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Scope got knocked; Has it spoiled your hunt?
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<blockquote data-quote="Joefrazell" data-source="post: 2389116" data-attributes="member: 101262"><p>I took a big fall on a frozen rock back in October when I was out hunting Mullies and my rifle fell right on the turret and the bell area of the scope. I also hurt my hand a bit but it was the first hour of the hunt and wasn't going to head back to camp. I knew I should check my zero but i didn't. I kept on and spotted several groups of deer that morning and had a great time watching them all even though there wasn't any mature bucks to hunt. But on the way back out I had worked slowly up the long ridge that I had worked down earlier that morning. I came back almost to that same rock that I'd slipped on earlier and to my surprise there was a few deer down below me working there way up the ridge adjacent to me. I stopped and threw my binos on my tripod and watched them make there way up. Following up behind the more deer and then even more deer. A few smaller bucks and a nice 3x4 all worked up and over. I thought about taking a shot but I was curious to what else would appear out of the bottom of this drainage. About 5 min after the others had moved on a couple of nice 4 points wandered out of the shadows and started working there way up the ridge, the buck in the back was a nice mature 4 point. I had already swapped my rifle onto my tripod in case I got an opportunity. I'm I ranged him at 390 and dialed for 400 as he was slowly working further up the ridge. I checked my parallax, level and steadied on his vitals. I pressed the trigger and saw the impact right where I was aiming. The 195 eol out of my 7 mag anchored him right on the spot. I was thrilled that my scope had held out. I usually never gamble with a possible equipment issue like this but it worked out this particular time. Sorry about the life story haha</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joefrazell, post: 2389116, member: 101262"] I took a big fall on a frozen rock back in October when I was out hunting Mullies and my rifle fell right on the turret and the bell area of the scope. I also hurt my hand a bit but it was the first hour of the hunt and wasn’t going to head back to camp. I knew I should check my zero but i didn’t. I kept on and spotted several groups of deer that morning and had a great time watching them all even though there wasn’t any mature bucks to hunt. But on the way back out I had worked slowly up the long ridge that I had worked down earlier that morning. I came back almost to that same rock that I’d slipped on earlier and to my surprise there was a few deer down below me working there way up the ridge adjacent to me. I stopped and threw my binos on my tripod and watched them make there way up. Following up behind the more deer and then even more deer. A few smaller bucks and a nice 3x4 all worked up and over. I thought about taking a shot but I was curious to what else would appear out of the bottom of this drainage. About 5 min after the others had moved on a couple of nice 4 points wandered out of the shadows and started working there way up the ridge, the buck in the back was a nice mature 4 point. I had already swapped my rifle onto my tripod in case I got an opportunity. I’m I ranged him at 390 and dialed for 400 as he was slowly working further up the ridge. I checked my parallax, level and steadied on his vitals. I pressed the trigger and saw the impact right where I was aiming. The 195 eol out of my 7 mag anchored him right on the spot. I was thrilled that my scope had held out. I usually never gamble with a possible equipment issue like this but it worked out this particular time. Sorry about the life story haha [/QUOTE]
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