Post by Woody Williams on Feb 6, 2019 13:30:36 GMT -5
Just got this email from the MeatEater show. It had stats you folks might appreciate from Ohio Fish and Game.
Ohio conducted a survey to study bowhunters’ shooting and wounding rates in 2014-2015, and found few differences between crossbows and vertical bows. Here are some of those findings:
The average shooting distance for all bowhunters was 25 yards, but shots that hit the deer averaged 22.4 yards, almost 30 percent closer than shots that missed, 31.1 yards. Accuracy decreased with distance for all bow types.
Most shots taken with compounds and crossbows were 20 to 24 yards, and most shots taken with traditional gear (recurves and longbows) were 15 to 19 yards.
The average shooting distance for compound hits was 22.6 yards, and the average miss was 31.6 yards.
The average shooting distance for crossbow hits was 22.4 yards, and the average miss was 31.1 yards.
Compound bow archers released 1,015 shots and connected on 686, for 67.6 percent accuracy.
Crossbow archers released 719 shots and connected on 529, for 73.6 percent accuracy.
Traditional archers released 38 shots and connected on 22, for 57.9 percent accuracy.
Crossbow archers recovered 60 percent of deer they shot at, and didn’t recover 19 percent of deer they hit.
Compound archers recovered 56 percent of deer they shot at, and didn’t recover 17.7 percent of deer they hit.
Traditional archers recovered 40 percent of the deer they shot at, and didn’t recover 30 percent of deer they hit.
Overall, bowhunters didn’t recover 18.5 percent of deer they hit.
Ohio conducted a survey to study bowhunters’ shooting and wounding rates in 2014-2015, and found few differences between crossbows and vertical bows. Here are some of those findings:
The average shooting distance for all bowhunters was 25 yards, but shots that hit the deer averaged 22.4 yards, almost 30 percent closer than shots that missed, 31.1 yards. Accuracy decreased with distance for all bow types.
Most shots taken with compounds and crossbows were 20 to 24 yards, and most shots taken with traditional gear (recurves and longbows) were 15 to 19 yards.
The average shooting distance for compound hits was 22.6 yards, and the average miss was 31.6 yards.
The average shooting distance for crossbow hits was 22.4 yards, and the average miss was 31.1 yards.
Compound bow archers released 1,015 shots and connected on 686, for 67.6 percent accuracy.
Crossbow archers released 719 shots and connected on 529, for 73.6 percent accuracy.
Traditional archers released 38 shots and connected on 22, for 57.9 percent accuracy.
Crossbow archers recovered 60 percent of deer they shot at, and didn’t recover 19 percent of deer they hit.
Compound archers recovered 56 percent of deer they shot at, and didn’t recover 17.7 percent of deer they hit.
Traditional archers recovered 40 percent of the deer they shot at, and didn’t recover 30 percent of deer they hit.
Overall, bowhunters didn’t recover 18.5 percent of deer they hit.
