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"Michael Phillips" <gt5773b@prism.gatech.edu> wrote in message

> I would very much like to see somebody shoot a deer at 500 yards.  That is
a very
> irresponsible and unethical thing to do.  Nobody should ever take a shot
at an
> animal more than 300 yards away.  Most people do not know the long range

 I argue that there aren't many deer in GA you'll see at 500 yards (or
further) to drop. How many wooded areas have you been to that have open
spaces a half mile long? Shooting elk, however, is a different matter
entirely. Sometimes you can't get within 200 yards, so 4 and 5 hundred yard
shots are much more common. (out on the tundra)

> woud have.  Surely no person should ever ethically shoot at an animal
beyond 300
> yards, the capability of most people in hunting situations with hunting
rifles.

I'd feel safer downrange at 500 yards than standing behind most people with
most rifles. When you're shooting at a target 500 yards away, forget timing
shots between breaths- you're timing shots between heartbeats.

> I have been shooting for 18+ years and know the implications here.  The
margin of
> error on the vitals on a deer at 500 yards is huge, who would want to
track that
> animal for possible days, especially since the 7mm mag will more than
likely pass
> straight through and not even expand on the animal, 7mm mag is not
something for
> deer sized game, especially tiny 120# deer here in GA, that moron should
take
> this class.

 I agree completely. However, you and I both know that anyone out killing
deer in GA with a 7mm mag or a .300 win mag is killing a fly with a 50 pound
sledge. (as a side note, I'm quote partial to my .270 for deer and a .45-70
gov't for everything else.)