red dot user ?
 

I'm just curious how you guys work your sight while hunting.

Do you turn it on and leave it on all day?

Do you just turn it on when you hear a bird gobble?

What do you do if your just sitting in woods calling and nothing's goin on. Leave it on or turn it on when you see bird?

Turn it on when I load it, turn it off when I unload it.

Gman

I leave it on while I am hunting.

Turn it on when I load and off when I unload too!!!!!!!

how often do you guys replace your batteries???

I put in a new set at start of season, last all season long. March 15 to May 30. My stock has a place to keep a spare pair of batteries.

Gman

Can anybody think of any advantages to a red dot over a scope or just personal preference?

I turn mine on when i hear a gobble or i know something is coming in. Im wierd, just always trying to conserve the battery even though I have never had a battery die. I change mine every year regardless if the old battery is still going strong or not. A few bucks for a new battery is well worth it.

I can - with the right scope using a diamond/cross hair reticle it doubles as a range finder. By that I mean a Toms head fills the Diamond shape at 40 yards nicely.

A red dot will not do that.

I have used both and prefer the scope. I have a Monarch Turkey Pro on a few guns now.
There is no battery to contend with and the scope is just my preference which suited my needs better.

Also as I have stated many times my scope is sighted in so I shoot/aim at the waddles and that is the bottom center of my circular pattern. The waddles is a easy thing to concentrate on /takes the guess out of where to aim and that way I know the whole head will be peppered by my circular pattern while that actual impact of my shot or circular pattern is really centered on the center of the neck. It also allows me to see the whole head and neck the whole time.
Hope that makes sense.
and I have taken a few running shots using a scope with deadly results.

JW

Ps - since I don't have a picture on that I had better get er done as it would mean more to actually see the impact.

If you have a reflex scope the nice thing is you can shoot and hunt with both eyes open. With my site I have it mounted close to my head and when I look at it all I see is the red dot floating out in space as the rest of the site blurs out. I can see the whole field of view and don't have to close one eye and lose a lot of the site area like with a scope. I can see if other birds or something else comes into the area.Also the dot just needs be on the birds head or neck or wherever you prefer to aim and it is a dead bird. I used to have the scope with the diamond reticle and swore by it but since I broke down and got the burris I could never go back to a scope. I have been sitting with gun on my lap daydreaming and got caught when a bird walked in. I was able to lift the gun put the dot on his head and kill him before he could take off. I could never do that with a scope.

Yea I just can't seem to get past the battery thing... Prob stupid but I work my but off for my one some times two shots a year and I just can't bring my self to chancing it on a electrical glitch :cry:

Then get some Hooks calls :biggrin: :bash:

Disagree :biggrin: a scope is just as easy - done it several times. Know your equipment and I have used both. It what one prefers
JW :biggrin:

I can shoot ducks on the wing and flushed pheasants with my burris if you can do that with a scope you are my hero. I know my equipment as well as anyone and I could shoot a scope forever and never be as quick on target as with the reflex site if you can that is awesome but I doubt many can. I used to prefer a scope until I tried a reflex and the reason I waited so long is I was also concerned about the battery issue but not anymore.

leave it on all day. you do not want a bird to slip in on you and you do not have the dot on.
Thats a bad feeling when you have a tom in range and you look through the scope and there is no dot.
I always keep a fresh battery in my vest.

same thing here