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<blockquote data-quote="Capt. D" data-source="post: 1007613" data-attributes="member: 10225"><p>As I eluded to in a post several days ago, determining your own maximum effective range is an essential part in the taking of game animals no matter which discipline you choose to use ie. rifle, muzzle loader, archery, or if you think you can run em down and stab em with a knife.</p><p> </p><p>Lets now collectively expound on determining your maximum effective range. Would it be based on cold bore shots at distance, your load developement and ballistic calculations, the farthest distance you have shot to, etc.? Hours of trigger time shooting to 600yds does not make your maximum effective range 1000yds until you have proven yourself proficient at 1000yds. Hold my beer and watch this s#!t don't cut it.</p><p> </p><p>At the point in my hunting carreer, when I wouldn't shoot anything but a bow, I had targets placed out to 100yds. Often before an afternoon hunt I would shoot, starting at 50yds, three arrows into the vitals on a 3D target and move out 10yds and shoot 3 more and so on. At the first distance I could not keep 3 arrows in the vital zone, the previous distance was my maximum effective range for the day. Rarely did that exceed 80yds. Often in the mornings I would let a few go at 20yds under artificial light, flash light or head lights, just to get that warm fuzzy so to speak and feel how my form was that day. Now with that being said, the vast majority of my stand set-ups did not present a shot beyond 40yds.</p><p> </p><p>The area I shoot my rifles I can only shoot out to 800yds and do so with regularity. I also intentionally shoot in the wind here in South Texas and that, often times, will bring me back to reality. But I know my limitations. So under the right conditions 800yds is my maximum effective range.</p><p> </p><p>I know it is not practical to shoot your rifle before each hunt nor would you really want to,(don't want to put evrey animal in the country on alert) but what I'm getting at is that your maximum effective range will change from time to time wheter it be weather induced or by physical challenges or...There is a myriad of reasons. </p><p> </p><p>Your maximum effective range does not have to be proven to anyone but yourself and your ethics are your own. Just remember that character is what you do when nobody is looking and ethics plays a big roll in character.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Capt. D, post: 1007613, member: 10225"] As I eluded to in a post several days ago, determining your own maximum effective range is an essential part in the taking of game animals no matter which discipline you choose to use ie. rifle, muzzle loader, archery, or if you think you can run em down and stab em with a knife. Lets now collectively expound on determining your maximum effective range. Would it be based on cold bore shots at distance, your load developement and ballistic calculations, the farthest distance you have shot to, etc.? Hours of trigger time shooting to 600yds does not make your maximum effective range 1000yds until you have proven yourself proficient at 1000yds. Hold my beer and watch this s#!t don't cut it. At the point in my hunting carreer, when I wouldn't shoot anything but a bow, I had targets placed out to 100yds. Often before an afternoon hunt I would shoot, starting at 50yds, three arrows into the vitals on a 3D target and move out 10yds and shoot 3 more and so on. At the first distance I could not keep 3 arrows in the vital zone, the previous distance was my maximum effective range for the day. Rarely did that exceed 80yds. Often in the mornings I would let a few go at 20yds under artificial light, flash light or head lights, just to get that warm fuzzy so to speak and feel how my form was that day. Now with that being said, the vast majority of my stand set-ups did not present a shot beyond 40yds. The area I shoot my rifles I can only shoot out to 800yds and do so with regularity. I also intentionally shoot in the wind here in South Texas and that, often times, will bring me back to reality. But I know my limitations. So under the right conditions 800yds is my maximum effective range. I know it is not practical to shoot your rifle before each hunt nor would you really want to,(don't want to put evrey animal in the country on alert) but what I'm getting at is that your maximum effective range will change from time to time wheter it be weather induced or by physical challenges or...There is a myriad of reasons. Your maximum effective range does not have to be proven to anyone but yourself and your ethics are your own. Just remember that character is what you do when nobody is looking and ethics plays a big roll in character. [/QUOTE]
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