What is up with that?

[okrattler]

I've been discussing deer huntin with my buddy and over the past few days he's seen 5 hunters on neighboring properties miss (multiple times) or wound deer. One missed three times when the deer was 100 yards away (he talked to him)....how does that even happen? I'm convinced deer hunters are the worst shots that ever were or ever will be. How hard is it to go check your rifle before going hunting? How hard is it to hit a deer and kill it at 400 yards or less? It's not......I can't believe there's people that shoot more than once at a deer with a rifle.

My buddy included. Do deer really get people that shook up out of their minds that they can't shoot straighter than that? They sit there and eat......It's not like they're running as fast as they can back and forth like an arcade game.

[Olphart]

I believe it. I wouldn't think of hunting a deer or even a pig with a gun or bow without making sure it's functioning correctly, sighted in, etc. The other possibility is that the hunter may have bumped the scope against something, dropped the gun or a kid played with the scope.

Common sense is a declining attribute.....kinda like ethics.

[okrattler]

I believe it. I wouldn't think of hunting a deer or even a pig with a gun or bow without making sure it's functioning correctly, sighted in, etc. The other possibility is that the hunter may have bumped the scope against something, dropped the gun or a kid played with the scope.

Common sense is a declining attribute.....kinda like ethics.

Well yeah I mean just because a gun was sighted in last deer season doesn't mean anything. If it's been in the truck since and has been bumped around and everything else it might not be the following deer season. I kinda figured that was pretty obvious but apparently not.

[buzzbait]

Do you not see that request for tracking dogs? It happens. Less than perfect shot. I watched my boy hit a deer in the arse cause in the last second the deer moved. Holier than thou doesn’t really get the respect you expect.



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[cattlelackranch]

Most people don’t practice shooting in a blind situation. I’ve witness men hyperventilate. I wouldn’t imagine people shoot under those circumstances but they do all the time.

[okrattler]

Do you not see that request for tracking dogs? It happens. Less than perfect shot. I watched my boy hit a deer in the arse cause in the last second the deer moved. Holier than thou doesn’t really get the respect you expect.



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Things happen but being negligent and going out with a rifle that hasn't been shot since two deer seasons ago is dumb. Why even waste your time going out if you don't know how your gun is shooting? That's a good way to need a tracking dog.

[TacticalCowboy]

I’ve shot at deer more than once. I’ve made bad shots. Most times, I have called a pulled shot, and I am always a proponent of shooting a wounded animal again if the opportunity presents itself.

99% of hunters have never shot past 200 yards off a bench, so tossing the 400 yard shot into the situation, off a rickety rest is a recipe for disaster.

[Hart8]

I bet it's more about lack of practice.
Flinching,wincing,closing eyes,etc..Watch a guy touch the trigger with it on safety,and watch em flinch.

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[Black Ice]

What is up with that?



Took 3 shots for this one.

First missed and he left, second he left again, the third time he came out I shot him in the ***. Never could get the gun to group great before I left and should have grabbed another gun but it was my new gun I bought for the season. Shot the gun at the ranch after and it was way off all over the target and missing. Gun was probably shooting 3 to 4 inch sized groups before I left but figured I could hit a deer at 150 yards.

I never should have taken the gun hunting but I stay busy and didn’t have enough time to get it dialed in like I should have. Shot the gun a couple of days before and drove 9 hrs to jump right in the blind with it.


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[okrattler]

I understand that less than perfect shots happen. I just don't understand why people go out with a .300Win Mag and miss three times because that heavy hitting recoil scares them and they flinch. Or digging the old .243 out of the safe that hasn't killed a deer since 1955 and expecting it to shoot like it killed one yesterday.

I'm not picking on anyone. Deer are tough animals and sometimes things happen. My point is why do people expect to sight in a rifle and expect it to stay sighted in for the rest of their life? Maybe there's guys that do it more than I think. I just figured maybe it was a priority to check your rifle before taking it out.

[TacticalCowboy]

Well, if you buy quality equipment and have quality ammo, why SHOULD it change from season to season?

[Black Ice]

I understand that less than perfect shots happen. I just don't understand why people go out with a .300Win Mag and miss three times because that heavy hitting recoil scares them and they flinch. Or digging the old .243 out of the safe that hasn't killed a deer since 1955 and expecting it to shoot like it killed one yesterday.

I'm not picking on anyone. Deer are tough animals and sometimes things happen. My point is why do people expect to sight in a rifle and expect it to stay sighted in for the rest of their life? Maybe there's guys that do it more than I think. I just figured maybe it was a priority to check your rifle before taking it out.

I always shoot mine before the season but they get put in the back of SXS and front of 4 wheelers while hunting.


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[okrattler]

Well, if you buy quality equipment and have quality ammo, why SHOULD it change from season to season?

It shouldn't hypothetically but if you have a 200" deer on a trail camera and you want it really bad would you not make 100% sure that everything is perfect before ever getting that deer in the scope? Leaning that rifle against the wall in the kitchen and having it fall over onto the tile floor might not have hurt it at the the end of last season before you put it in the safe. But it could have. It's things like that,that could mean the difference in having a sleepless night wondering if you're going to find it or caping that deer out.

It's a pet peeve of mine is what it is. I shoot my rifles at a target before ever squeezing that trigger on anything breathing. I understand everyone ain't me but it could save people a lot of trouble.

[TacticalCowboy]

It shouldn't hypothetically but if you have a 200" deer on a trail camera and you want it really bad would you not make 100% sure that everything is perfect before ever getting that deer in the scope? Leaning that rifle against the wall in the kitchen and having it fall over onto the tile floor might not have hurt it at the the end of last season before you put it in the safe. But it could have. It's things like that,that could mean the difference in having a sleepless night wondering if you're going to find it or caping that deer out.

I actually shoot throughout the year, and I have yet to have a rifle mysteriously get knocked off zero. That being said, once I get a load built for a rifle, I don’t change it. I would be willing to put money on it that most of the folks that you’re referencing don’t remember what ammo they used last season.. “did I shoot winchester 180s or federal 150s? Oh well, they’re both 30-06.”

[okrattler]

I actually shoot throughout the year, and I have yet to have a rifle mysteriously get knocked off zero. That being said, once I get a load built for a rifle, I don’t change it. I would be willing to put money on it that most of the folks that you’re referencing don’t remember what ammo they used last season.. “did I shoot winchester 180s or federal 150s? Oh well, they’re both 30-06.”

Which could also be the case. I think we can all agree that anything worth doing is worth doing right. Opportunities don't happen every single day. When an opportunity comes along you have to have your poop in a group or that opportunity will pass you by.

All are valid reasons as to why these occurrences happen. It could be prevented more times than not.