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12-17-2007, 10:37 AM

#21

Paul L Mohr

Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: Blissfield MI USA

Posts: 5,293

RE: Burning ?

Honeslty I would rather shoot a standing deer 200 yards away than a running deer at 80 yards[

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Most shouldn't take either shot, so I guess arguing ethics on this one is sort of pointless.

Paul

12-17-2007, 11:21 AM

#22

burniegoeasily

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Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: land of the Lilliputians, In the state of insanity

Posts: 26,274

RE: Burning ?

If its jumped, a long, long, long way.

12-17-2007, 11:41 AM

#23

NY/Al

Nontypical Buck

Join Date: May 2006

Location: Castile N.Y.

Posts: 2,090

RE: Burning ?

Must have been an Ithaca deerslayer III!

check the site haha

12-17-2007, 11:53 AM

#24

Lefty26

Join Date: Jul 2003

Location: Hagerstown, MD

Posts: 689

RE: Burning ?

Most of the newer shotguns with rifled barrels paired with the new high powered slugs on the market are very capable out to 200 yards.

Most slugs however are 300 grain chunks of lead and do some serious damage. I don't see a deer shot with a slug through the heart running a half mile.

12-17-2007, 12:13 PM

#25

Gundeck

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Join Date: Oct 2007

Location: Finger Lakes, NY

Posts: 1,613

RE: Burning ?

Too bad Ithaca Arms is out of business. I agree, I don't think I would have taken either shot with a slug gun. Now, with "Sweetness", I would have taken the shot at twice that distance and not thought twice about it.