Like I said, there were deer a little over 75 yards, and I didnt shoot. I practiced with the gun and shot dead center of a horseshoe hanging on the tree at 35 yards. It shot really well at 50 yards, but after that it was pushing it. For me to shoot knowing that I can have a clean kill on the animal would be at 50 yards or less. I had a fawn 10 yards away from me when I was hiding under a cedar tree. I knew I could clean kill the animal, but I didnt want the small fawn. Where it's mother was...I had no idea, but I wish it's daddy would have came looking for it at 10 yards away....I could not believe it didnt smell me...