Okay, it must just be me and my fear of wounding a deer, but I have seen SOOOO many posts on here of people taking shots from 200 yards, 280 yards and even 300 yards!! Now, I KNOW my gun is capable of that, but *I* am not! I was reading about the young lady who took her first buck at 281 yards and I nearly dropped my drink! I guess this is normal for most hunters... as I hear people talking about it all of the time.

I have never attempted a shot at anything (even at the range) more than 100 yards, and unless I had a VERY clear shot at something I probably wouldn't shoot any further than 120 or so. I shot my deer this year at 40 yards with my muzzleloader, that was a chipshot, but I had a doe come in to about 80-100 yards and since I don't have a rangefinder, I didn't take the shot because I wasn't sure of how far it was! (she didn't present the shot for too long anyway...) I am an excellent shot at 50-80 yards or so, but when it gets to 100, I lose accuracy and I think it is due to my horrible vision! I can hardly see the target at 100 yards, even with contacts in I struggle with it, so I just don't feel comfortable with that shot.

Is there ANYONE else here that doesn't take 250 yd shots? Or am I the only one? I'm starting to feel rather pathetic!