Would you hunt big game with a single shot?

Yes or no to hunting with a a single shot.

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Single Shot at big game, even dangerous?

I voted "YES" with a couple of qualifications. And I've written the following without reading any of the others above this post!

If hunting alone for deer, moose, elk or the sheep etc. Yes.

If I was with buddies who were depending on me to make the "kill" above, then I would want one of them as a back up.

For dangerous stuff, e.g. grizzly, even a black bear, it would be prudent to have a buddy with 12 gauge pump or auto stuffed with slugs as a back up.

IMH-Old-O, shot placement is vital, much more important than being able to keep thowing lead.
 
Can't say that I ever have, but with that, I've only ever used one shot to kill my animal. It wouldn't bother me at all..Actually I think the next big game rifle i'm gonna get is a TC Pro Hunter in unknown caliber at the moment, or possibly a Ruger #1.
 
I hunt almost strictly with single shots, although I don't care for the TC or NEF, I use the Sharps, Rem. Rolling Blocks, Highwalls, Ruger #1s in large calibers for hunting big game as I have come to distrust small high vel. on large game. My fav. cal. is the 50/90 Sharps, followed by the 45/70, and the 45/100 Sharps. Sometimes, when I'm walking in the bush alot, I will go with a big cal. levergun, more for weight reduction then anything else. I don't think it gives the game any better "chance" just less chance of wounding a fine animal.
 
thinking about it the only time i would worry about it is for BEAR or PIGS with a single shot
ie a Muzzle Loader but if in a good tree stand and had a quick load handy.
I would go single shot all the way
 
Prestwich said:
And there you have it. All the evidence the anti-semi-auto gun people need. "As endorsed by actual hunters as quoted from the CGN site, hunters only need a single shot firearm. Most, around 86% so far, actually prefer it. No need to worry about a backlash from hunters because of the banning of all semis and multi round holding firearms, because they actually said in a public announcement that the single round gun works just fine for hunting" We really should pay attention when there is that little warning before voting that says "this is a public forum", meaning the whole public.
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Oh crumb. What's this world coming to? The poll is only for big game. I wouldn't consider hunting geese with a single shot. Semi-auto all the way son! I had sincere intentions here, and any political spies from the Coaltition for Gun Control or the NDP can take note of the fact that I did not intend to make it sound as though hunters only need a single shot, A SEMI IS ESSENTIAL IN SOME HUNTING PURSUITS> WATERFOWL NOTABLY.
 
:D
Shot a post-yearling cow moose a few years back with a New England Firearms Handi-Rifle in .45-70 GOV'T (350 grain Hornady jacketed soft-point over IMR 3031).

One shot at about 75 yards.

I was working at the time and kept the rifle behind the pick up seat just in case & spotted the cow (no calf) standing on the side of a gravel pit access road.

I assembled the gun & loaded it and followed her into the bush & shot her standing behind a maple thicket about 100 yards from the road.......one shot....dropped like a sack of track spikes.

I had drawn a cow tag that year & figured it was either now or never.

The meat from that young cow was delicious.
 
Absolutely no qualms about hunting with a single Shot rifle. I hunted and shot quite a few head of Big Game with Ruger #1's in 7x57, 270, 30-06, & 7mm Mag. I like the Rugers, and like GH, don't care much for the TC's or the NEF's. Some may like them, but I am not in that group. That is what makes things interesting....different tastes and opinions. Regards, Eagleye.
 
I don't own a single shot rifle, but I've only even needed one shot (so far).

I took a whitetail buck this year and worked another round into the chamber as I watched him roll over. There were three other deer in range but tags were the limiting factor, not fire-power.

So I would certainly hunt with a single shot rifle.

But for any anti's reading this that means assuming I can strap on my .357 magnum revolver as well. ;)
 
Most of my big game has been taken with a Browning B78 7mm Rem mag. Never have felt undergunned, even in grizz country chasing moose or goats. Repeat fire is suprisingly fast with practice, and I find the falling block actions quicker to get the first cartridge in an empty gun and fired if in a hurry than fumbling a shell into a bolt, lever or pump.
 
I do a lot of hunting with both my Ruger #1 in 30-06 and Browning 1885 in .270. I have taken deer and bear with both of them and have never felt like I was handicapping myself.
 
I shot my last cow elk 3 times with a TC Encore Pro Hunter in 7mm Mag. With practice you aren't much slower than a bolt. In retrospect, she would have passed with the first, but I HATE having to track elk in the bush for miles... and then carry them out. If you have to, you have to. But I don't prefer it....

But I later sold the TC because, well, I realized it was a fad... my Blaser with a 4 round magazine weighs 1.5 pounds less, and is far more accurate.... so I don't see why I would carry a Pro Hunter anymore. Now the previous model of TC's, (contender?? I can't remember name) in .308 or 7mm-08, weighing 5.5 pounds, I can see the advantage to that.
 
I'm getting a single shot to hunt with next year. On such occasions as I've taken a second shot, there has been enough time.
 
Prestwich said:
And there you have it. All the evidence the anti-semi-auto gun people need. "As endorsed by actual hunters as quoted from the CGN site, hunters only need a single shot firearm. Most, around 86% so far, actually prefer it. No need to worry about a backlash from hunters because of the banning of all semis and multi round holding firearms, because they actually said in a public announcement that the single round gun works just fine for hunting" We really should pay attention when there is that little warning before voting that says "this is a public forum", meaning the whole public.
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You got all that from a pole that asks if a guy would hunt with a single shot?

We aren't suppose to talk about falling blocks, bolt guns, pumps, or lever actions because an anti might read it and think, "Hey these guys don't need semi-autos!" They already think that, but they don't want you to own a single shot either, so it doesn't much matter what they think because all of our guns are under attack. These people cannot be reasoned with so ignore them, and talk about the guns that are interesting to you. If that happens to be an AR-15, an FAL, a G-3, or a SIG-510, they hey I'm all for you, but if I want to hear about a High Wall, a Sharps, or a Martini then please, let me have that.
 
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