I hunt private ground mostly.
Deer mellow there. Once gun season starts, foliage drops.........max trad goes to 20 yds.
25 before boom time.
Have found that some bows need more than 1 set of whiskers. Got a rig from a guy that's hunted quite a bit, and his tune/setup was pretty shocking.
New string, higher brace and still that hum (metal riser recurve). 2nd set of puffs did the trick.
Noisy bows suck. But a lot of people seem to like 'em.
Two guys I know claimed their rigs good enough (deer ducked 'em). Went shooting together and when I shot my bow they were like WTF?
Yeah, fast and quiet.
Had a custom bow guy with his fanboys indoors, loud and sloppy the gang was (bows). Let one guy shoot my Widow and he was flabberghasted.
Speed and quiet. Plus he said he couldn't watch the arrow fly.
Well duh. They didn't come out sideways like his did.
