Suppose a 125 lb. white-tail is standing broadside 25 yards from your tree stand. What could you use to make a killing shot? A long bow and a cedar shaft with a home made flint arrow head? A 45 cal flint lock and a patched round ball? A .243 with a 100 grain Nosler? A .22/250 with a 60 grain bullet loaded to 3500 ft/sec. ? A .300 Win. Mag. with a 150 grain bullet ? I think they would all probably do the job if the shooter did his part.

If the deer was a 300 lb. Alberta Monster buck and he was standing accross a hay field about 325 yards away I sure hope I would have the .300 win. mag. in my mits, as I would not shoot if I was hunting with any of the others above.

My point is, what you are hunting with is often determines if you will take a shot or not.
If I hunted deer with a .22 C.F. I would not be able to take shots at a lot of deer that I see. I mostly hunt with a .264 Win. Mag.(140 grain pills) and there aren' t too many deer that I see that I could not nail if I wanted too. I' ve probably shot more at under 100 yards than over. But I have shot a couple that were way out yonder.

Robin