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bamaranger · January 22, 2011, 02:26 AM

I love rifles, but am primarily a bowhunter for deer. My avg bowshot is 14 yds.
The meat buck for this year was at 12. I missed at 11 (don't laugh to hard) and 17. Hey, the 11 was in bad light, OK. The 17, well that was my fault.

My rifle kills are fewer but more varied, but the theme is that in the woods, 50 yards plus or minus is pretty common. My last two rifle kills were at 30 and 25 yds. My longest 3 are 225, 210 and 175. All the long shots on ROW's. My longest woodland deer shot was 86 paces, my first deer, a doe with my Grandad's rifle, a Win M88-.308 (I still have it)

Bamaboy has the family record at 260, with his Grandad's .243 Savage 110.

Used to groundhog hunt a great deal, but the coyote's have cleaned out most of the pasture pigs. I'd shoot at those with a 22-250 ruger 77V/12x way out there, and miss a bunch.

January 22, 2011, 02:26 AM	#29
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,308	whitetails I love rifles, but am primarily a bowhunter for deer. My avg bowshot is 14 yds. The meat buck for this year was at 12. I missed at 11 (don't laugh to hard) and 17. Hey, the 11 was in bad light, OK. The 17, well that was my fault. My rifle kills are fewer but more varied, but the theme is that in the woods, 50 yards plus or minus is pretty common. My last two rifle kills were at 30 and 25 yds. My longest 3 are 225, 210 and 175. All the long shots on ROW's. My longest woodland deer shot was 86 paces, my first deer, a doe with my Grandad's rifle, a Win M88-.308 (I still have it) Bamaboy has the family record at 260, with his Grandad's .243 Savage 110. Used to groundhog hunt a great deal, but the coyote's have cleaned out most of the pasture pigs. I'd shoot at those with a 22-250 ruger 77V/12x way out there, and miss a bunch.