If you don't care about hitting a target, a powerful modern crossbow can shoot as far as 500 yards. If you want to hunt, up to 80 yards is possible for a very skilled shooter, however you should stick to a maximum of 60 yards, and preferably much less than that (30-35) if you are a beginner.

Can you kill a deer at 100 yards with a crossbow?

Many of them have heard people tell them that they can shoot deer at 100 yards. A guy at the archery range told them that a crossbow is just like a rifle. ... Yes, crossbows have a stock and most have a scope that is similar to a rifle scope. But a crossbow is by far more similar to a modern vertical bow than to a rifle.

Do crossbows shoot further than bows?

As the bow is shot, the string on a conventional compound bow pushes the arrow more than twice the distance as when a crossbow is shot. Therefore, to produce the same arrow speeds, a crossbow must have more than twice the draw weight of a compound bow.