Deer and the sks
- Thread starter 303carbine
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It is not the rifle(even though they are huge pieces of sh!t) but the bonehead using it.
Next time you head out Rollingrock, where a lampshade on your noggin. It will make you invisible to the enemy, Mr. Deer.
Next time you head out Rollingrock, where a lampshade on your noggin. It will make you invisible to the enemy, Mr. Deer.
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Big JD-From the hills
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- Saskatchewan.
Wile the sks is a decently accurate firearm, that trigger makes it tough to shoot well without a realy good rest, especaly when you need to time the shot just right. The round has plenty of power if you put it through the vitals. Personaly I think the 7.62X54r in a m91 - 91/30 - m44 is a better choice vs the sks(especialy out in the open). I have hunted with both the m91(my favorite), and m44(excessive blast) with verry good sucsess on several deer(probbly 9 or 10 on the cwd tags), and a few coyotes, including one running shot on a coyote at 200yards, and one beded down at 250yards(with the m91).
The neck meat is like the meat on the back. If you put the bullet a bit rear and low of the sholder blade, you will get a clean kill, and verry little meat loss. I have never losst or had to track an animal with this shot, ever.
The neck meat is like the meat on the back. If you put the bullet a bit rear and low of the sholder blade, you will get a clean kill, and verry little meat loss. I have never losst or had to track an animal with this shot, ever.
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303carbine said:I read the post about hunting deer with an sks and found it to be less than a good hunt to say the least.
I gave Chopperhead a tough time awhile back about not knowing his firearms, but at least he got his deer with a good old 303 and recovered it.
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lol thanks........I Think?
I just started big game hunting this year. got my bear this spring (also with a .303 and also a one shot bang flop) now my deer and im considering maybe a moose hunt as well. the .303 is an awesome caliber and can do whatever has to be done and you can pick one up for $100 and put a $100 bushnell on it and you've got a much better rig both in accuracy and power then the SKS.
I am in no way a great shot but I can still manage to hit what I shoot at so I think anyone can if they try hard enough and have half decent equipment. ive been bird hunting all my life but up until this spring ive never been big game hunting ive wanted too so I finally did it with the help of some generous people on this board. anyway Id never even shot the gun or the caliber (.303) that I used on the bear hunt, now that I think of it I think I had only fired a rifle other then a .22lr once or twice before and I still maganed to make a decent shot and a one shot kill so i don't see how anyone could have a big problem as like i said id pretty much only ever shot shotguns before.
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I'm with Calum, I read rollingrock's post as well and the SKS played a very marginal part in that whole fiasco. There were so many other things going on that it's impossible to blame just the rifle. Do you guys blame the Beretta Storm for the dawson college shootings, or the guy who pulled the trigger?
I've taken a few deer with my SKS, and it worked fine. None of them were 200-yard shots, they were during the morning or mid-afternoon when there was lots of light, and all were one-shot kills, no blasting. Granted there are better tools for the job, but an ethical kill is an ethical kill, no matter what rifle is used. I have better rifles now, so my SKS will most likely be relegated to chowing down on corrosive milsurp, but I don't regret my decision to hunt with it.
All that being said, there were a lot of unethical things described in rollingrock's hunting story. The kind of actions that give other hunters a bad name, if you know what I mean. Not cool. However, it indicates (to me, at least) that rollingrock needs education, not ridicule. I'd prefer that he learn how to hunt ethically and responsibly, as opposed to just driving out to a cutblock at the back-end of nowhere and shooting at anything that moves, which is what that story of his sounded like.
I've taken a few deer with my SKS, and it worked fine. None of them were 200-yard shots, they were during the morning or mid-afternoon when there was lots of light, and all were one-shot kills, no blasting. Granted there are better tools for the job, but an ethical kill is an ethical kill, no matter what rifle is used. I have better rifles now, so my SKS will most likely be relegated to chowing down on corrosive milsurp, but I don't regret my decision to hunt with it.
All that being said, there were a lot of unethical things described in rollingrock's hunting story. The kind of actions that give other hunters a bad name, if you know what I mean. Not cool. However, it indicates (to me, at least) that rollingrock needs education, not ridicule. I'd prefer that he learn how to hunt ethically and responsibly, as opposed to just driving out to a cutblock at the back-end of nowhere and shooting at anything that moves, which is what that story of his sounded like.
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- AB foothills
poweredbybeer said:
If a person is not willing to admit that some of thier actions were wrong, then education does nothing.
He should be asking himself about what hunting ethics will make him a better, more educated hunter. His story is nothing to brag about and that is just what he was doing by posting it here.
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- Surrey, BC
Excellent point. I'm not trying to put words in his mouth, but it sounds like rollingrock thinks his gong-show hunting trip was perfectly normal, although he has grudgingly admitted that he probably could have done a few things better. That's putting it lightly, but at least it's a start. There's a lotta guys on the boards with a LOT of combined hunting experience, it's an enormous information resource (if you're receptive, that is). Bragging about how much of a hack-job hunter you are is no way to endear yourself to other hunters who take the sport very seriously.crazy_davey said:
This is more like it, constructive criticism and advice. It's obvious to everyone here what rollingrock did wrong, but it may not be obvious to him. He may have been expecting to be congratulated on a good & successful hunt, when he posted that storycrazy_davey said:
crazy_davey said:It is not the rifle(even though they are huge pieces of sh!t) but the bonehead using it.
Next time you head out Rollingrock, where a lampshade on your noggin. It will make you invisible to the enemy, Mr. Deer.
Now crazy guy, if you can find the SKS this guy was holding I'll pay you trippled price as what Lever, Marstar or SIR tags.
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rollingrock said:Now crazy guy, if you can find the SKS this guy was holding I'll pay you trippled price as what Lever, Marstar or SIR tags.
Same sh*t different pile
You get the point...poweredbybeer said:Excellent point. I'm not trying to put words in his mouth, but it sounds like rollingrock thinks his gong-show hunting trip was perfectly normal, although he has grudgingly admitted that he probably could have done a few things better. That's putting it lightly, but at least it's a start. There's a lotta guys on the boards with a LOT of combined hunting experience, it's an enormous information resource (if you're receptive, that is). Bragging about how much of a hack-job hunter you are is no way to endear yourself to other hunters who take the sport very seriously.
This is more like it, constructive criticism and advice. It's obvious to everyone here what rollingrock did wrong, but it may not be obvious to him. He may have been expecting to be congratulated on a good & successful hunt, when he posted that story
I've never said this trip was perfect. It leaves me a lot regrets, but it's real. But I had fun. I was actually helping my friend bagging his first deer with his 30-06 and never planned to use my SKS. But it ended up me cutting my tag.
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I just had a chance to talk someone out of buying an SKS to hunt... cariboo
But SKS and cheap stamped metal have nothing in common.
Yes, you can hunt deer with SKS just fine. All you need is to reload. Sometimes there is even too much meat damage.
But SKS and cheap stamped metal have nothing in common.
Yes, you can hunt deer with SKS just fine. All you need is to reload. Sometimes there is even too much meat damage.
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- Surrey, BC
GI A-OK! No VC here!!crazy_davey said:
Why does he have the action open in that picture?
200yard group shot by an SKS with handloads.
Squares are 1", so I htink that any of those hit swoudl kill a deer, providing that the operator could do his part.
I probably could shrink that gourp, too, if I wanted to experiment a bit. Which I probably don't
Squares are 1", so I htink that any of those hit swoudl kill a deer, providing that the operator could do his part.
I probably could shrink that gourp, too, if I wanted to experiment a bit. Which I probably don't
If you can hit the killzone with an SKS then why shouldnt you bring it hunting? I hunt with my M14 and I dont have any regrets or second thoughts.
its not like the SKS cartridge wont do the job.
I mean, as long as he doesnt use FMJ.
its not like the SKS cartridge wont do the job.
I mean, as long as he doesnt use FMJ.
Gatehouse said:200yard group shot by an SKS with handloads.
Squares are 1", so I htink that any of those hit swoudl kill a deer, providing that the operator could do his part.
I probably could shrink that gourp, too, if I wanted to experiment a bit. Which I probably don't
Did you do open sight? If so that's really impressive.
Russ said:Nice pattern Gatehouse......What gauge did you say that gun was???
Russ...
Yeah,it's not that pretty...but it's about a 5" group...So any of those bulets woudl land within 3" of POA, which I am sure woudl be able to hit the vitals of a deer, at 200 yards. Not a perfect teeny group that I woudl prefer, but it's doable.
At 100 yards, an SKS woudl have no trouble tking out a deer, if the operator does his part.
