How many hunt deer with open sights?

To me not using a scope is a big disadvantage. I use a scope mainly and many of my shots would have been misses without one. The scope actually helps me see all the branches in front of the animal and enables me to shoot between them.
 
I tried to convince my buck to stand still this year but he just wouldn't do it. Maybe you could come tie one to a tree for me next season?

I only use irons once in a while in the gopher patch and of course the shotgun is a bead I don't notice.

But I've been really tempted to get a 444XLR with a 1.5-4.5 and quick release rings so I can switch to irons. I'd like to be able to use something like that with both eyes open on the 1.5 power setting and I know if I put a red dot on it I would be committing a crime against humanity and be tried as a war criminal where someone would then set dogs on me and shoot my while I ran.... hope it's an "ethical" hunter taking the shot!
 
I am curious why more of us that need a large "F.O.V." & don't have the eyes we once had :redface: haven't tried a 1X shotgun scope?? The only advantage a red dot has that I can see is the 1X but even then they have a considerably smaller FOV than any 1.5X scope. Right now I use only peeps & 1.5x- scopes but would very seriously consider a 1X shotgun scope, I also realize the parralex is set at 50yds on them but for most deer shot in the 60-150 ft range don't see any problem with that.

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cordur that's a great post.:D LMAO

not counting 22s i have one scoped hunting rifle. and several open sighted hunting rifles (including BPs)
i like the balance and carry of a rifle without a scope.
for myself i find a good scope faster to aquire a sight picture than open/reciever sights. but i seldom see a deer so i might as well have a rifle that's comfortable to carry.

and YES... catnthehat ... those probably were lucky shots. (however you seem to get more than your share of lucky shots.) ;)
 
I use a 30-30 with open sights for deer. Where I hunt there is no need for a scope unless you are pathetic as most shots are under 120 yards due to terrain.
 
If you're so noisy in the bush as to spook all the deer you're hunting and they run away, maybe you need to invest in some better camo and a hunting trip with someone who knows what they're doing :D As it's not very hard to sneak up on deer, without them running away :D
 
PGKris said:
If you're so noisy in the bush as to spook all the deer you're hunting and they run away, maybe you need to invest in some better camo and a hunting trip with someone who knows what they're doing :D As it's not very hard to sneak up on deer, without them running away :D
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that is because 95% of them disappeared quietly before you saw them. 1% stood there, and 4% took off crashing.
 
The guys who walk through the bush may get a shot, and so may the guy(s) standing point on the other side of the bush. I can't see letting that opportunity go, just because the deer is running. Some of those bluffs are thick, miserable brush where deer bed down during the day, and you can barely make your way through it, let alone silently.
 
It is so easy to sneak up on deer that almost 99% of bow hunters report success when stalking white tail. The Pope And Young statistics will back me up that stalking is better than waiting for a deer to walk by your stand. You'd be amazed at the poor hearing most deer suffer after just one season of crazed hunters emptying their clips at running deer that by the second year they can barely hear you at 25 yards. It's the same reason that grouse don't take flight until you are close, the suffer from hearing loss too from hundreds of loud discharges in their direction that miss.

So at this point I'd like to thank all of the other hunters who couldn't hit the broad side of a barn for deafening my game for me and making my hunting experience a memorable one. :D
 
35 with open sights on a Hawken. Some with a scoped rifle either muzzle loader or centerfire and some with a bow.
PG quit posting about deer ethics till youve got a few under your belt. Ive shot a few up close that I snuck up on but you can bet your ass they knew I was there and they hoped I would keep on sneak'n right past them as each one of those deer were looking me in the eye when I shot them;)
 
An old timer once told me, going on 20 years ago, I am now almost 40, he said "Son, these woods were hunting in are the deer's home. They know we are here, just like you know when someone else is in your home". Didn't make a lot sense to me then, but over the years I have come to respect what he said. I have bumped my fair share of deer, 5 yards or less, practically had to step on them; typically bucks that are much wiser than you or I about bush sense. Makes you wonder how many you walked by without being none the wiser.
 
I have a Sporterized Norwegian Krag in .243 with open sights that I use occasionally but I usually prefer a scoped rifle. However I did miss a monster Buck last year that I am convinced I would have got him with my open sighted rifle. Stumbled upon him within 30 yards and had the magnification on my scope set too high.:bangHead:
 
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