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Art Eatman · November 7, 2009, 10:18 AM

A bunch of us used to lease a ranch not far north of Uvalde, Texas. Rolling hills, lots of brush, many oak mottes and some open terrain. I guess the majority of us got our deer at around 100 yards, give or take 20 yards. Some shots were longer; I killed one buck at 450 and one at 350.

But, walking hunting after I got to know the ranch very well, I was kicking Bucky out of bed at mid-day at as close as fifteen yards. Felt sorta guilty about using a rifle.

Same guilt trip for the last mule deer I killed in the Davis Mountains. I walked up on him, waking him up from his mid-day nap. About 30 yards at most.

November 7, 2009, 10:18 AM	#22
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	A bunch of us used to lease a ranch not far north of Uvalde, Texas. Rolling hills, lots of brush, many oak mottes and some open terrain. I guess the majority of us got our deer at around 100 yards, give or take 20 yards. Some shots were longer; I killed one buck at 450 and one at 350. But, walking hunting after I got to know the ranch very well, I was kicking Bucky out of bed at mid-day at as close as fifteen yards. Felt sorta guilty about using a rifle. Same guilt trip for the last mule deer I killed in the Davis Mountains. I walked up on him, waking him up from his mid-day nap. About 30 yards at most.