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5 year old buck +
What zero distance would you do for 308, 45/70 / 450 marlin. Still playing with the savage 308 I got last summer, haven't hunted with it yet. Debating between 200 and 230 yards with the 308. My hunting club has gongs I put up, there a 230 yard at the end. Made a 300 yard shot -9 inches as per the hornady calculator. Shooting 150gr winhesters
Screwed up a shot at a really nice buck at 230 yards with the 450 marlin... Probably shouldn't be shooting that far with it anyway. However, it has a 100 yard zero when I stalk hunted up in the ADK's. I have a bad foot, so I usually stand hunt much more than I used to up there. Using 325gr FTX with that gun.
Where I hunt there is known spots in the open fields for 200 and 250 yards. Dips in the field, muddy holes the harvester avoids, brush islands, and on spot is 225 yards field edge to edge.
Screwed up a shot at a really nice buck at 230 yards with the 450 marlin... Probably shouldn't be shooting that far with it anyway. However, it has a 100 yard zero when I stalk hunted up in the ADK's. I have a bad foot, so I usually stand hunt much more than I used to up there. Using 325gr FTX with that gun.
Where I hunt there is known spots in the open fields for 200 and 250 yards. Dips in the field, muddy holes the harvester avoids, brush islands, and on spot is 225 yards field edge to edge.