Whats your average shot with a rifle for high country mule deer?

Average shot on Mountain mule deer with a rifle

  • 100-200 yards

    Votes: 24 25.0%
  • 200-300 yards

    Votes: 32 33.3%
  • 300-400 yards

    Votes: 32 33.3%
  • 400-500 yards

    Votes: 8 8.3%

  • Total voters
    96
Where I hunt in Colorado, it’s open high country, and I typically set up on the nearest ridge to where I watched the bucks bed down that morning. Because of that, I’m usually looking at shots in the 400+ yard range. There are times I can get closer, but if I move in and then sit for 4–6 hours waiting for them to come out, I have to be far enough away that I won’t get winded if the wind changes throughout the day.


I’ve been burned by bucks at 330 yards and at 400 yards when the wind shifts and blows in their direction.
 
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