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How many hunters can evenkill an animal at 300 to 400 yards? The next time you see a group of guys shooting, put a bucket at 400 yards, and let me know how many guys hit the bucket. You will be surprised. I am not aiming at you, youprobably are a shooter who can hit the bucket,but you will be surprised at how manywill miss. Tom.
excellent point. At our private range I put a 10" x 10" steel clanger at an unspecified range, and their was a $50 pool for anyone who thought they could hit it on the first shot without knowing the range (from field positions/ no bags). Then after awhile we decided to laser range it and see if anyone could hit it knowing the range of 375 yds. And still no one made it clang on the first shot, not even me. And I'm the best shot in the world or at least on the internet [8D] Too many things going on at that distance to account for...wind drift....bullet drop.... mirage..... poor form.... inheriently inaccurate weapons...etc The average joe doesn't think enough to factor all those in correctly. After years of practice I can say that I'm confident to 300 yds. Beyond 300 I use the poke and hope method.