Normally (last decade or so), I’ve hunted Colorado archery elk, OTC, Private, and mostly for rut reasons. As I’m sure a lot of us encounter, often times my shots are a tad out of bow range. For some reason I’m cursed with drawing tags in all states and in fact I can’t even draw a mule deer tag on my own property (5 years).
To the point - I drew a muzzleloader elk tag (not hard only normally takes 2 preference points), and it should be smack dab in the middle of the rut (I hope). Due to stupid laws and restrictions I’m limited to iron sites and granular powder. My question - what is my effective/ethical range? 250 grain Thor tipped bullet, 80 grain volume / 56 grain weight, and BH 209. Today I zeroed at 50 and grouped well and then stepped to 100 and my front sight covered a lot of paper. I hit ok, but felt like maybe the max. Thoughts?
To the point - I drew a muzzleloader elk tag (not hard only normally takes 2 preference points), and it should be smack dab in the middle of the rut (I hope). Due to stupid laws and restrictions I’m limited to iron sites and granular powder. My question - what is my effective/ethical range? 250 grain Thor tipped bullet, 80 grain volume / 56 grain weight, and BH 209. Today I zeroed at 50 and grouped well and then stepped to 100 and my front sight covered a lot of paper. I hit ok, but felt like maybe the max. Thoughts?
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