year based upon my skill set and the equipment I'm using. Currently, I feel very confident cleanly killing at 80-85 yards. I can poke holes in them out past 120 but have found penetration lacking beyond 90 with my setup. As far as light vs heavy goes, if you've did any experimentation you'd know that heavy will out penetrate close by about 10-20% but what would surprise most is at distances beyond 90 I have seen no significant difference given I'm shooting IBO vs heavier. I'm not just spouting this out, I actually shot the arrows side by side out of the same bow and measured penetration. Now if a man was shooting a heavier bow and heavier arrow vs standard bow and standard arrows, yes the heavier rig will out penetrate. </p><p></p><p>My Mathews Z7 will penetrate the same at 100 yards shooting IBO as the same bow shooting FMJ 300. Now my Mathews Safari 85# will shoot 425 grain arrows at 356 FPS will certainly out penetrate my Z7 in any configuration. Back to the original statement, each person must establish your own maximum effective range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Broken arrow, post: 889396, member: 58671"] Too many experts on here, each person needs to know the limitations of their self and equipment. For me, my maximum range varies from year to year based upon my skill set and the equipment I'm using. Currently, I feel very confident cleanly killing at 80-85 yards. I can poke holes in them out past 120 but have found penetration lacking beyond 90 with my setup. As far as light vs heavy goes, if you've did any experimentation you'd know that heavy will out penetrate close by about 10-20% but what would surprise most is at distances beyond 90 I have seen no significant difference given I'm shooting IBO vs heavier. I'm not just spouting this out, I actually shot the arrows side by side out of the same bow and measured penetration. Now if a man was shooting a heavier bow and heavier arrow vs standard bow and standard arrows, yes the heavier rig will out penetrate. My Mathews Z7 will penetrate the same at 100 yards shooting IBO as the same bow shooting FMJ 300. Now my Mathews Safari 85# will shoot 425 grain arrows at 356 FPS will certainly out penetrate my Z7 in any configuration. Back to the original statement, each person must establish your own maximum effective range. [/QUOTE]
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