Originally Posted by hometheaterman

I don't know that I agree with that. I think it all depends on the person shooting. Do I think someone who has only practiced at a still target should shoot? Maybe not. However, I hunt with a lot of guys that hunt with dogs so 90% of the shots the deer is running. Most of them can hit them almost all of the time with the shotgun and several of them hit them the majority of the time with the rifles. One guy I hunt with shot one last year. He is probably the best shot I know. I wasn't personally there but someone else was with him and they said he shot it at around 150-200 yards with his .270. He said he thought it was a doe but it turned out to be a buck with the antlers gone on one side. Anyway, they both said it was flat out running close to the ground and moving fast. He shot the first time and said the deer never even slowed down. Thought he missed and shot again. Said it slowed down slightly this time but kept on moving pretty good so shot again. This time he said it fell over.

When we were skinning it later that afternoon turns out two shots had hit him in the lungs and one shot had hit him a little further back but still hit him. I also hunted with this guy another day when he shot a running buck and shot at a doe that was running with it. Thought he missed the doe until it came back by him again and he shot it again killing it. Turns out the buck dropped right where it was when he shot as it was a perfect shot and when he shot the doe it was a good shot but a little far back and the doe didn't fall right there and ran maybe 50 yards in which he had time to shoot again and drop it.

To me if this guy can do this with a rifle I see no problem why he shouldn't be able to shoot running deer. Infact I don't know that I've ever seen him miss. Not trying to brag on him I just don't think I can honestly say I've ever seen him miss.

I know a couple other guys that while they aren't as good of a shot as this guy also hit the deer almost all of the time even if it is running. There are a lot of guys that are good shots that have lots of practice hitting moving targets that I have no issues if they want to shoot at a running deer as I'm confident they will hit it.