I practice, and hit plenty good enough to kill a deer,out to 60 pretty often but I have a hard time convincing myself that it would be ethical to shoot at a whitetail that far. A less agile, bigger vitaled elk perhaps....but not a whitetail. 35 yards is even pushing it for 95% of situtations in my humble opinion. I like 25 and in myself. I will say though that if the conditions are absolutely perfect on a big mature whitetail in the Midwest, I would sling one at him at around 50 yards or so if I knew the exact yardage and could dial it up on my sight, could get him to be still, no wind, etc. I don't know what it is about the Midwest bucks, but if you've ever watched them on videos, you will hardly EVER see a buck jump the string up there. They always end up standing there like a statue while the arrow sails home. An older buck is the dumbest animals in the woods ONCE he makes his mind up to walk around in the daylight looking for ladies. Old does are always schizophrenic, whether here or anywhere else in the country, and I don't see any sense whatsoever in shooting at them at long distances. :twocents: