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[Newtosavage]

500 is a Hail Mary on a deer IMO. Again, even if you have a 1 MOA rifle (off the bench) you're looking at 5" groups at 500 yards. Add even a touch of wind and that's 8-10" off a bench.

Maybe if I was lobbing rounds at a wounded deer with a canyon between us. But otherwise, no. I shoot about 500-1000 rounds a year, and 300 yards is a chip-shot for me. But in the field, on an animal with something less than a bench, I'll keep it under 400.

That said, I have yet to shoot a deer beyond 250 yards in my life. And I've been poking holes in deer for 36 years now. So this is mostly an academic exercise.

Well, as luck would have it the last doe I shot this year on my MLD doe permits was at 310 yards. So that's now the longest shot I've taken on a deer. Textbook placement. She went 20 yards and tipped over. Best of all no damaged meat. Gotta love that.