In my opinion (and everyone is entitled to one), if you are going to shoot with open sights, you ought to be sure of your accuracy first. Of course that's my opinion, and yours may be different, but if you are confident enough to shoot with open sights, you ought to be confident enough or practiced enough to hit 'em with that first shot. We can't use rifles in Indiana though, we use a muzzleloader during shotgun season, and if there are deer RUNNING by me, I am patient enough to wait the two or three days (sometimes minutes or hours) to wait for them to WALK by me.

My boyfriend has hunted Michigan public land for 12 years and he has never had to shoot at a running deer. As I said before patience IS a virtue.