Thread: What distance do you shoot game animals?

I got back from 2 weeks here and there on Friday and in that time I shot 17 deer, 9 fallow and 8 reds. Average range was ~350m, with the fallow all being 250-300m, and the reds all being 350-500m. Both of these groups are typical of the environment - hill country sheep and beef farms with extensive bush blocks and DOC as an immediate neighbour.

The flip side to this as I posted the other day is that I get a bit bored of just pinging deer at these ranges, so have taken steps to get more time up close and personal, hence the open sights and lever action. That’s all been 20-50m action, highly enjoyable.

When the photos work again I’ll post some of the fallow action on the property I visited last week, which is a relatively new one for me with a whole new bunch of challenges.