The reason I am exploring this territory is that the land I hunt on is owned and leased by a private corporation, and our little club has gone to great extremes to be able to hunt, what and how we can on it.
We are actually on the companies payroll, and receive a small check, once a year for doing so.The land owners have us there for protection of their livestock. We are told what direction we are allowed to shoot in and are only allowed to shoot from certain vantage points overlooking the fields. So I am very restricted, and if allowed to hunt deer and I broke one of their rules I would lose the hunting rights for the whole group.
Plus Ohio rules are crappy. So that is why the desire to be able to shoot from 100 to 150 yards with something straight walled, for deer instead of just standing or driving.Plus i do not have private land I can put a stand on and my arthritics in my knees will not allow me to walk ruff terrain for great distances.
I would really like a sure bet on getting some deer meat in the freezer next year or the cost it takes for me to go hunting (tags gas ect.) deer is not going to be worth it. Plus justify the cost of another rifle, reloading dies and so forth, to my wife who just loves deer meat.
I would better spend the money on hamburger and make sure we eat well in the winter, If I spend another year without venison in the freezer.This place under those conditions, with a winter feed, if I could find a straight walled rifle that can take a deer at 150 yards, would provide that sure bet. I would just like it to be with something I cast.