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LabRadar - tips and tricks to keep it from missing shots anyone?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike6158" data-source="post: 2797058" data-attributes="member: 1039"><p>I doubt it. His bullets come in a box. Nothing wrong with that btw. All he's going off of is, in brush country (George West area for the Texians in the bunch) you don't want the deer to run off unless it's bleeding out. He doesn't know about seating depth, nodes, VLDs, etc, or care.</p><p>A friend and I hunted with him over in brush country one year. My buddy brought his son. His son had just graduated high school and he had it all figured out (I was plumb brilliant when I graduated so I can relate). He wanted to shoot his deer with his youth model .243. Nostalgia and all that jazz. We're on a high fence ranch. That's not the place for little bullets. We all tried to talk him out of it.</p><p></p><p>He shot his deer pretty close to dusk, it ran straight for one of those 18" holes made of thorns, aka game tunnel. The game tunnels are known to have rattlesnakes, even worse, copper headed rattle moccasins, Javelina, known for their 12" tusks and foul smell, Wolves, great big ones, cape buffalo, lions, pythons, you name it, there's all kinds of stuff in there but only if it's getting dark on April 1. There was no blood trail and he pointed us in the general direction that it ran. Apparently the deer just took off, no flinching just booked it out of there. We asked if he thought he hit it. Yessir... I think so <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> So we started criss crossing in the general direction. I found the first tiny spot of blood. I think the guide saw it first and knew what was coming so he wandered way off. I found another smaller spot and the general direction was toward the "tube of death" in the brush. The others wandered off in different directions, included the kid that shot. I ended up 1 mile in (about 25 yards give or take), crawling on my hands and knees finding blood as I went but not much. I'm not exaggerating (this time). The drops were 1/8" across at best. Anyway, found one more drop and then maybe a couple of yards away, there was the deer. It was dead so at least it was easier to drag out. They all helped me from that point. They stood outside of the tube of death yelling encouraging words like- (1) I'm hungry, hurry your *** up, (2) why is it taking so long, (3) you realize it's getting dark and it's a long walk to the house if you don't get out of there soon (4) you're going the wrong way.</p><p></p><p>Hunting with a group of friends brings people together. Sharing stories (lies) and being there together (to make fun of whoever needs it the most) is memorable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike6158, post: 2797058, member: 1039"] I doubt it. His bullets come in a box. Nothing wrong with that btw. All he's going off of is, in brush country (George West area for the Texians in the bunch) you don't want the deer to run off unless it's bleeding out. He doesn't know about seating depth, nodes, VLDs, etc, or care. A friend and I hunted with him over in brush country one year. My buddy brought his son. His son had just graduated high school and he had it all figured out (I was plumb brilliant when I graduated so I can relate). He wanted to shoot his deer with his youth model .243. Nostalgia and all that jazz. We're on a high fence ranch. That's not the place for little bullets. We all tried to talk him out of it. He shot his deer pretty close to dusk, it ran straight for one of those 18" holes made of thorns, aka game tunnel. The game tunnels are known to have rattlesnakes, even worse, copper headed rattle moccasins, Javelina, known for their 12" tusks and foul smell, Wolves, great big ones, cape buffalo, lions, pythons, you name it, there's all kinds of stuff in there but only if it's getting dark on April 1. There was no blood trail and he pointed us in the general direction that it ran. Apparently the deer just took off, no flinching just booked it out of there. We asked if he thought he hit it. Yessir... I think so :( So we started criss crossing in the general direction. I found the first tiny spot of blood. I think the guide saw it first and knew what was coming so he wandered way off. I found another smaller spot and the general direction was toward the "tube of death" in the brush. The others wandered off in different directions, included the kid that shot. I ended up 1 mile in (about 25 yards give or take), crawling on my hands and knees finding blood as I went but not much. I'm not exaggerating (this time). The drops were 1/8" across at best. Anyway, found one more drop and then maybe a couple of yards away, there was the deer. It was dead so at least it was easier to drag out. They all helped me from that point. They stood outside of the tube of death yelling encouraging words like- (1) I'm hungry, hurry your *** up, (2) why is it taking so long, (3) you realize it's getting dark and it's a long walk to the house if you don't get out of there soon (4) you're going the wrong way. Hunting with a group of friends brings people together. Sharing stories (lies) and being there together (to make fun of whoever needs it the most) is memorable. [/QUOTE]
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