Good thread!
I only hunted once with a .30-30 on my first dear hunt at 14. I got my chance at a small 2x2 across a canyon, probably 150 yards away. I was pretty clueless about ballistics and how much bullets drop at different distances. I couldn't believe shot after shot were all hitting down by his feet.
I had never fired a gun farther than 100 yards at the range or at probably 35 to 50 yards in the woods plinking at cans. I fired all 5 rounds from the magazine and had nothing to show for it but an exasperated father. The young buck lived and learned (and so did an ignorant young hunter).
