yeoman
SL - from a philosophical perspective, why do we let one fly at the squirrel and not the deer out thar? Do we think they'd have let one fly at the deer 100 years ago? I think so.
For me and only me, i would take the 200 yard shot at a peeper:
1. because the chances of me actually hitting the peeper are zip point nothing to nothing... but i think I could get very close.
2. if I did hit it I hanestly do not think I would have to worry about wounding it - it would be dead with that size bullet in that body.
Not the " deer out thar" - The real thing comes down to the reason #1 -
I think I would get real close - not good enough for me when shooting big game...
100 yearsago (maybe even 25 years ago - I might still have the physical abilities to take that shot with out a problem - especially if I were doing it on a regular basis), but then again 100 years ago you probably would not have to take that shot - there was a lot more game available and most often you were not trophy hunting you were hunting for the freezer - 200 years ago it would have been for food when needed at the ranges you that were driven by hunger.
Just thinking