How many bowhunters have rifle hunted?
12-10-2007, 01:37 PM
#31
Dominant Buck
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RE: How many bowhunters have rifle hunted?
I love my rifles as well. I have not shot any thing with a rifle in years. Ill do it agian, just havent done it in a long time. I still shoot my guns and enjoy it. I will hunt hogs with my pistols, from time to time. But like I said, its been a long time since ive used one on an animal.
12-10-2007, 01:46 PM
#32
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RE: How many bowhunters have rifle hunted?
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Bry:
I've never used a big game (caliber) hunting rifle with a scope. But why would you need a scope (I'm just asking) for a 100yd shot (or so)?
Is that a fair question? I see people on TV shoot that distance with a ML and iron sights.
Bry:
I've never used a big game (caliber) hunting rifle with a scope. But why would you need a scope (I'm just asking) for a 100yd shot (or so)?
Is that a fair question? I see people on TV shoot that distance with a ML and iron sights.
12-10-2007, 01:46 PM
#33
Site Bouncer
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RE: How many bowhunters have rifle hunted?
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Now you go adding "off-hand" in there....lol. Guys..I'm watching the "You make the shot" segment, yesterday (TV hunting show)....and they discussed this very thing. The hunter had a rest. He was using a ML, iron sights.....and they said the 100yd shot wasn't that big of a deal. I don't know???? Don't care! Just figured they knew what they were taliking about.
I asked if the question was fair. I think it was.
Get yourself a shotgun or muzzle loaderwith aniron sight, put out a bullseye target at 100yds, shoot at it without a rest (off hand) and report back with your results.
I asked if the question was fair. I think it was.
I'll give you an example. My gun stand is a permanent structure set up over a field where deer move across it often. My stand is on a ridge and is easy to get silhouetted so I put up some plywood sides to it. They serve two purposes. One, the deer can't see me from my chest down and two the edge provides me with a great rest.
If I were to see a deer inside of 100yds It would be a fairly easy shot with iron sights. With my scoped slug gun add another 50yds to it. I also know the yardage over that fieldlike the back of my handas I've been hunting over it for close to 15 years now. So for me, in my situation, when a shooter deer presents itself I know instantly what yardage it is at (no matter where they appear) and have a stable platform to shoot from.
But there a lot of folks who don't have the luxury I do and put up the same stands they use (as do I) for bow hunting that have nothing to rest their gun on making that 100yd shot not so easy.
I guess what I'm trying to say is there are far too many variables to take into consideration to just say a 100 yard shot is easy with an iron sighted firearm.
12-10-2007, 01:54 PM
#37
Dominant Buck
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RE: How many bowhunters have rifle hunted?
You did....and I use that bow as well. My question was for a shot of 100yds (with a rifle).
If you asked me why I'd need a sight on my bow for a shot of 15yds.....I'd say I wouldn't.
We ate pickles for 6 years to get it!
If you asked me why I'd need a sight on my bow for a shot of 15yds.....I'd say I wouldn't.
What a nice quiver. Custom made?
12-10-2007, 02:01 PM
#40
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Orr, Minnesota
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RE: How many bowhunters have rifle hunted?
I've killed ten with the rifle andgot my first one with the bow this year. It was a lot of fun. The reason I started bowhunting is to extend my season. All of the deer I got with the rifle I could have gotten with the bow too. There aren't any shots much further than 50 yards in Northern Minnesota. (not saying I would ever shoot with a bow over 35 yards)
