NY Southern zone your choice of wepons
#13
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Posts: 87
RE: NY Southern zone your choice of wepons
I have heard 4 stories of guys this year, missing close running shots at big bucks because they were using big rifles with high powered scopes. to me its not worth using a rifle, I use a remington 1100 with a hastings rifled barrel and simmons 2x pro diamond scope. opening day I took a big coyote at 110 paces and a nice heavy 6 pointer at 70 yards......... oh and I use a .44 mag
#16
RE: NY Southern zone your choice of wepons
Pearson 440 quad, and a Mossberg 835 Ulti-mag with a 24" cantilever rifled barrel in woodland camo, topped with a Bushnell Sportsmans Real tree 1.5-4.5x scope. Gun/Bow were 8 - 11 last year taking 7 deer. This year I've had two misses (one a piece) and 2 hits with Zero deer to my record thus far.
#17
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 5
RE: NY Southern zone your choice of wepons
i bowhunt - but do go out during shotgun -- i use an h&r 20 guage single shot with the heavy bull barrel for the first couple days then pull out the tc encore for the rest of the season -- i still take the bow out when i hunt next to my house -
no guns allowed by owner -- gotta say though the last few years i can count on one hand the shots i hear anymore - deer arent as plentiful anymore -
i hunt 3f and 3g
no guns allowed by owner -- gotta say though the last few years i can count on one hand the shots i hear anymore - deer arent as plentiful anymore -
i hunt 3f and 3g
#18
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 62
RE: NY Southern zone your choice of wepons
Now that we can use rifles in Toga County, I use a .243, 7mm-08, or a .30-06, depending on the mood I'm in. The last year we were slug only, I used a .50 caliber Encore. My shotgun (that has not been out in 3 years) is a Remington 11-87, cantilevered rifled barrel. It always did a good job, but I am sure glad we can use rifles.
Will
Will
#19
RE: NY Southern zone your choice of wepons
Bow, shotgun mostly. But now that we can use rifles, I'm seriously leaning with getting a in-line T/C Encore. I hate to spend the money on a rifle just to hunt with it in two counties.