Rich M wrote:I'm not your typical Beast, I'm a wanna be.
2014 - sight new 165 gr 30-06 ammo in at 100 yards and assume 4-6 inch drop at 200. Miss 2 decent mature GA whitetails of about 120-130 inches at 200 yards on 2 consecutive mornings. Check gun and ammo shoots 1 inch low at 100, 12 inches low at 200. Should have checked after missing deer #1 but it was windy and tree stand moving. Private lease.
1994-1995. Doing a push for my father, uncle, and ex-wife. Shoot deer ex-wife nicked the day before at about 10 ft in a thick swamp, get blood splattered all over me and scope. Hit hardwoods and ex-wife is right there in front of me. Said she heard something in some briers about 65 yards left of her, push thru them and a cluster of deer break out away from her and across in front of me, towards my uncle. Big 8 running at 40-50 yards thru wide open oaks. Had the crosshairs on him (everything was red hue from the deer blood) and did not shoot the buck cause the freezer was full with the deer I had just shot (#3 in 2 days). Buck was 140 class and 200+ dressed. Private farm.
1990-ish. Sneaking around with a bow - went left around a bush and got that inkling in my nugget to go right, backed up 2 or 3 steps and went right. Enormous buck sneaking away to the right. Looked like a horse with a rocking chair on his head. His main beams were dark chocolate, thick & gnarly, low and wide, tips out past his nose. I was taught not to lead a deer with a bow cause the arrow would go in front of it. Let's just say that's not true. Good height but thru guts and one hind leg. 2 splotches of blood and a bent arrow... I sat right down and didn't move for 30 minutes on my watch after shooting and then snuck over to the arrow to assess the damage. Never found him. Deer was what I'd call 180 class and 250 dressed - enormous. Public land.
Not intentionally dwelling on those events, they would be good do-overs, but all were "accidents". Time to make the opportunities happen on purpose.
I think that's what traps folks into bad hunting habits - every 5 to 10 years they get an opportunity at a good one and they feel that the guys who take them consistently hunt private land managed for big deer. After all - they saw a good one, hopefully got him, so they must be doing it right.
Wow that's a big drop with a 30-06 from 100 to 200 yards. I shoot 150 grain and sight it in an 1 1/2" high at 100 and its just about right on at 200....so...really from 0-250 you dont have to adjust much, if any for elevation. So for the sake of this convo...ive shot um from 12-350 yards...you cant ask for much more than that from a rifle or a bullet.
Well said in the last paragraph too...i myself have thought that exact thing, i know now that i was wrong. Being a new bow hunter has challenged me to think differently and has not only lead me to this site but allowed me to learn Happy hunting
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