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11-06-2002, 11:01 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Audubon & Red Rock, Penna.
Posts: 4,472
RE: Crack of the rifle?
I shot 3 times at a deer with my flintlock this year before it took off. There were 2 of them and neither of them seemed bothered at all. A rifle makes a sonic boom. Maybe that's what scares them off.
Scott Meier
White Oak Lodge
Scott Meier
White Oak Lodge
11-06-2002, 11:25 AM
#3
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hampton GA Hampton, GA USA
Posts: 55
RE: Crack of the rifle?
Bill, ask any squirrel hunter who uses a .22 rimfire and they'll tell you that sun-sonic cartridges are best because they don't scare the squirrels away as much as high velocity rounds. I prefer the Remington's Subsonics because their high velocity Hornets and Cyclone types scare the game.
Most centerfire deer rifles have the same affect on squirrels as well as deer - the sonic boom easily gets a reaction due to the high frequency noise.
Heaven is best viewed from a deer stand at sunrise in the forest
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Most centerfire deer rifles have the same affect on squirrels as well as deer - the sonic boom easily gets a reaction due to the high frequency noise.
Heaven is best viewed from a deer stand at sunrise in the forest
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11-07-2002, 06:38 PM
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Earth City MO USA
Posts: 231
RE: Crack of the rifle?
I too have seen a doe shot at with a ML (someone else shot) that didn't run. And I also shot at a doe with a ML, and 2 other does didn't run. So, perhaps there is a good chance that a deer wont run at the sound of a ML. Too bad we have to tag one before shooting the next one, eh?
--Jim
--Jim
