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<blockquote data-quote="Hespco" data-source="post: 1603576" data-attributes="member: 109476"><p>Every new season brings numerous hunters from out of state. They will have every new high tech gadget you can think of. Most have no open sights on their rifles & display poor marksmanship when required to shoot off hand. Simple basic skills are not learned. Most seem to think every shot at game they get will be at 500yds or further. You can do all the long range practice you like. My experience tells me most shots will be at 200 or less. Depending on terrain & vegetation you will be forced at times to make an off hand shots or pass it by. You may have only seconds to do so. Be able to make accurate off hand shots is being prepared. Having back up sites is also being prepared. I have seen hunters run to get in position for a shot, stumble & their rifle go flying & crash to the ground. Have seen hunters pulling a rifle out of a rifle scabbard on a horse, get the bolt handle hung up & drop the rifle 4' to the ground. A loud thud & very likely a scope knocked off. Any one who would want to shoot & check their zero in hunting camp would be run out. To those who wish not to have open sights , that is their choice. Think about walking out of camp a mile or so. You fall & or drop your rifle & damage your scope. On your way back to camp you see game . A legal bull you must pass on. You spent thousands on this hunt. This will haunt you for years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hespco, post: 1603576, member: 109476"] Every new season brings numerous hunters from out of state. They will have every new high tech gadget you can think of. Most have no open sights on their rifles & display poor marksmanship when required to shoot off hand. Simple basic skills are not learned. Most seem to think every shot at game they get will be at 500yds or further. You can do all the long range practice you like. My experience tells me most shots will be at 200 or less. Depending on terrain & vegetation you will be forced at times to make an off hand shots or pass it by. You may have only seconds to do so. Be able to make accurate off hand shots is being prepared. Having back up sites is also being prepared. I have seen hunters run to get in position for a shot, stumble & their rifle go flying & crash to the ground. Have seen hunters pulling a rifle out of a rifle scabbard on a horse, get the bolt handle hung up & drop the rifle 4' to the ground. A loud thud & very likely a scope knocked off. Any one who would want to shoot & check their zero in hunting camp would be run out. To those who wish not to have open sights , that is their choice. Think about walking out of camp a mile or so. You fall & or drop your rifle & damage your scope. On your way back to camp you see game . A legal bull you must pass on. You spent thousands on this hunt. This will haunt you for years. [/QUOTE]
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