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How close were you to Grayling. I have been there a few times.(many many years ago). I had an uncle who was the VP of Bear Archery. The snow really was something up there. I remember my uncle telling me how many months they used their snow mobile for a car. Tom.
Grayling is "southern" Michigan
I went to college on the west end of the UP, another 5.5 hours' drive to the northwest. Michigan is a lot bigger than it looks!
Yes, if I shot at a deer that was walking, it takes the bullet about half a second to go downrange and it could move significantly in that time. However, as I described in one of my earlier posts, the last time I made a bad shot several years ago was because I shot at a deer at pretty close range and it spun around while I was pulling the trigger. Range itself is not the only factor, the deer could ALWAYS move. I pick and choose my long shots so they're always at calm as possible and stationary as possible deer. Going back to that story I hesitated on a buck at 280 yds first thing in the morning, much of the reason being I wasn't sure he was calm enough to shoot at. He wasn't, and a few seconds later he bolted. It's not just the range and bad things can happen at any range. In fact, at longer ranges there is less chance the deer will hear, smell, or see you so that's actually in your favor that they will remain still if they're already calm.
One ALWAYS needs to time their shot carefully.