Atlasman,

I hunt whitetails and wild boar in Georgia with bow and gun. Most of my shots are as you described and my bow shots are within 20 yds, my choice. However, I got the opportunity to go to Colorado in 2003 mule deer hunting and I'll assure you it ain't nothing to sneeze at. Antelope season was over with but after I got my mule deer I did't tote a gun, went with my buddy til he got his mule deer, so I did some scouting for him and in the process I couldn't resist the temptation to try and stalk some antelope and mule deer. I tried some that was over 400yds away and I got busted several times by both, but had a ball.

My two cents.

dog1