Not really. Most mammals you can hunt go on four legs. So you'd end up shooting them in the guts if you aimed center mass.
Birds have most of their meat center mass. So you don't want to shoot there.
Could work for kangaroos though.
"Center mass" may have become the noguns way of saying "through the heart."
But in reality it's really just roughly in the center of whatever you're aiming at. It's a combat term. You don't care where you shoot a man as long as it has a reasonable chance of incapacitating him. With deer, you want to minimize wasted meat. Most aim at the heart. But lately I've been aiming for the head with rabbits, hare, and deer.
See
>Saves a lot more meat.
Yeah, it's perfectly acceptable. The only people who hate it are the boomers who don't understand ballistics and shoot one round preseason to make sure that their bushnell scope is still roughly pointed in the right direction and think that .300 win-mag is the smallest you should ever use.
To kill a deer with a headshot is a bit of a PITA as they have extraordinarily small brain:head ratio. Their head is much smaller than your fist, only around 3 inches. By comparison the heart, lungs, and liver are significantly larger targets that also provide an immediate kill. If you miss the brain by even just a few inches, you are just maiming the animal. The head also moves very spuratically compared to the body, while the deer goes from grazing to staring, bobbing it's head, etc. I've taken a lot of headshots on small game while slingshot, air rifle, and firearm hunting, but to take a deer out with it is just too much of a hassle. You either miss and hit the neck and hopefully sever an artery, or miss and maim the animal.
Cont...
You owe it to the community to ensure you aren't going around maiming animals, and you owe it to the animal not to take a risky shot on its life. Neck/shoulder shots are definitely fine, neck is a great way to save some extra meat. But there's just too much risk to the animal, community, and reputation of hunters both by the public and by legislation by intentionally giving yourself a dangerous shot.
Yes. Center mass applies to the area where vital organs are so that is where you want to also shoot. Don't listen to that other moron who seems to have interpreted center mass to mean the entire mass of the animal. That is not even the meaning when you are talking about humans, no one is advocating for to gut shot Tyrone in a robbery. He is just an idiot.
Rabbits and birds usually 25m-40m. Hard to get a good standing shot at further distance. If I'm resting I'm good up to 80m with the .22 or 100m with the .25 (.22 left, .25 right)
BUSH TURKEY BAWAAAK
What game? What environment? What firearm?
Listen, you midwit. Just tell us your personal experiences and don't try to be another pedantic butthole.
You have never hunted larping homosexual
Moron.
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The length of my driveway, about 500m
i blast immediately when i see op, i bust my gats in op's sister's ass
When I'm right next to them. I like to let them turn around first though and look into my eyes before I pull the trigger.
>At what range do you usually take a shot at game?
MILF at the bar, 6-8 beers in
>6-8 beers in
Too many beers. Two deep, clap MILF cheeks.
homie I spit game every day at dem dime piece. I shoot my shot every chance, hit em with the rizz.
I shot this deer this fall at 200 yards.
stupid question - does "center mass" apply to hunting?
Not really. Most mammals you can hunt go on four legs. So you'd end up shooting them in the guts if you aimed center mass.
Birds have most of their meat center mass. So you don't want to shoot there.
Could work for kangaroos though.
thats what I was thinking. Got into a "discussion" with some noguns this afternoon who were making some interesting statements
"Center mass" may have become the noguns way of saying "through the heart."
But in reality it's really just roughly in the center of whatever you're aiming at. It's a combat term. You don't care where you shoot a man as long as it has a reasonable chance of incapacitating him. With deer, you want to minimize wasted meat. Most aim at the heart. But lately I've been aiming for the head with rabbits, hare, and deer.
See
Saves a lot more meat.
>Saves a lot more meat.
Yeah, it's perfectly acceptable. The only people who hate it are the boomers who don't understand ballistics and shoot one round preseason to make sure that their bushnell scope is still roughly pointed in the right direction and think that .300 win-mag is the smallest you should ever use.
To kill a deer with a headshot is a bit of a PITA as they have extraordinarily small brain:head ratio. Their head is much smaller than your fist, only around 3 inches. By comparison the heart, lungs, and liver are significantly larger targets that also provide an immediate kill. If you miss the brain by even just a few inches, you are just maiming the animal. The head also moves very spuratically compared to the body, while the deer goes from grazing to staring, bobbing it's head, etc. I've taken a lot of headshots on small game while slingshot, air rifle, and firearm hunting, but to take a deer out with it is just too much of a hassle. You either miss and hit the neck and hopefully sever an artery, or miss and maim the animal.
Cont...
You owe it to the community to ensure you aren't going around maiming animals, and you owe it to the animal not to take a risky shot on its life. Neck/shoulder shots are definitely fine, neck is a great way to save some extra meat. But there's just too much risk to the animal, community, and reputation of hunters both by the public and by legislation by intentionally giving yourself a dangerous shot.
Yes. Center mass applies to the area where vital organs are so that is where you want to also shoot. Don't listen to that other moron who seems to have interpreted center mass to mean the entire mass of the animal. That is not even the meaning when you are talking about humans, no one is advocating for to gut shot Tyrone in a robbery. He is just an idiot.
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>BUG-AWCK
Rabbits and birds usually 25m-40m. Hard to get a good standing shot at further distance. If I'm resting I'm good up to 80m with the .22 or 100m with the .25 (.22 left, .25 right)
What kind of air rifle is .25, looks really nice.
It's an Effecto PX-5, around 50 ft/lbs, 9 shot magazine.
As close as I can get for a practical shot without spooking the animal. The last deer I bagged I stalked it to 40 yards, picrel.
Opening day, nearly point blank.
Simo lives
Longest shot I've ever taken on game was 157 yards with a .30-06. I try to keep to under 100.