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JerryBobCo
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Have you ever hunted with a gun just to bloody it...

even you had something better suited for what you were hunting?
I have. For instance, I carried my .284 a few years ago for both antelope and deer, even though I have a .243 that is probably better for antelope, and a 7 mag that is arguably better suited for mule deer. As it turned out, I took my best ever antelope that year, and one of my best mulies a little over a month later.
How about you?
I have. For instance, I carried my .284 a few years ago for both antelope and deer, even though I have a .243 that is probably better for antelope, and a 7 mag that is arguably better suited for mule deer. As it turned out, I took my best ever antelope that year, and one of my best mulies a little over a month later.
How about you?
Jerry
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
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to see how they work out when I have another that has been my go to gun
for that type of hunting.
Through the good graces of Wambli who gifted me an original 1940's K4 Weaver, the unfired 1939 mod 70 30.06 finally was scoped and then used to take game last year..........72 years after it left the Winchester factory.
It has fired 7 cartridges so far..........5 were used to sight it in ( 3 150g ballistic tips, 2 180g ballistic tips) I allowed Bloodhound to fire a shot as he fell in love with the rifle ( He wants me to leave it to him in my will)
The last shot ( 150gr) was used to shoot a Fallow Hind at 123 yds. She was facing away from me at about a 150deg angle with her head down feeding. I was confident that I could make a head shot but she never lifted her head. I put the bullet in behind her shoulder and it exited through her off side chest destroying her heart/lungs on the way through.
What made it even better was that the meat was destined for lunch at the Take a Kid Hunting BBQ 2 weeks later.
I still have 2 unfired pre 64s sitting in the safe waiting to be scoped ( a 308 Featherweight and a Monte Kennedy custom stocked......270) ........and when things finally turn around financially they will be taken out, sighted in and then 'Blooded'.
Oh.......the meat at the TAKH lunch tasted better than any venison eaten both before that day and subsequently............................at least to me!!!
Here she is on her first ( but by no means last ) hunt....................
So far, the perfect shot on a deer has not presented itself. But I did shoot a squirrel in the head at 60 yards with the Ishapore Enfield
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
Same situation for me. I keep toting the nagant with me but never feel comfortable with the distance I'm given. If I manage to get one close enough I'll use it for sure.
Mike
N454casull
yes
That could change though if I see something I can't live without.
unfortunately I can't use rifles for deer here so my last one was with a 257 weatherby.
I worked up a nice load for it using a bullet you like the grand slam.
The thing shot great so I took it out for bear...good test both for the gun and the load.
I've got some revolvers now that need to be proven
"The Un-Tactical"
Hunting big game around here is HARD - either in terms of where the game lives, time it takes to get to it, or both. My CZ (which has yet to score) is extremely accurate and I love it dearly, but my newer 700 XCRII is totally resistant to the elements and is lighter, both of which allow me to play the game harder. This seems to be pushing the CZ into the backup rifle role, but this doesn't seem to be generating a lot of guilt.
My "long" 870 got bloodied a couple years ago. Previously, I had hunted with an old Model 12, which I feel I shoot better with, but since I had been constantly instructing folks on the use of an 870 for several years prior and had thus gotten pretty heavily programmed on one, I thought it safest for all parties involved to hunt with a gun that had a disconnector in the trigger group.
I'm going hunting with Dad's 25 year old compound bow mostly because I want to make sure I'm INTO this archery thing before dropping the coin on a new rig. If I happen to be able to hang that bow up knowing it's killed something, great, but I sense when the time comes, I'll be in the passionate pursuit of a lighter weight bow with a higher letoff percentage.
While I do get the urge to lug a particular firearm around at times, it's more a matter of ME needing to go out and shoot something than the GUN needing to go out and shoot something. They don't call out to me that they're feeling neglected - they're perfectly happy in their coats of CLP.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
You have some lazy guns. Mine scream at me if I leave them in the safe too long, and I hear them every time I walk by.
"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, and speed is the economy of motion" - Scott Jedlinski
Take the 30 round mag.......it might have enough to get the job done :jester:
You better know it! I have some very nice custom hunting rifles but I just love hunting with something weird once in a while. All of my old military rifles have taken game, most of my AR's have taken something too. I even shot a doe last year with my Springfield trapdoor rifle just or grins.
One of my favorite hunts was with a 1943 K98 that I took two Javalina with. Both were taken with head shots , the farthest being 130+ yards. Nice to know those old rifles will stiil do the work.
AKA: Former Founding Member
"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, and speed is the economy of motion" - Scott Jedlinski
Do you have Jim Zumbo friended on Facebook?
Nah, just some run-of-the-mill sheeple.
"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, and speed is the economy of motion" - Scott Jedlinski
Jerry
Oh yeah, IMO that's a big part of what it's about. I've always done that. Back when I had a .270 Win., a 6mm Rem., and a .308 Win. I always took a different rifle. Then if I killed something with each one, I'd start over. Variety is the spice of life.