1st time with a red dot and I get a small wild boar...
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1st time with a red dot and I get a small wild boar...
Hi everyone,
I start big game season for the very 1st time here in France with a red dot on a Marlin 30-30cal.
It was a very nice surprise, so easy to aim...unbelievable. So during the bait hunt I sow a small Wils Boar going out of the bush at 55 meters not running fast and Boom right on the head.
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I start big game season for the very 1st time here in France with a red dot on a Marlin 30-30cal.
It was a very nice surprise, so easy to aim...unbelievable. So during the bait hunt I sow a small Wils Boar going out of the bush at 55 meters not running fast and Boom right on the head.
[img][img]https://i.servimg.com/u/f42/12/77/36/68/20191110.jpg[/img][/img]
"Huntingly",
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Re: 1st time with a red dot and I get a small wild boar...
So what do you think about the red dot vs iron sights on that gun?
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Re: 1st time with a red dot and I get a small wild boar...
Good Job!!! Sounds like you had a great time and found a better method. Congrats on the boar
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Re: 1st time with a red dot and I get a small wild boar...
Awesome. I’ve always wanted to try on if those.
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Re: 1st time with a red dot and I get a small wild boar...
I once had a 12 gauge Remington 870 slug gun set up with one of those weird (obsolete now), Weaver QwikPoint red dot sights.
I killed a lot of deer with it.
Low magnification scopes with lighted reticles and non-magnifying red dot-type sights are fantastic for fast shots on running game; there is nothing faster.
They show up particularly well in tangled brush and poor light that can sometimes make it hard to find conventional dark crosshairs.
In a few days I'll be hunting Wisconsin's upcoming firearms season on Saturday with a Remington 700 in .30-06 with a Trijicon 3-9X scope with the green tritium triangle reticle.
I killed a lot of deer with it.
Low magnification scopes with lighted reticles and non-magnifying red dot-type sights are fantastic for fast shots on running game; there is nothing faster.
They show up particularly well in tangled brush and poor light that can sometimes make it hard to find conventional dark crosshairs.
In a few days I'll be hunting Wisconsin's upcoming firearms season on Saturday with a Remington 700 in .30-06 with a Trijicon 3-9X scope with the green tritium triangle reticle.
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Re: 1st time with a red dot and I get a small wild boar...
Your a Beast ! Congrats
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Re: 1st time with a red dot and I get a small wild boar...
red dots are great - as you've shown. Great hog!
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Great shooting!
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Re: 1st time with a red dot and I get a small wild boar...
greenhorndave wrote:So what do you think about the red dot vs iron sights on that gun?
Sorry to answer so late...
Well, no doubt. It's a world of difference...so much more comfortable and so faster acquisition. It's like the differences between 1920's car and a new porch.
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Thanks to all for your nice comments!
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Re: 1st time with a red dot and I get a small wild boar...
Liberty-Hunt wrote:greenhorndave wrote:So what do you think about the red dot vs iron sights on that gun?
Sorry to answer so late...
Well, no doubt. It's a world of difference...so much more comfortable and so faster acquisition. It's like the differences between 1920's car and a new porch.
No problem at all! Thanks for following up.
I have my dad's old Model 94...seeing your setup made that cross my mind. Good to hear!
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Re: 1st time with a red dot and I get a small wild boar...
Congratulations. I understand that running boar is a common hunt in European countries. Probably an exciting time.
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justdirtyfun wrote:Congratulations. I understand that running boar is a common hunt in European countries. Probably an exciting time.
Yes it is...thanks !
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Re: 1st time with a red dot and I get a small wild boar...
Liberty-Hunt wrote:Hi everyone,
I start big game season for the very 1st time here in France with a red dot on a Marlin 30-30cal.
It was a very nice surprise, so easy to aim...unbelievable. So during the bait hunt I sow a small Wils Boar going out of the bush at 55 meters not running fast and Boom right on the head.
[img][img]https://i.servimg.com/u/f42/12/77/36/68/20191110.jpg[/img][/img]
I use a Remington 700adl with a red dot on top of the scope, 2 of the last 4 bucks i have harvested were with the red dot. Both the red dot and scope are zero'd at 100 yds and I use the red dot to help me acquire the target with the scope.. Works really well... congrats on the boar.
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