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2017 Hunt Report and Meat Pole Contest - Win a $300 or $100 Gift Certificate
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<blockquote data-quote="IronRanger" data-source="post: 1360840" data-attributes="member: 94414"><p>My daughter approached me this year and told me that she would like to hunt deer with me. She has tried it in the past, but she was never comfortable shooting left handed. (She is right handed but her vision in her right eye doesn't allow her to use it to sight with.) So the challenge was to set up a rifle that she could shoot right handed, but use her left eye to sight with. I found a Savage Muddy Girl in a .243 on sale at a local sporting goods store to start with. I then ordered two 45 degree offset picatiny mounts from SWFA and tried an idea that came to me out of a deep desire to hunt with my daughter. I took the scope off of the bases and mounted the 45 degree offsets on them facing up and to the left. I then mounted the scope to the 45 degree offsets and re-aligned it. To my surprise it seemed to work. The test came when my daughter came home to try it out. We went to a gravel pit to sight it in. The smile on her face said it all. The second afternoon of the season provided her with an 80 yard shot on a mature doe. It dropped in it's tracks when the Muddy Girl spoke! For a brief moment I saw the little girl come out from my 21 year old daughter! I don't need to shoot a deer to have a successful season. [ATTACH=full]83806[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]83807[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]83808[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IronRanger, post: 1360840, member: 94414"] My daughter approached me this year and told me that she would like to hunt deer with me. She has tried it in the past, but she was never comfortable shooting left handed. (She is right handed but her vision in her right eye doesn’t allow her to use it to sight with.) So the challenge was to set up a rifle that she could shoot right handed, but use her left eye to sight with. I found a Savage Muddy Girl in a .243 on sale at a local sporting goods store to start with. I then ordered two 45 degree offset picatiny mounts from SWFA and tried an idea that came to me out of a deep desire to hunt with my daughter. I took the scope off of the bases and mounted the 45 degree offsets on them facing up and to the left. I then mounted the scope to the 45 degree offsets and re-aligned it. To my surprise it seemed to work. The test came when my daughter came home to try it out. We went to a gravel pit to sight it in. The smile on her face said it all. The second afternoon of the season provided her with an 80 yard shot on a mature doe. It dropped in it’s tracks when the Muddy Girl spoke! For a brief moment I saw the little girl come out from my 21 year old daughter! I don’t need to shoot a deer to have a successful season. [ATTACH=full]83806[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]83807[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]83808[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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