What’s important to keep in mind is that arrow velocity will deteriorate severely at such distances.
Hitting the bulls-eye consistently from such a distance would of course be quite a miracle, there are however people who are skilled enough to shoot 2″ arrow groups with a crossbow from 80+ yards away. If using a 300+ FPS crossbow, an arrow with a field point can easily penetrate a compressed foam target (or any other material used in modern archery targets) from well over 180 yards away. Which is why most crossbow hunters will prefer to take a shot from a maximum of 35 yards away not because their arrow won’t kill from a further distance, but because they want to be certain the arrow will land where it should, otherwise they’d end up wounding the animal only without killing it, and that’s not something any ethical hunter wants. The real question here is whether you can land the shot with perfect precision and penetrate the vital organ(s) most people can’t do so with consistency. You can obviously go beyond that – even an 80 yard shot would still be powerful enough to kill medium and even big game. If using a 300+ FPS crossbow, the average effective hunting range is 50, maybe 60 yards. Note: all of the x-bows listed on our best crossbows rankings page have enough kinetic energy for deer and elk hunting up to 50 yards away.
(Use our comparison chart to compare the FPS of the top crossbows on the market.) If hitting a target is not a concern, a solid 300+ FPS crossbow, such as the Barnett Jackal or the Buck Commander can send an arrow well over 500 yards if you shoot up into the air obviously at such a distance the arrow won’t have any juice left in it to achieve a clean pass through, not to mention it’s impossible to aim accurately from 500 yards with a crossbow.
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