Anyone Hunt Using Iron Sights?

[greywolf]

I hunt with glass on most of my rifles except for my levers, there i use open sights, I can shoot just fine without glass , but i like the cool looks of a rifle with scope and of course, i like to ensure (for the most part) a clean quick kill

 

[reb]

I have used iron sights alot over my lifetime.As I get older the eyes don't seem to focus as well.My 375 H+H has iron sights with a 1.5x5 V111 with quick detach rings.This is the rifle I take on any remote hunts.(Alaska Grizzly and Brown Bear,Yukon moose)or any where remote, as a scope can always fail.I also have a couple of lever actions (45/70,30-30wcf) that are open sights.I have peeps on both and a Hi-Vis front on them that are great.

 

[lone-wolf]

fixed 4x scope on 30-30 deer rifle. Irons on my .22s for any local pests & small game

 

[heavyBullet]

In the bush where shots are close, I prefer no scope on a lever rifle. Though I did put a front firesight on my Marlin to brighten it up.

 

[Johnny G1]

Peep site on a win 54 7x57 only becouse it ain't been drilled for scope mounts.

 

[kjohn]

Have used both. Last few years have been an open sight 94 in 32 Winchester Special. I have never used a really good scope, though, and I have the feeling that it would be neat to try one.

 

[BigUglyMan]

I have a carbine style rear sight on my 1885 and just built up a M98 in 9.3x62 to be an irons-only rifle.

 

[John Y Cannuck]

I use peep sights almost exclusively. Scopes are coming into the picture gradually as my eyes get worse.

 

[senior]

I use peep sights almost exclusively. Scopes are coming into the picture gradually as my eyes get worse.

Ditto that. Peeps on chase rifles & 1.5-5x scopes on rifles I use for stand hunting early morn or late evening when I don't think I could trust my eyes to even a peep.

 

[Wilson]

both my m71's have irons...both peeps !! luv them

 

[Woodsman]

I will use irons on some of my rifles, but I much prefer a scope for deer hunting. I hunt in the hardwoods from a stand and can shoot far more accurately with a scope. It's all about seeing your game better and being able to pinpoint the shot... especially at dusk and dawn. Irons fail miserably for me in this respect unless the game animal is real close.

 

[stuckon308]

Depends on which gun I'm using, but so far every year hunting I have.

 

[Winnipeg Toymaker]

I used the open irons as well as my buddies use them when we hunt deer "oldtime" with 1906 Winchester rifles in 30-30 and 38-55 . I have used the side mount scope also in dim light times as the eyes are not as young as they usta was.

 

[Whelen B]

When its "bucks only" hunt I like a scope to see the head gear. Also bears - often taken at near dusk - require a large exit pupil quality scope in my world anyway.

But last fall I practised with my iron sighted muzzleloader at the range. I was hitting pretty well so I took it out deer hunting in a special season here for muzzleloaders. I could shoot both antered and antlerless. Got a doe - dumped it with a broadside shot at about 40 to 50yds. First time I used irons for years - kinda fun. I'll be using them more I think.

 

[tonyg]

Iron an all mine. One .22 has a scope but it is just for bench rest and paper.

The deer I have taken, all with iron sights , less than 100 yds.

 

[H Wally]

I only own two guns with scopes.. neither are sighted in.

Open sights all the way!

 

[catnthehatt]

YUP!
I have more, but you get the idea!
Cat

 

[Jimbobob08]

Dropped a scoped rifle on a rock, on the way home to change rifles I saw a calf moose, missed the shot by a mile. Have not hunted with a scoped rifle since.

 

[droid1963]

I dog with a Marlin 1895 in 45-70 with a old fixed-power Weaver on tip-off mounts... best of both worlds.

 

[eh class]

hunt with open sights in the morning and scope in the afternoon into the evening.. missed out on a nice buck one evening that I could see plain as day with my bino's but could only see shadows with the open sights.