I love a good thread diversion. Know where I can find one?
I'm feeling pretty good about pumpkins at 30. The pumpkins might have different opinions. One of the things I like about the recurve is that there's far less drop at that range than i see on the crossbow. The "velocity vs. mass" argument goes back a few centuries.
The partner announced interest in getting into some of this action. I got a hot date and a pile of fresh arrows.
Sure, there are reasons the armed forces of the world abandoned archery for firearms - mostly. I've seen a few interesting B&W Army films comparing the two. I highly recommend anyone concerned about the long-term direction of the law invest the time and effort to learn alternative modes of holepunching. And the majority of my arms are 10 shot semiautos. You know - .22s.