ORIGINAL: gzg38b
ORIGINAL: cooter144
To me "effective range" is the range that I am VERY confident in making a good clean killing shot on an animial.
Currently I would say my effective range is 30 yards even though I have killed a couple at longer distances.
Cooter,
Would you take the bet I mentioned above, since your effective range is 30 yards?
Your bet has little to do with hunting situations.
I will tell you that I have taken 30+ animals at ranges from 10-35 yards and have only lost one (hit the shoulder blade on a twenty yard shot where the deer was on a slow walk).
Nobody is perfect and a bad shot can happen at any range.
I could sit in a tree stand and shoot some pretty tight groups from thirty yards and the kill zone on a 3d target is pretty big...so hmm...maybe I would be willing to steal your $100.
