Public lands & Deer= Vroom
Question:
Pa anterless deer season open today and as usual I hunted on a local gameland. Each year it’s the same situation of when you see a deer it’s traveling f-u-l-l out. This year the weather was cold and it rained. What a combination. Twice my scope fogged up but finally at 10:30 I took a nice doe. What a challenge!!! Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Pa anterless deer season open today and as usual I hunted on a local gameland. > Each year it’s the same situation of when you see a deer it’s traveling f-u-l-l > out. This year the weather was cold and it rained. What a combination. > Twice my scope fogged up but finally at 10:30 I took a nice doe. What a > challenge!!! > Want to bag running game with your rifle? Practice shooting at moving targets until > you are consistent at hitting the vital areas. > Practice looking at the moving target and mounting your rifle with speed so you are > on target and swinging with the proper lead. Get your shot off ASAP, opportunities > have a short window of time or it will be too late. > Use high scope mount rings so alignment comes naturally. > http://www.pcii.net/~udarrell/leadingrunninggamerifle.html
Hi, Darrell. Any advice for how to practice shooting fast moving game with a rifle? There are plenty of places to practice shooting clays with shotgun, but I’ve never heard of a moving big-game rifle practice range. Did you set something up for this? Shooting at the bench is all good and fine, but it doesn’t really prepare you for hunting (how many deer do you see when your rifle’s resting on a sand-bag, eh?) – Rick Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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> Each year it’s the same situation of when you see a deer it’s
traveling f-u-l-l Not sure if it will help, but I have taken 90% of all my deer (even ones that were on a run) doing what I call a Whistle Stop! When they are coming in just give a whistle. Most of the time they will stop dead in thier tracks just to identify what made the noise. It works the same if you just yell at them…HEY! …..if you cant whistle. > Twice my scope fogged up but finally at 10:30 I took a nice doe. What a > challenge!!!
Is this not one of the many goofy reasons we return to the woods each year? Cold, wet, hungry, tired, and loving every minute of it! — Steve http://www.provide.net/~posigian ICQ #40524673 Its never about the kill….just the moment! Before you buy. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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hey just want to say congrads!!!!! this is the second year that I have to buy my red meat!!! no problem, there’s always next year. had my son out for the first time, just to see his face when he saw the doe,(he missed) was worth it.. he said he put the crosshairs on the lungs!! closed his eyes and pulled the trigger!! Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
