Hearing some folks claim that they never get a shot at deer farther than 70 yards obviously never heard of the term "bean field rifle," which is an apt description for where I ordinarily hunt, on my aunt's land, which consists of a woods of about 20 acres surrounded by fields of about 200 acres.[/QUOTE]
Pink, you are twisting my words. I don't "claim" that i never get a shot at farther than 70 yds. - its a fact due to where I hunt on my own land. If I had a bean field then it might be different. Obviously I recognize that Indiana terrain varies, as stated by me when I asked the question I said: " I ask the question because where I hunt in SE Indiana everything is thick brush. I can't see more than 65 yards because of the honeysuckle and briars and I hunt from a ground blind and locate it where I will have several shooting lanes and I use .357 rifles and I still kill deer. I adapt to my location and for me a longer range gun would have no benefit to me. I understand other areas in Indiana might provide the possibility of longer shots but then comes the argument of those who say the open spaces allows for more danger for longer bullet travel. So just wondering how many of you would benefit by taking more deer in your hunting location with a HPR?
Pink, you are twisting my words. I don't "claim" that i never get a shot at farther than 70 yds. - its a fact due to where I hunt on my own land. If I had a bean field then it might be different. Obviously I recognize that Indiana terrain varies, as stated by me when I asked the question I said: " I ask the question because where I hunt in SE Indiana everything is thick brush. I can't see more than 65 yards because of the honeysuckle and briars and I hunt from a ground blind and locate it where I will have several shooting lanes and I use .357 rifles and I still kill deer. I adapt to my location and for me a longer range gun would have no benefit to me. I understand other areas in Indiana might provide the possibility of longer shots but then comes the argument of those who say the open spaces allows for more danger for longer bullet travel. So just wondering how many of you would benefit by taking more deer in your hunting location with a HPR?