Doc7
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Hello all,
I have a food plot coming up in hunt club land. It is a small 50 ft X 70 ft long loading deck in an area surrounded by THICK 12-15 foot tall pine. I will put a ground blind at the entrance to the food plot where the other direction (at a slight angle to the linear direction of the food plot) is a line back to the trail where my truck will be parked of approx 100 yards. So max shot I could have is 100 yards behind me or 20-25 yards in front of me depending on if a deer is in the food plot or on the path I walk in on.
Let's assume I can't buy or sell anything for the upcoming season.
I have a muzzleloader which I of course will use for black powder season, and a choice of a 20 ga rifled barrel shotgun which shoots 2 3/4" Accutips extremely accurately and a 7mm-08 Savage 11 rifle.
Scope combinations include a cheap fixed 4X that last year I put on the muzzleloader and a 3-9x Vortex Viper.
Would you use the Shotgun or the Rifle at this short range? Is the rifle unacceptable for use or if a shot presents itself from single digit yards is it acceptable?
I have a food plot coming up in hunt club land. It is a small 50 ft X 70 ft long loading deck in an area surrounded by THICK 12-15 foot tall pine. I will put a ground blind at the entrance to the food plot where the other direction (at a slight angle to the linear direction of the food plot) is a line back to the trail where my truck will be parked of approx 100 yards. So max shot I could have is 100 yards behind me or 20-25 yards in front of me depending on if a deer is in the food plot or on the path I walk in on.
Let's assume I can't buy or sell anything for the upcoming season.
I have a muzzleloader which I of course will use for black powder season, and a choice of a 20 ga rifled barrel shotgun which shoots 2 3/4" Accutips extremely accurately and a 7mm-08 Savage 11 rifle.
Scope combinations include a cheap fixed 4X that last year I put on the muzzleloader and a 3-9x Vortex Viper.
Would you use the Shotgun or the Rifle at this short range? Is the rifle unacceptable for use or if a shot presents itself from single digit yards is it acceptable?