bendjoseph
36 Cal.
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Jumped a buck and two does. Took my first shot with a muzzle at one of the does running. I was impressed with my ability to miss game with yet another gun! :rotf:
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First shot at a deer
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paul v
32 Cal.
Last friday, I watched four does come down the hillside next to me. These were the first deer I've seen in two plus years in my hunting area. I lined up the shot on the largest doe, pulled the trigger and watched the flash in the pan instead of paying attention to the sights. It happens.
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"Been there...done that." This season, I missed a shot at a doe and I'm still trying to figure out how I managed to do it!
Running shots are tough since it's not just the speed to match but the up and down jumping while running as well.
I'll shoot at trotting deer, but if a deer is really on an all-out run I just watch and congratulate them on outsmarting me once again. :grin:
I'll shoot at trotting deer, but if a deer is really on an all-out run I just watch and congratulate them on outsmarting me once again. :grin:
Patocazador
54 Cal.
A 7 pt at 40 yds. standing still, pan flash, barrel drop, shot goes under the deer. Best chance I had for a good buck this year. :idunno:
hanshi
Cannon
In my ground blind a few days ago I fired at a doe not more than 50 yards away. I fired, the deer ran and I followed. No blood, nothing. It was then I noticed a sapling with a fresh, hemispherical gouge that a .490" ball fit in perfectly. It was only a few feet in front of the deer. So I missed and she got a big surprise.
I can miss in four languages.
I can miss in four languages.
I remember my first attempt at a running deer with a flinter! :grin:
I was a pusher about 20 years ago on an old fashioned deer drive here in PA.....I had a line of 13 deer come squirting out the side of the drive right at me. The whole line passed by doing mach 3 at about 15 yards.
I picked the last big doe to finally crack one off......I probably should have aimed at the 2nd to last one if I wanted to hit the last one.
:surrender:
It was so bad I actually laughed out loud!
Oh I've got much better since.... :wink:
I was a pusher about 20 years ago on an old fashioned deer drive here in PA.....I had a line of 13 deer come squirting out the side of the drive right at me. The whole line passed by doing mach 3 at about 15 yards.
I picked the last big doe to finally crack one off......I probably should have aimed at the 2nd to last one if I wanted to hit the last one.
:surrender: It was so bad I actually laughed out loud!
Oh I've got much better since.... :wink:
Hunting with a flinter will teach you a lot about lead and follow through. I grouse hunt with a flintlock fowler - it can occasionally be done!
I usually pass on running deer unless I am very close (under 25 yards); flint or percussion or centerfire. In our woods the game jinks too much to weave through cover and usually a tree hops right in the line of fire at the wrong instant.
I usually pass on running deer unless I am very close (under 25 yards); flint or percussion or centerfire. In our woods the game jinks too much to weave through cover and usually a tree hops right in the line of fire at the wrong instant.
hanshi
Cannon
I did once make a DRT shot on a running doe at 20 yards with a .62 flintlock fowler. Lead? You bet.
I shot at one doe maybe 15yds a couple years ago and missed her,,, with me I think I lifted my head to see when I should of held the blade on there,, it be alot easier if I didn't have what feels like a 10lb trigger pull and a 14 1/2" stock when I need a 13 1/2" stock--> those are my excuses :grin:
