Deer in my sig. was a running shot at about 30 yards. When I first saw him my buddy had scared him toward me (never even saw or heard the deer he later told me) and the deer was probably about 1/2 speed quartering toward my left about 40 yards and closing. Missed the first shot and the deer kicked up to warp 9 running right past me at about 30 yards. 2nd shot dropped him. This was a deer-of-a-lifetime and I would have shot the entire clip to get him. Probably not terribly ethical but until it happens to you it' s hard to say what you would do. I figure anything inside 50 yards is doable if you are comfortable shooting at moving targets (I had many years of birdshooting and moving targets don' t scare me). Matter of fact my Elk I got last year tried to get up about 50 yards away and I had to " wing-shoot" him to keep him from stumbling to the bottom of the canyon. Had to do the exact same thing with my very first deer as I had originally shot him too far back.

Generally I would try not to shoot uninjured animals past 50 yards if they are moving faster than a walk. I would like to lie and say I would never do it but when that 400 class Bull Elk runs by at 100 yards in an open plain I would really have to decide then. If you are in a dense area probably not but in the wide open areas I hunt it is feasible.