Anything non typical or over 220# im lost. Have zero experience with that stuff. Exciteable guy at work said he saw a 180. Had video and stills of it at LGS. I said nope....its 140. Good natured discussion. followed..several participants.
Not kidding a week later ( maybe two ) a reg comes into LGS telling of a lady smashing car up on nice buck. She didnt want it so deputy let him have rack. He brings rack and i go " thats the video deer". Shop calls mr video.....he comea in all wound up.....as he was gonna hunt that buck......and it measures 140. He measured it right there. Nice deer....bummer it got run over......but some solace in that it not a legit 180 as he thought
Probably IS to them lol, truthfully it probably is to the "average" deer hunter.Personally I don't think 100 yards far.
But since most ranges have that as max, maybe that puts the idea in folks minds (that it is).
Like I said before, I was shocked to learn that three of my deer killing coworkers won't shoot past 50 yards w a rest.
And two of them never have.
Two of them think expensive scopes/rifles and reloading are wastes of time.
Might be some correlation LOL
Where I was growing up id rarely shoot farther than about 75yds, I did shoot quite a few fast movers, and every now and then id lob one out there at 100ish. Usually a .223 round to the head, or neck at night.
That's really great, provided you get 1-shot clean kills at distances you're practicing.
Your point is also reason I don’t take long shots. I need to see them closer in order to estimate whether he’s shootable, just another typical 8 point, or a really nice 10 point but too young.
The further away they are the harder it is to judge.
I wish I could tell an exaggerated distance tale. I'm likely the only guy here who has hunted nearly every year since I was a kid and never shot a deer.
I don't even want to gather a guess as to how many hours I've spent in the woods over the last 20 or so years with no racks to show for it. I gave up on scent lock and camo a few years ago, didn't seem to make a difference... if nothing else I like spending time in the woods.
Might as well be. Lots of deer where I go, at this point I feel like if it happens it happens, if not I'm ok with that too as long as I can still feed the famAre you hunting in city park? Sucks to hear that!
I wish I could tell an exaggerated distance tale. I'm likely the only guy here who has hunted nearly every year since I was a kid and never shot a deer.
But I hear a vast majority of shooters and hunters declare they take this animal or that animal at 500 + yards all the time. Or they are bagging game while shooting off hand at running game 400 yards away and bowl em over with one shot. I find these stories quite unbelievable.
I’m right there with you, though I’ve only been 3 or 4 times over the past six years. I’ve taken to calling them deer walks instead of deer hunts.