So I am going to say this right out of the gate, in case what I am asking sounds stupid. But I have Never gone hunting a day in my life. With Dog food being kind of pricey right now I am thinking of taking a deer or two. Not bragging just saying my Rifle Marksman skills are well above average.
With that being said head shots are not going to be an issue. We are talking relatively short distance here, maybe 30 to 40 yards. And it would be on our property and the section I would be hunting in would be in what I like to call the salad bowl its at the base of a massive hill.
With that being said what would you recommend for Caliber and Rifle?
Thanks
I'm a deer hunter. I understand you think your plan is sound. As a hunter, I would suggest that it's not.
We live in Southern Indiana and had a home on 10 acres within a wooded area behind us. The neighbor apparently tried a head shot. It entered below the eye and exited in the same area on the other side of her head. The reason I know this is because this deer came over to our property still alive with blood running down its jaw. It put the deer thru misery for a period of time. I've never been so pissed at another hunter in my life. She recovered because we saw her off and on for the next year with the bullet entry wound still visible.
Do the right and humane thing and take a lung shot. You may be a great marksman. But shooting at a live animal is different than shooting at a target. That's all I'm going to say...