Thread: What distance do you shoot game animals?

Originally Posted by Sarvo

No can of worms !!!
Par for the course
Depends mostly if not solely on your terrain etc that you have to hunt in
I shot the mid North Island for years and my average distance on shots was 5-20m
But I had no open terrain/country it was all bush and the very occasional track shot without bloody Toe Toe blocking the line of sight

That's a pretty accurate statement I would say. Most Goats I've taken have been 5-50 mtrs with the odd pig thrown in there but thats generally bush hunting. The last few fallow were at 140 and 385 mtrs but that was open area. I had one lined up at 680 mtrs which would have taken but a fawn was present. The fallow were all with a big banger rifle also which I am comfortable shooting and would probably go to 800 if I thought shot was worth taking...but rifle capable of reaching out alot further than that.