glockman19
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Agreed.6mm/.243 again.
I also wouldn't take the shot at further than 150 yards to be humane & effective. As others have said shot placement is very important.
Agreed.6mm/.243 again.
All this shot placement crap is good, but its not the final say so. I mean, ya its important, but thats just one variable against many more unpredicted ones. Like I said earlier, you don't know what can happen between the second you decide to pull trigger and bullet hits target.
I say the old deer hunter needs to learn how to get close enough to his prey to make a clean kill. He also needs to learn when to take a shot, and when to pass. Big deer + bad angle + long range = deer walks and I go home with a good story for my buddies.
I refuse to take a poor shot at big a deer because I want him on my wall.
In theory, you're right. In practice, you can't count on perfect performance. Go to a range and look at the 100 yard target frames and count the bullet holes -- many a shot has gone astray under ideal conditions.I don't care how good of a shot you are, how powerful of a rifle you are using, or even how loud your big brass balls clank together when you walk through the woods. A bad angle is a bad angle. There no reason to shoot at a deer that not giving you a good shot.