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60 to 80 percent to make clean, ethical kills , anything less than 50 percent is unethical and may not kill the animal it may just run away and suffer

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Q: When patterning a shotgun what is a sufficient percentage of pellets within a inch circle?
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When patterning a shotgun what is a sufficent percentage of pellets in a 30 inch range?

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