Originally posted by Bowmadness:
Last night I went out at about 3:45. I hunt a small area (< 10 acres) and was in a stand on a ridge over funnel and a small cut corn field on the other side with about 1/2 acre of standing corn. At 5:30 the deer start pouring into the field. 6 does, 3 fawns, and then a forkie came from behind at 5:40. I looked across the field and finally after a long season, a shooter shows. He's quartering away slightly at 115 yards and it's 5:45. Technically legal light, but there is a road 400yds behind and a house 100 yds to the right. I'm an average shooter, and definitely not comfortable with my muzzy on that shot. As the final sunlight faded and I slipped out of the stand, I couldn't help but wonder how many average shooters would have taken that shot with an hpr.
If you were in a treestand at a height of 20 ft the bullet would hit the ground about 20 yards behind the deer, even with an hpr.
