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<blockquote data-quote="BoomFlop" data-source="post: 1607244" data-attributes="member: 55851"><p>I think that where you live has a large impact on what is considered long range. I am from WI, where most whitetails are shot at less than 100 yards and for sure less than 200 yards on average. My longest shot was 294 yards off hand with a Rem 700 Mountain Rifle in 7mm-08. However, other than that 1 time, everything else was under 150 yards and far more closer to 50 than 200. There are more Marlin 30-30's in the woods here during gun season than there are $1000 rifles. I personally have found my sweet spot in the $2000ish range with Remington LTR's with Swarovski Z3 scopes or the like.</p><p></p><p>I feel that in today's day and age, there are many people that feel money spent dictated how far they can take animals. A $6000 rifle with a $2000 scope does not mean the average Joe can shoot game at 1000 yards.</p><p></p><p>To me, I enjoy getting as close to game as possible! I practice with my bow at 100 yards probably 80% of my time. However, I stalked and shot my mule deer at 10 yards (ranged afterwards). We only have a 9 day gun season and I have shot most all of my bucks at probably 75 yards on average, again, I wouldn't change that.</p><p></p><p>One last thing, something that bothers me regardless of reading it on a forum, hearing it on TV or just in general conversation with hunts is ethics differences between Trophy or Meat situations. IT SHOULD NOT MATTER! I am a "trophy" hunter by definition. With a pile of big whitetails taken with my bow. My requirement on shots I take for a 170 whitetail or a doe are NO DIFFERENT. They are both deer and and should be treated the same. What is on there heads is for our own justifications, but a wounded/unrecovered doe should bother us just as much as a "trophy" buck.</p><p></p><p>Sorry, that got a little long winded.</p><p></p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoomFlop, post: 1607244, member: 55851"] I think that where you live has a large impact on what is considered long range. I am from WI, where most whitetails are shot at less than 100 yards and for sure less than 200 yards on average. My longest shot was 294 yards off hand with a Rem 700 Mountain Rifle in 7mm-08. However, other than that 1 time, everything else was under 150 yards and far more closer to 50 than 200. There are more Marlin 30-30’s in the woods here during gun season than there are $1000 rifles. I personally have found my sweet spot in the $2000ish range with Remington LTR’s with Swarovski Z3 scopes or the like. I feel that in today’s day and age, there are many people that feel money spent dictated how far they can take animals. A $6000 rifle with a $2000 scope does not mean the average Joe can shoot game at 1000 yards. To me, I enjoy getting as close to game as possible! I practice with my bow at 100 yards probably 80% of my time. However, I stalked and shot my mule deer at 10 yards (ranged afterwards). We only have a 9 day gun season and I have shot most all of my bucks at probably 75 yards on average, again, I wouldn’t change that. One last thing, something that bothers me regardless of reading it on a forum, hearing it on TV or just in general conversation with hunts is ethics differences between Trophy or Meat situations. IT SHOULD NOT MATTER! I am a “trophy” hunter by definition. With a pile of big whitetails taken with my bow. My requirement on shots I take for a 170 whitetail or a doe are NO DIFFERENT. They are both deer and and should be treated the same. What is on there heads is for our own justifications, but a wounded/unrecovered doe should bother us just as much as a “trophy” buck. Sorry, that got a little long winded. Steve [/QUOTE]
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