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Summary: Accuracy with your rifle is important so that you do not simply wound an animal. Know your range. Learn about rifle accuracy in this free sports video.
Dan Bergman has been hunting for over 15 years. He has undergone comprehensive training on gun safety and handling. Dan teaches gun handling skills whenever possible. He is a school...read more
"Accuracy is one of the most important things other than safety when you're hunting with a rifle or any gun or any weapon that's use to harvest an animal. That is because wounding an animal is a terrible thing to do. If you're not hitting in that vital area of the heart and lung. All you're doing is giving that animal a slow terrible death. Accuracy is one of the most important things that you can have. They way we're going to show you this today is by shooting a target at a hundred yards and showing you what would be a comfortable, a way to find out what would be the most comfortable distance for you to shoot. If you're not accurate at, for a hundred yards, then you shouldn't shoot it for a hundred yards. Because you should know that when you're out in the field. Because you have the potential of wounding an animal and not actually putting it down, a quick and painful death."
eHow Article: Rifle Accuracy