[Holten101]

in reply to: Your Maximum Yardage #47559

Yeah…the license is for bow types, i.e compound, recurve or longbow, with or without sights (or any combination of the mentioned). The test have to be passed using broadheads on a 3D target, and will have to be renewed every 5 yrs!

The bow used have to output 40 joules with fixed-blade heads or 70 joules with mechanicals and blunts (small game only)!

Getting a license for traditional gear in Denmark is very unusual and only for the most persistent…..also something to be proud of I think:-)

Sorry for side tracking an otherwise excellent tread.

Cheers

Edit: The test can be taken twice a year, on set dates…a succesfull test will have to be renewed every 5 yrs!

[Holten101]

in reply to: Your Maximum Yardage #46446

Hmm….maximum yardage?…I cant tell for sure what mine is at the moment, but I can tell you what it have to be in order for me to go bowhunting!

I live in Denmark were it is neccesary to pass a test (theroretical as well as practical) in order to get a bowhunting license. The practical part consists of getting 5 out of 6 arrows within the “vital zone” of a red deer (aka Roedeer….about half the size of a whitetail i belive) at ca. 27 yrds (25 meters). The vital zone is about the size of a hand with spread fingers…

So thats what my “maximum” yardage have to be….no problem with my compound, but not easy at all with my recurve! Now I have yet to shot an arrow at a living target….but belive me the bowhunting test, which can only be attended twice a year, is NOT like backyard shooting at all.

Right now I think I would feel comfortable with shooting at live game at 15-18 yrds…this will hopefully increase gradually until I try my “luck” at the test next year;-)

Cheers from Denmark

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