How many hunts from a box of ammo?
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qajaq59
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Years ago I met a guy in Maine that did that exact same thing. He had a box with 17 rounds fired and the guys that I was with said that every one of the fired cases had dropped a dear. He had one less before I left that day too. He was at least 75 and he could go thru the woods like a ghost without making a sound. My hunting skills even 40 years later, never came up to his levels. He was one impressive hunter.
CoRoMo
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If you reload the empties... many, many, more.
rcmodel
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When I was about 15-16, I hunted with a very old single-shot full-choke 12 ga. shotgun.
It was not at all uncommon for me to get my limit of 8 quail with only two or three shells.
See, I also had a crazy Irish Setter bird dog that caught one flying in the air on every covy break she sniffed out!
Most of the time, I couldn't even get a shot, because she was about 5 feet in the air with a quail in her mouth between me and the covy.
rcmodel
It was not at all uncommon for me to get my limit of 8 quail with only two or three shells.
See, I also had a crazy Irish Setter bird dog that caught one flying in the air on every covy break she sniffed out!
Most of the time, I couldn't even get a shot, because she was about 5 feet in the air with a quail in her mouth between me and the covy.
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I vote for the load of Moose &$^#%@ theory!
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As a kid we brought home 26 squirrels out of the 27 bullets we had. I have a Winchester md100 that I sight in once a year with one round usually. I have adjusted the scope two clicks since 1968. I hunt now with a Ruger Md 77 in 06 and I seldom ever fire it over twice to check zero. Now my playing guns get plenty of time busting caps. I sometimes hunt with my M1-A. I run the sight back down but 32 clicks gives me a fine 200 yd shot. wc
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So we'll believe MOA AK-47s but my poor old Inuit is made out to be a liar. Humph.
He's probably dead by now, if it makes you feel any better.
He's probably dead by now, if it makes you feel any better.
gentleman987
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a box of 20 will equal about 10-15 deer
Thor Bloodax
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My buddy Johnny in Monroe County Georgia bought a new Win 94 and one box of ammo. He had his own property and his goal was to get the first deer of the year with one shot. He was going to retire the rifle when he had his 20 deer. He made it to 18 and then some xxxxx stole his guns! (He did build very high deer stands in those tall Georgia pines. A hawk landed on a tree branch and just looked at him for awhile wondering what kind of creature was this high up in his tree!)
Dksimon
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I dont really have a clue as far as deer hunting goes. The ammo varies by the location i will be hunting so im not sure how long one box lasts.
With my shotgun i am very picky about the shots that i take. if i think the bird is too far and it wont be a quick clean kill then i wont take the shot. I dont always get my limit but a box of shells will get me 22-23 birds. OTOH a buddy that i pheasant hunt with alot will go through a box in about an hour. He usually shoots each bird twice before they hit the ground and he will shoot at birds so far away that im surprised they even hear the muzzle blast
With my shotgun i am very picky about the shots that i take. if i think the bird is too far and it wont be a quick clean kill then i wont take the shot. I dont always get my limit but a box of shells will get me 22-23 birds. OTOH a buddy that i pheasant hunt with alot will go through a box in about an hour. He usually shoots each bird twice before they hit the ground and he will shoot at birds so far away that im surprised they even hear the muzzle blast
Dksimon
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I dont really have a clue as far as deer hunting goes. The ammo varies by the location i will be hunting so im not sure how long one box lasts.
With my shotgun i am very picky about the shots that i take. if i think the bird is too far and it wont be a quick clean kill then i wont take the shot. I dont always get my limit but a box of shells will get me 22-23 birds. OTOH a buddy that i pheasant hunt with alot will go through a box in about an hour. He usually shoots each bird twice before they hit the ground and he will shoot at birds so far away that im surprised they even hear the muzzle blast
With my shotgun i am very picky about the shots that i take. if i think the bird is too far and it wont be a quick clean kill then i wont take the shot. I dont always get my limit but a box of shells will get me 22-23 birds. OTOH a buddy that i pheasant hunt with alot will go through a box in about an hour. He usually shoots each bird twice before they hit the ground and he will shoot at birds so far away that im surprised they even hear the muzzle blast
Dksimon
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I dont really have a clue as far as deer hunting goes. The ammo varies by the location i will be hunting so im not sure how long one box lasts.
With my shotgun i am very picky about the shots that i take. if i think the bird is too far and it wont be a quick clean kill then i wont take the shot. I dont always get my limit but a box of shells will get me 22-23 birds. OTOH a buddy that i pheasant hunt with alot will go through a box in about an hour. He usually shoots each bird twice before they hit the ground and he will shoot at birds so far away that im surprised they even hear the muzzle blast
With my shotgun i am very picky about the shots that i take. if i think the bird is too far and it wont be a quick clean kill then i wont take the shot. I dont always get my limit but a box of shells will get me 22-23 birds. OTOH a buddy that i pheasant hunt with alot will go through a box in about an hour. He usually shoots each bird twice before they hit the ground and he will shoot at birds so far away that im surprised they even hear the muzzle blast
TheTriggerHappyIrishman
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with my .308, one box of 20= one kill. i shoot twice to check the zero, then 15 times for fun, then one for the kill, with two extra (that i waste at the range next time). but if i was not trigger happy, i could get bout 15 out of a box of twenty.
about the ol inuit guy, it is possible, but i dont think so. some durn fool made that up along with his made up story of going hunting.
, i could get bout 15 out of a box of twenty.about the ol inuit guy, it is possible, but i dont think so. some durn fool made that up along with his made up story of going hunting.
I learned to shoot as a child when I got my BB gun. I was 5 YO. Back then there wasn't much on TV, if you had one. So, my brother and I build a Fort Apache in the top of our haystack close to the granery and propected it from sparrows. Dad bought us all the BBs we wanted. And, that old Daisy lever gun was real effective. Our neighbor had a straw bail roofed barn and at night dad would take us over there and shine a flashlight up into the holes the sparrows would make in the straw and when they poked their heads out, we'd take turns blasting them.
I killed my first dear at 12 with my Winchester M94 30-30 (I also field dressed it.) and killed a pheasant and some mallards with my SS .410. I used my 30-30 for big game (elk and bears) till I after I was married.
I got another shooting education at basic and AIT (11B) in the Army and that also stayed with me.
So, I don't feel the need to go out to the range (We don't have one anyway.) on a regular basis and shoot up a bunch of valuable ammo. I'll shoot some before a hunt, but not much.
I killed my first dear at 12 with my Winchester M94 30-30 (I also field dressed it.) and killed a pheasant and some mallards with my SS .410. I used my 30-30 for big game (elk and bears) till I after I was married.
I got another shooting education at basic and AIT (11B) in the Army and that also stayed with me.
So, I don't feel the need to go out to the range (We don't have one anyway.) on a regular basis and shoot up a bunch of valuable ammo. I'll shoot some before a hunt, but not much.
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Depends on whether my scope gives me fits when sighting in. But ideally, at least 3 years and 6 animals from a box of 20, preferably more.
depends on my gun.
i have a .35 rem pump it holds no real value other than my dad gave it to me and he thinks its a really great thing. i honor his feelings about it because i know how much it meant to him so.
i havent had it reblued even though it needs it and ive never shot a doe with it even when i had a permit.
i shoot one shot from it before rifle season to be sure it still hits a pop bottle at 50yrds and i dont hunt with it if the weather is bad or its late in the season and ill take a doe. and i dont take a shot im not sure of with it.
ive been useing the same box of ammo for 10yrs. my other deer rifles get shot much much more.
i have a .35 rem pump it holds no real value other than my dad gave it to me and he thinks its a really great thing. i honor his feelings about it because i know how much it meant to him so.
i havent had it reblued even though it needs it and ive never shot a doe with it even when i had a permit.
i shoot one shot from it before rifle season to be sure it still hits a pop bottle at 50yrds and i dont hunt with it if the weather is bad or its late in the season and ill take a doe. and i dont take a shot im not sure of with it.
ive been useing the same box of ammo for 10yrs. my other deer rifles get shot much much more.
Titan6
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I couldn't tell you. Since I switched from bolt and lever actions to semiautos for all my hunting needs I don't really keep track of my ammo expended. I can tell you this though. Every shot from the rifle in the last five years out hunting has been successful and resulted in food on the table.
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