Got scoped today

There is no reason to begrudge those few seconds it takes between, 'Holy cr@p that's a nice one', and getting the rifle on aim.

I carry binos on a short sling and tuck them inside my outer layer. One handed glassing means the rifle is still in the other hand ....
 
G P said:
That is why you don't try to call moose on the island.
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Well, no, I wouldn't go that far, but it is usually a good idea to steer clear of other hunters wherever possible. That's certainly easier in some areas than others, but you can usually tell the type. Most of em never leave the road.
 
Go off topic much???..I kid...That would be on the old Republic of Newfoundland flag.. not the current

"Pink represents the Tudor Rose of England, White from the Cross of St. Andrew of Scotland and Green from the Shamrock of Ireland. (The three founding races of Newfoundland). "
 
About 20 years ago I was driving an old narrow logging road for grouse in my RED toyota pickup. I crested a small hill to find myself looking down the muzzle of a 30-06 rifle from a "hunter" out moose hunting. I stopped and he lowered the rifle. I poked my head out and proceeded to give him s**t in as nice of a way as I could. He said "I was only aiming at your driver's side front tire. I saw the black coming through the leaves from the angle I was on but your truck runs so quiet I had no idea it was a truck, I could only hear pebbles moving under the tires and thought it was a moose walking up the road!!"
There are some scary hunters out there.:eek:
 
CV32 said:
Well, no, I wouldn't go that far, but it is usually a good idea to steer clear of other hunters wherever possible. That's certainly easier in some areas than others, but you can usually tell the type. Most of em never leave the road.
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Yeah, I did exaggerate a bit. But it pays to be careful for sure.
 
ha ha... never go out with the army on Ex, you will get glassed all the time.

I'm not saying it right, but if you walk into a clearing wearing cammo, getting glassed is bound to happen. Not everyone has bino's and when watching a clearing for game just use the scope to aviod excesive movement of shuffling around.
 
I know the feeling of walking into someone else's sights.... about 10 years ago I was deer hunting with a gang. They were using dogs and the guys were all set up on different runways. The chase was over and I was walking up the trail to the next guy. The leaves were dry and you could hear any movement in the bush... I came around a bend in the trail and the next guy was on one knee with the gun pointed at me. Really made me feel sick but I didn't say anything. I was the youngest and newest one in the group....
 
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sulisa said:
Yep, the hunter'll have to kill me to keep me from phoning the CO with a full description of the event and the idiot, wanting him charged.

I'm a hunter, and that rifle doesn't come up until AFTER I've verified and decided that "yep, I'm going to take that one". Mind you, I'm a ground-based hunter, not a tree-stand type. Tree stands might be a bit different.
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I think there is 1 conservation officer for all the burin peninsula (about the size of PEI). Also we would of had to walk about 16 km to get where they were. Even though they were only about 600 yards away.
 
:nest: Now Dave...Let's not go there. I only wear orange when either on the barrens or in an area I haven't hunted before. When hunting my main hunting grounds, orange never appears. :D Good one though..I'll give ya that
 
i persont have never been scoped that i know of. or seen it happen. what i deal with alot is people shooting acrosse roads in places we go 4wheelin or atving. seen a truck or two get hit with a ricochet. its a good thing we can see exactly ware it came from.
 
Not everyone has bino's and when watching a clearing for game just use the scope to aviod excesive movement of shuffling around.[/QUOTE]

there's no excuse for people using their scope to check out animal or hunter, there's binoculars at Crappy Tire and Walsmart for as little as $15 - $20, I know you won't get top quality for that, but, they do work and work well enough that they will eliminate the need to use your scope and risk someone getting shot because of stupidity
 
so a pair $15 bino's is good enough to replace a 12X scope at 500m?, get bent. most people can't even keep bino's stable enough to look at something 500 meters away let alone a high power pair. Most people put the money into the gun and the trip, not the extra $200 into a pair of bino's, especialy people new to hunting.


No offense, if you walk out a game trail in full cammo into a clearing or cut line, especialy with other hunters about, its going to happen, your eventualy going to come out into somebodys gun sights.
when I watch a cut linebecause there is a game trail crossing it; its with my riffle, because in my experience, the deer come to the edge, pause then trot across, if your not ready you miss the deer since it's there for all of 5 seconds.
 
Rendas it should be dumbass treat all firearms as if they are loaded and never trust your safety, also never point at anything you don't intend to shoot, that was a dumb comment NooB !!!!
 
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LordEvilPepper said:
so a pair $15 bino's is good enough to replace a 12X scope at 500m?, get bent. most people can't even keep bino's stable enough to look at something 500 meters away let alone a high power pair. Most people put the money into the gun and the trip, not the extra $200 into a pair of bino's, especialy people new to hunting.


No offense, if you walk out a game trail in full cammo into a clearing or cut line, especialy with other hunters about, its going to happen, your eventualy going to come out into somebodys gun sights.
when I watch a cut linebecause there is a game trail crossing it; its with my riffle, because in my experience, the deer come to the edge, pause then trot across, if your not ready you miss the deer since it's there for all of 5 seconds.
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Then you shouldn't be hunting or own firearms. What you are talking about is called "careless use of a firearm" and can get you 2 years in jail

http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/fs-fi/2005/doc_31624.html
 
I'm not bring the riffle up to look at you; I'm already looking down the cut line through the scope. I'm talking about when you walk into a cut line with me in the ready to go position. half second to determine your not a deer as you walk into view at the edge of the scope, and the rifle is rested hands off till you leave.
 
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