Hunters Responsibility

[Rustystud]

My thoughts on head shots has changed. I use to think they were unethical. I have shot deer in the head at 35 yards or less when in a good stand with a rest. Then I put a 5.5 x 22 X 56 Night force on my 300 Win Mag. The last deer I shot was 160 yards and at 22 power I could see her eye lashes and nose hairs. Her head exploded just like some on a previous post. I have shot ground hogs and prairie dogs at 900 yards. My .243, .308, 300 win mag all shoot sub .3 moa out to 600 yards if I do my part. Taking into mind I can not control the wind only practice, practice and practice more to learn to read the wind. I now enjoy hunting big bean fields and power lines with my Leica range finder, and a rifle that will reach out ant touch one. I have a ballistics drop chart taped to my stock in 25 yard increments out to 600 yards. This year I shot several deer at 350-550 yards none ran more than 30 yards and all had exit wounds. Now they were not head shots.
Nat Lambeth

 

[hogpatrol]

I encountered a buck shot in the lower jaw,it was hanging by conective tissue only.When I ran it down,I shot it,the animal was so jacked up on adrenaline that it took 2 more shots to end its life as fast as possible.It was so gruesome I felt it was ethical to put it down and use up my only yearly buck tag on it.I hunted with a guy till he shot a deer up the anus(texas heart shot) with an arrow,we dont hunt together and dont talk anymore period.

Except for a special regulations area, buckshot for deer was banned in PA. Too many jump shots at large, tawny moving things.

 

[rogn]

Good judgement comes from experience, which comes from bad judgement. That being said, as has been stated some "hunters" have no judgement at all.

 

[Raythemanroe]

Good judgement comes from experience, which comes from bad judgement. That being said, as has been stated some "hunters" have no judgement at all.

A good mentor or experience

 

[rogn]

??????? Now where in this thread did I see the comment "I missed X…", so Id have to guess from this omission, that every shot fired at longer ranges has been instantly fatal--as fired by our writers. My experience has been different. I shot a doe with a muzzle loader a few years ago at 175 yes and she turned as he trigger broke, and the wound was not both lungs but part of one and exited at the opposite hip. Im not a grand master at extended ranges, Ive shot 600 BR for maybe 8yrs, too flat here to have much availability for longer ranges. I do know that more capable shooters than I will fire 3 shots in the X ring and fire their record group 1 minute later 6" off the target center- they're not trying to save their aiming point. Influences and conditions change continually. I think the gentleman who said "you have to recognize your limitations" and let me add; tell the truth.