Why in the hell would anyone try and shoot a running deer?
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Why in the hell would anyone try and shoot a running deer?
You know in some parts of the country shooting at running deer is the norm, not everyone sits in treestands. There are volumes written about snapshooting deer. Stillhunting and tracking deer and then shooting them when you put them up is how most deer used to be shot. It's all about practice. Spend all year plinking moving ground squirrels and jackrabbits with a 22 like some old guys I knew, and when fall came, shooting moving deer and elk translated nicely. When you're used to shooting grey diggers a deer's vitals is a huge target!
In the Dakotas, the vast majority of deer hunting is push hunting tree rows and CRP. Standing shots are the exception out there and in much of the west. I shot a lot of deer in my youth and not a one of them was unaware of my presence; a couple were at a flat out run. I think the first unspooked deer I shot was in Michigan in my 20s and by then I was well into the double digits on deer taken. When you spend much of the year dumping running cottontails and jackrabbits with a rifle, swinging on a deer isn't some huge feat.You know in some parts of the country shooting at running deer is the norm, not everyone sits in treestands. There are volumes written about snapshooting deer. Stillhunting and tracking deer and then shooting them when you put them up is how most deer used to be shot. It's all about practice. Spend all year plinking moving ground squirrels and jackrabbits with a 22 like some old guys I knew, and when fall came, shooting moving deer and elk translated nicely. When you're used to shooting grey diggers a deer's vitals is a huge target!
In the Dakotas, the vast majority of deer hunting is push hunting tree rows and CRP. Standing shots are the exception out there and in much of the west. I shot a lot of deer in my youth and not a one of them was unaware of my presence; a couple were at a flat out run. I think the first unspooked deer I shot was in Michigan in my 20s and by then I was well into the double digits on deer taken. When you spend much of the year dumping running cottontails and jackrabbits with a rifle, swinging on a deer isn't some huge feat.
I don't push hunt in Indiana because there are too many people and too little land. That said, there are a few places I hunt where I would have no hesitation taking a running shot if the range and angle were right. Swinging a scoped rifle on a moving target is one of the finest skills a rifleman can have IMO. Most don't bother to put the work in in this part of the country though.
First started hunting in PA, 1968
doubt if you have hunted in as many states
or collected as much big game or small game.
Thankful for a great occupation and finances to hunt often.
some will always be more skillful and experienced.
BTW: Skeet for those who don't know or have never shot the #1 high house.
We'll if you can bust a clay bird from the #1 High house or get a quartering shot
It's possible. BTW you should learn to blood trail,
it's not as hard as you imagine.
First started hunting in PA, 1968
doubt if you have hunted in as many states
or collected as much big game or small game.
Thankful for a great occupation and finances to hunt often.
some will always be more skillful and experienced.
BTW: Skeet for those who don't know or have never shot the #1 high house.
Lol, have to love a good INGO dick measuring contest. Well, I hunted in one more state and shot two more deer than any of the rest of you, so my opinion counts more.