Nikon 8449 User Guide - Page 15

longer then move the point of impact up two or three inches above the point of aim. • Set up a large cardboard target. The target should be at least three or four feet tall and two or three feet wide. Larger is better since we must catch each shot fired. Place an aiming mark at the top of the large piece of cardboard. • Either move your firing position or the target out to the longest range you can consistently place three shots into a ten or twelve inch circle. If you have not determined this distance you should do so before proceeding. • This will be your maximum lethal range for hunting under reasonable conditions. Use a circle that measures the same as the vital zone on the animal you are likely to hunt. For southern deer this would be ten inches. For the larger northern deer this would be at least twelve inches. • Simply shoot three or five shots using your one hundred yard setting at distances until your group size exceeds ten or twelve