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all
tables: LEAD is
always in FEET;
wind drift and trajectory is always in inches. Your
lead is always from your targeted point
of impact, i.e., -- heart lung area. All figures are
using broadside 90° angle shots, cut running leads in half if
angles are 45° degrees, etc. With its mild recoil
and report the 7mm-08
is a very popular deer cartridge. You will kill more deer and be
more deadly with a rifle/cartridge combo that you can shoot with the
most accuracy! I want a caliber/cartridge combo that is a pleasure to
shoot, it has become my number one criteria. Reloading costs are a
factor too, because for many reasons, I will want to do a lot of
various kinds of target shooting.
Most whitetails are killed at 100 yards or less and mule deer at 200 and under. Occasionally, you might take a shot at longer range—300 and 400 yards. Any competent rifleman should be able to hit just about every shot at 200 yards or under, but at 300 it really gets tough, and at 400 yards the odds are not good! My choice for an all around North American rifle is a bolt action rifle with a 22" or 24" barrel chambered for the 7mm-08 Remington. That is my pick for the perfect deer rifle for hunting across North America. There are a lot of other rifles that might do okay, but in my opinion, they wouldn't be as all around perfect as the 7mm-08. Rick Jamison writer for Petersen's Hunting Magazine, July 2002, p- 20, Guns & Loads Article Long Rangers, - says in essence that, for deer sized game you need a minimum of 1000 ft/lbs of energy and 2000 ft/sec velocity at the impact range for adequate bullet expansion. The bullet needs a sectional density between .215 to .265 and a high ballistic coefficient for long range shots. This is a great Hunting Magazine, I subscribe through the local school magazine drives. You can look at the various ballistic tables I have on the Net and determine (with a well placed shot) the approximate outer range limit your cartridge and selected bullet will be capable of killing a deer. If you can't put the bullet in the vital kill zone don't take the shot no matter how capable the cartridge you're using is at that range. Use deer lengths from 150 yards on out. I
worked up these charts to give you a general idea of what it takes to
instantly gauge the speed, angle, and approximate lead required to make
a killing shot on that once in a lifetime trophy buck, and it is now or
never! Figure your own cartridge at different deer speeds, etc. One
hundred yards should be considered the limit for most running shots. In many southeastern states in the U.S., deer are hunted with trail hounds and running shots are the norm. Those Southeastern states include: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and Virginia. They post themselves at clearings where the hounds will push them through so they can get a quick shot at them in full flight! They use both rifles and shot guns with buckshot, quick shots in clearings at running deer is the rule. Short barreled fast pointing semi-automatic and pump action rifles with very low power, wide field-of-view scopes, are popular for quick action swinging on running deer. For clean kills the proper leads are
required with both weapons. (This information is needed by a lot of
deer and larger big game hunters for wounded game and other hunting
situations, --so fellow hunters, bear with me.) Related Pages - Actual link addresses Leading
Running Game - Ballistics Frames Your cartridge's
ballistics - Know the Bullet's Terminal Performance http://www.udarrell.com/wisconsin_coyote_hunting.html A Page Full
of my
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