|
S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
|
|
21 members (Stacey, sw1002, woodduck, trlrdrdave, Daveleeal, mathews prostaff, BobK, BACK40, M48scout, Morris, Booner Hunter, BearBranch, AU338MAG, Okatuppa, desertdog, kodiak06, Frankie, dtmwtp, 3 invisible),
1,322
guests, and
0
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 897
6 point
|
|
6 point
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 897 |
This is the fifth racked buck I've missed this season. Today was by far the biggest buck I've ever saw while hunting and clean missed at little under 100 yards. I am sick!
So I decided to see if it was me or the gun. 1st shot at hundred was 6 inches low, 2nd shot just to make sure was touching first shot , 3rd and 4th shot were touching one inch high dead center at 100 yards. Maybe I can redeem myself this coming weekend.
Bucks are going crazy at my place.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 10,129
Booner
|
|
Booner
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 10,129 |
Maybe you should take someone with you that can shoot before you wound your 6th deer of the year.
If you want to always win, never play anyone better than you!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 2,838
10 point
|
|
10 point
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 2,838 |
You may not see that buck again this year........ask me how I know.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 8,670
Leupold Pro Staff
|
|
Leupold Pro Staff
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 8,670 |
Why is your gun shooting 6 inches low? Does it only shoot right 50% of the time?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 9,019
14 point
|
|
14 point
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 9,019 |
Give me bout 15 more minutes, I was dreamin about beavers..........
Si Robertson
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 196
3 point
|
|
3 point
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 196 |
Sighting in with those little pointy ended swaged copper and lead tubes is just as important as patterning buckshot!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 33,437
Freak of Nature
|
|
Freak of Nature
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 33,437 |
You either can't shoot, have a loose scope or need a new rifle.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 39,582
Freak of Nature
|
|
Freak of Nature
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 39,582 |
I've missed my share of deer and I don't mean to pile on, but dude you need to practice your shooting. A sure sign of someone that consistently misses deer is someone who only shoots when they are checking zero or shooting at deer.
It doesn't matter where the 2nd, 3rd or 4th shot hit the target. You shoot at a deer, you're shooting 1 shot, cold bore.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 12,481
Booner
|
|
Booner
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 12,481 |
Did you adjust your scope for shots 3 and 4?
Is it a common problem for your rifle to not hold zero?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 897
6 point
|
|
6 point
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 897 |
Scope was off. After first two shots I made a correction and put 3 shots all touching one inch high at 100 yards. It wasnt the gun. I must have bumped it somehow
Maybe I should clarify after first two shots I did adjust scope. This rifle has been a great one over the years. Until this year when this gun was fired there was a dead deer somewhere. Its not the gun!
Last edited by ALFAFA04; 01/20/14 03:25 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 39,582
Freak of Nature
|
|
Freak of Nature
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 39,582 |
What kind of scope is it? My wife knocked over one of my rifles I had temporarily propped up by the back door. It hit a tile floor, and the scope hit first and the scope was still on.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 9,661
14 point
|
|
14 point
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 9,661 |
You can look at my scope and gun and see its been "loved" for several years. I've never had a scope off. Knock on wood.
I have leupolds and a bushnell, btw.
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 897
6 point
|
|
6 point
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 897 |
Zeiss Conquest 3x9x50. Leupold rings and bases put on with locktite sitting on a Remington 7400 130-06.
I used to have this gun with a Simmons scope. Shot great for couple years and one day I went to sight it in and shots were all over the place. Changed scopes to current setup and its been fine until last couple of weeks.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 33,437
Freak of Nature
|
|
Freak of Nature
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 33,437 |
What kind of scope is it? My wife knocked over one of my rifles I had temporarily propped up by the back door. It hit a tile floor, and the scope hit first and the scope was still on. i have never had it happen either until recently. Two weeks ago, I tripped in the woods carrying my son's rifle. Didn't even think about it. Sunday night, he shot at a doe at 80 yards. Clean miss. I took his gun from him shot at the same doe, still standing in the same spot. Clean miss. I hand him my rifle, he dropped her. I never even thought about that fall knocking off the scope until after we both missed her. I am putting a new scope on his gun before next year. The cheap scope that came on it is headed to the garbage.
Last edited by doekiller; 01/20/14 03:33 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 9,661
14 point
|
|
14 point
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 9,661 |
Maybe it just doesn't shoot good in January?
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 4,689
10 point
|
|
10 point
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 4,689 |
Aim center mass on a deer, shoot 6" low, you should still have a dead deer somewhere, I would think.
"Any way you look at it, most of the problems facing baboons can be expressed in two words: other baboons" -
D.L. Cheney and R.M. Seyfarth
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 6,621
14 point
|
|
14 point
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 6,621 |
Sounds like you need some buckshot and a high fence. By high fence I mean this: 
This post is protected by copyright. Anyone found posting here is subject to certified mail from my gay sister.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 9,375
14 point
|
|
14 point
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 9,375 |
Aim center mass on a deer, shoot 6" low, you should still have a dead deer somewhere, I would think. X2. Is this the first time you checked zero since the beginning of the year. What were the circumstances of the other 4?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 14,263 Likes: 1
Booner
|
|
Booner
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 14,263 Likes: 1 |
Yea, I would have been checking it after the 1st or 2nd miss.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 14,831
Booner
|
|
Booner
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 14,831 |
Must have bought IDOT's Mossberg.....
|
|
|
|
|
