I agree, I would shoot at a target less than softball sized as long as I felt confident doing so.
Maybe the question is how honest are people being with their effective range.
I think 50 with my compound and 25 with my recurve.
I live out east, so it's typically less than 30 for a shot on a whitetail. Most shots usually being within 15. I only just started shooting past 40 within the last two years.
I practice at 75 with my compound because that's as far as I can...
I don't know about you, but I enjoy the climb back up. Kind of starting fresh and ready to make all new progression after the season. Just for me it's whitetail out east
I know this might be going away from the original shoulder mobility / impingement issue, but another good starting program is Wendler's 5,3,1.
Just like alot of these programs you can run it exactly as the program states or more like a template. I keep a rep record (1-10) of all my lifts to...
I would definitely do more of a warm up. The video Zap posted has some excellent information on it. Improve your mobility now and you'll get a better range of motion on your workouts. Better range of motion will lead to bigger improvements on your workouts
Starting strength is a great program. I'm not sure what your warm up routine is like, but I would start there. I use a rubber band and do like a 10 minute warm up on upper body days.
With the band on a pullup bar I do pull downs, tricep extensions, rows, face pulls, then some mobility. Then...
If you're worried about penetration on an animal I think you're easiest solution is just a good broadhead. I like VPAs for my compound and Grizzly for my recurve. Haven't tried Iron Will, but I think some people like em....
Getting that arrow tuned correctly is going to get you farther than...
I think as long as your arrows are tuned properly and his broad heads are razor sharp, then he should be fine shooting whatever distance he is comfortable at.