I'll bet that 90% of all shots are taken under 200 yards. Keeping in mind that thousands of hunters use 30-30s, which means that shots are well under 100 yards, that should mean that the national average is probably 100 yards.
I may put this in the form of a poll, but for the time being, answer these two questions:
1) What is the longest shot you have taken?
2) What do you think is the average distance of all of your shots?
Let me start:
1) Believe it or not, it's probably no more than 150 yards.
2) Average is probably a little under 100 yards.
SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMING RESPONSES TO THIS POST, AND AS IT WOULD TAKE TOO MUCH TIME TO COMPUTE AND ANALYZE ALL OF THESE RESPONSES, I HAVE DECIDED TO TRANSFORM THIS POST INTO A POLL IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE RESPONSES IN A MORE CONCISE, VISUAL MANNER.
AS SUCH, PLEASE INDICATE, WITHIN THE CHOICES ALOTTED, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE DISTANCE YOU TAKE YOUR SHOTS WITH A RIFLE, REGARDLESS OF GAME. [/color]
Zachary
I may put this in the form of a poll, but for the time being, answer these two questions:
1) What is the longest shot you have taken?
2) What do you think is the average distance of all of your shots?
Let me start:
1) Believe it or not, it's probably no more than 150 yards.
2) Average is probably a little under 100 yards.
SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMING RESPONSES TO THIS POST, AND AS IT WOULD TAKE TOO MUCH TIME TO COMPUTE AND ANALYZE ALL OF THESE RESPONSES, I HAVE DECIDED TO TRANSFORM THIS POST INTO A POLL IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE RESPONSES IN A MORE CONCISE, VISUAL MANNER.
AS SUCH, PLEASE INDICATE, WITHIN THE CHOICES ALOTTED, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE DISTANCE YOU TAKE YOUR SHOTS WITH A RIFLE, REGARDLESS OF GAME. [/color]
Zachary