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How well does the average big game hunter shoot?
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<blockquote data-quote="44-40" data-source="post: 2837248" data-attributes="member: 126985"><p>I believe you are exactly correct with respect to the average hunters ability, lack of practice under field conditions and being out if shape. I have to totally agree on acting fast to shoot quickly off hand. It totally irritates me that guys need a minute or two to get an animal in the crosshairs. </p><p>I practiced running, leaping, standing shots on jackrabbit with a rifle and I could get twice as many as dad with a 12 gauge shotgun. I'd kill up to 80 jackrabbit in a single afternoon outing, some in mid air jump...then come back the next day and kill coyotes feeding on rabbits. I would shoot rabbit and squirrel with my elk rifle a 7mm or 338 Win mag, and practice on moving targets...take turns shooting empty rolling oil cans rolling down hill off hand. Plus long-range varmint shooting past 1000 yds and 17,000 rds of match ammo at 1000 to 1400yds, and several barrels later changed calibers and got bored with LR shooting I accomplished everything I set out to do, including eggs at 1000 and pop can at 1400 yds. No benches all prone, sitting, or offhand shooting. </p><p>For game I used 2-7x scope or 3- 9x scope and even a 1-4 x scope to kill every big game animal set on the lowest power. At least a full third on a full run, cause two jumps the elk or deer is out of sight.You can smell a musky bull elk, you tracked him all morning, and the cows are bed down infront of him, you know he's a bull by the urine pattern in the snow, you have his track, your bull is at the end. He's now bedded down 15 yards away but you can not see him, but you can smell him. A squirrel give you away, the bull jumps antlers thrown back in one leap he disappeared, crashing through the pole thicket like a freight train. A little to slow on my reaction, but I dog him through the pole thicket like a hungry wolf, the third time he tries that his one jump ain't good enough, I thread the bullet through the pole thicket into his chest in one second at 35 yds.firing as soon as the rifle hits the shoulder. Farthest one 100 yds full broadside run, he was terrified when the cow sent out an alarm. I put 3 175 gr noslers from 7 mag in his chest in a pattern the size of less than a softball on a full run. He was dead but wouldn't go down, ran down the hill put another round in the rifle, he's standing there bleeding from both nostrils, saw me and took off running, put another round in his chest...he died out of sight on the other side of the hill. I was 4 canyons deep in the wilderness, and afraid he was going to make it to the bottom of this one. Packing out is a bitch...went to the 338 win mag, and 2-7x set on 2 X heavy duplex to kill every big game animal after that. Even a 600 yd deer the only one over 100 yds, I used the 7X. I lived in cabin in the mountains in a gold mining camp in 1972 as a security guard. Was high-school athlete 2nd fastest in the state and HS football hall of fame. I could jog and run the mountains all day. Ever look back over your shoulder and see the mountain top you came over the side of at dawn, in the distance 8 maybe 10 miles away, your alone, this is a wilderness area, no one knows where you are. You hunt light and fast or exceeding slow, when your close. Total 16 rds of mag ammo in gun & different pockets, dressed in full camo, and a pack and a large 6" Buck knife. You will always kill the elk in 2 days or less, don't look for a trophy but nice 5 and 6 points will be good, you take what nature give you. Hunting was fun, if you're in very good shape, and can run for miles, in mountainous terrain, no one would hunt this way with me, and I didn't know anyone who could keep up. The packing was marathon torturous grueling process. So one day I quit. Being old now I can still shoot pretty fair ...but can never hunt this way again. Total self reliance and awareness, everything and every decision is important to your survival, no phones, no one will come for you, no one knows you exist out here. Like stepping on the moon. Called hunting in simplest form and studying & enjoying nature. I would have enjoyed it more if after killing the bull I could just wind him up and let him run again, see ya next year, kind of thing. Catch & release...so ya don't pack it out and ya don't have to eat it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="44-40, post: 2837248, member: 126985"] I believe you are exactly correct with respect to the average hunters ability, lack of practice under field conditions and being out if shape. I have to totally agree on acting fast to shoot quickly off hand. It totally irritates me that guys need a minute or two to get an animal in the crosshairs. I practiced running, leaping, standing shots on jackrabbit with a rifle and I could get twice as many as dad with a 12 gauge shotgun. I'd kill up to 80 jackrabbit in a single afternoon outing, some in mid air jump...then come back the next day and kill coyotes feeding on rabbits. I would shoot rabbit and squirrel with my elk rifle a 7mm or 338 Win mag, and practice on moving targets...take turns shooting empty rolling oil cans rolling down hill off hand. Plus long-range varmint shooting past 1000 yds and 17,000 rds of match ammo at 1000 to 1400yds, and several barrels later changed calibers and got bored with LR shooting I accomplished everything I set out to do, including eggs at 1000 and pop can at 1400 yds. No benches all prone, sitting, or offhand shooting. For game I used 2-7x scope or 3- 9x scope and even a 1-4 x scope to kill every big game animal set on the lowest power. At least a full third on a full run, cause two jumps the elk or deer is out of sight.You can smell a musky bull elk, you tracked him all morning, and the cows are bed down infront of him, you know he's a bull by the urine pattern in the snow, you have his track, your bull is at the end. He's now bedded down 15 yards away but you can not see him, but you can smell him. A squirrel give you away, the bull jumps antlers thrown back in one leap he disappeared, crashing through the pole thicket like a freight train. A little to slow on my reaction, but I dog him through the pole thicket like a hungry wolf, the third time he tries that his one jump ain't good enough, I thread the bullet through the pole thicket into his chest in one second at 35 yds.firing as soon as the rifle hits the shoulder. Farthest one 100 yds full broadside run, he was terrified when the cow sent out an alarm. I put 3 175 gr noslers from 7 mag in his chest in a pattern the size of less than a softball on a full run. He was dead but wouldn't go down, ran down the hill put another round in the rifle, he's standing there bleeding from both nostrils, saw me and took off running, put another round in his chest...he died out of sight on the other side of the hill. I was 4 canyons deep in the wilderness, and afraid he was going to make it to the bottom of this one. Packing out is a bitch...went to the 338 win mag, and 2-7x set on 2 X heavy duplex to kill every big game animal after that. Even a 600 yd deer the only one over 100 yds, I used the 7X. I lived in cabin in the mountains in a gold mining camp in 1972 as a security guard. Was high-school athlete 2nd fastest in the state and HS football hall of fame. I could jog and run the mountains all day. Ever look back over your shoulder and see the mountain top you came over the side of at dawn, in the distance 8 maybe 10 miles away, your alone, this is a wilderness area, no one knows where you are. You hunt light and fast or exceeding slow, when your close. Total 16 rds of mag ammo in gun & different pockets, dressed in full camo, and a pack and a large 6" Buck knife. You will always kill the elk in 2 days or less, don't look for a trophy but nice 5 and 6 points will be good, you take what nature give you. Hunting was fun, if you're in very good shape, and can run for miles, in mountainous terrain, no one would hunt this way with me, and I didn't know anyone who could keep up. The packing was marathon torturous grueling process. So one day I quit. Being old now I can still shoot pretty fair ...but can never hunt this way again. Total self reliance and awareness, everything and every decision is important to your survival, no phones, no one will come for you, no one knows you exist out here. Like stepping on the moon. Called hunting in simplest form and studying & enjoying nature. I would have enjoyed it more if after killing the bull I could just wind him up and let him run again, see ya next year, kind of thing. Catch & release...so ya don't pack it out and ya don't have to eat it. [/QUOTE]
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