ORIGINAL: Hunter4ever04
How many of you willshoot an animaluntil it drops? I'm just curious because I've seen a number of hunting shows and I've only seen one or two of "these socallhunters" make follow up shots. Personaly for meif an animal is still standing after the shot I shoot it again. I use either a Marlin 336, Savage 99 or Remington 760 so I have a very fast followup shot. And nothing that I've ever shot has gone more than 20 yards. So do you use an follow up shot even if you think you made a great hit?
This is plumb ridiculous! I use a single-shot rifle (Ruger No. 1 or a muzzleloader) most of the time, and I kill most of my game with one shot - I have shot twice on two or three occasions, but that was a "nontypical performance". I don't hunt for horns, I hunt for meat, and like Elmer Keith, I want more meat than I can wipe off a bullet.
I have run across a couple of guys who "shoot til they drop", and believe me, they shot away more meat than they ever took home.