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Zero a rifle for 100 with only a 30 yard range?
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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 1381313" data-attributes="member: 229"><p>Yeah, but lots of hunters take less-than-desirable shots in the first place. Not saying the OP is one of those guys, but I'd almost say that more than half of the deer-gun hunters I've known have made at least one bad shot in their lifetime. Several have made more than that.</p><p></p><p>If you're barely on the edge of the kill-zone due to a shaky shot (which is only the size of the lungs/heart - and you've got factors like the deer moving at the same time as the shot, shoulder-blades being at the perfect angle to deflect the bullet to a slightly different angle, cold-weather-shivers, etc...), then why take a chance with another 2-5" of being off?</p><p></p><p>Its not about making groups on paper (to me anyways), its about an ethical kill and my laziness and not wanting to have to track down a deer for miles after I missed its vitals (and I know, you can double-lung and hit the heart and still have to track them) but if you miss the vitals altogether, it makes for a long night of tracking them back down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 1381313, member: 229"] Yeah, but lots of hunters take less-than-desirable shots in the first place. Not saying the OP is one of those guys, but I'd almost say that more than half of the deer-gun hunters I've known have made at least one bad shot in their lifetime. Several have made more than that. If you're barely on the edge of the kill-zone due to a shaky shot (which is only the size of the lungs/heart - and you've got factors like the deer moving at the same time as the shot, shoulder-blades being at the perfect angle to deflect the bullet to a slightly different angle, cold-weather-shivers, etc...), then why take a chance with another 2-5" of being off? Its not about making groups on paper (to me anyways), its about an ethical kill and my laziness and not wanting to have to track down a deer for miles after I missed its vitals (and I know, you can double-lung and hit the heart and still have to track them) but if you miss the vitals altogether, it makes for a long night of tracking them back down. [/QUOTE]
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