RE: How accurate do you feel you need to be?
there's two things.....
1 the accuracy of the rifle
2 the ability of the shooter to shoot it .....
the last being a rarely discussed item.
My guns have to shoot 1.25 inch 3-shot groups or they get traded off.
I'm not a good shooter unless I find a rest so I'm usually near a tree for a rest. Usually one can find a decent rest to assist the shooting.
Strangely enough shooting deer on the run has been a specialty for me and it seems swinging a gun don't require a rest.......
However, most shooting past 50 yards I find a rest for sure.