The above table is useful in preparatory practice and willhelp the archer to develop a "sixth sense" of lead. I, for one,doubt that I could remember all these figures when a deeris on the move, and the shot must be made instantly. It seems,however, that the human mind operates in such a way thatknowledge is applied without actual thought.
The reader will be impressed with what we mean by "atwenty to one chance" if we make a comparison of the veloc-ities of firearms with those of the bow. We have taken 150feet as the velocity of a hunting arrow. Most deer huntingrifles are in the 2250 ft. sec. class; this includes the everpopular 30/30, 32 Winchester Special, 35 Remington and30/40 Krag. A rapid computation reveals that the bullet istraveling fifteen times as fast as the arrow; therefore, therifleman needs only to lead his moving deer one-fifteenth asmuch as the bowman. We are listing below the same tablewith the necessary leads when using a 30/30 rifle.
