It was also shot at and tracked several times.... lol...
How much to lead a running whitetail deer?
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It was also shot at and tracked several times.... lol...
Actually I started this thread because I already knew the answer very well and was curious how many of you did not.
As I read between the lines here it is clear that your negative feedback just goes to prove how little you collectively understand about the fundamentals of shooting. This is exactly what I expected when I started the thread. I am still hoping that some of the readers have the good sense to find some value on the constructive side of this exercise.
It's the person who rejects the value of higher learning that is the hardest to teach.
Thanks for playing.
As I read between the lines here it is clear that your negative feedback just goes to prove how little you collectively understand about the fundamentals of shooting. This is exactly what I expected when I started the thread. I am still hoping that some of the readers have the good sense to find some value on the constructive side of this exercise.
It's the person who rejects the value of higher learning that is the hardest to teach.
Thanks for playing.
Well, you sure got me. I apologize for thinking you were an idiot and that your attitudes were doing irreparable harm to hunting as we know it.
I feel like such a fool.
Where we hunt the bush is pretty heavy and the terrain very hilly, running deer are often heard but not seen, there are very few areas where a running shot is doable. A number of years ago my dad had one pushed to him by a neighbouring camps dog, he heard it coming and had the rifle ready and when it came up over the hill he fired, the deer kept going and he got off two more shots in the 50 yards between where it came over the hill and went down the next hill out of sight. He found it about 60 yards away from where he last saw it. All three shots hit the deer. This being the second running deer he had shot, he swore he would never shoot at a running deer again. Like the first one, this one was less than 100 lbs dressed. They are just too hard to judge their size when in a full run and you only have a couple seconds to see them.
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I never shoot at a running deer, I'm a good shot but I don't train nearly enough for that and add the nerves to that equation when you see a beautiful buck. I have too much respect for the animal to take wild shots at it... That's my opinion, I'd rather eat tag soup or shoot a doe that year if I don't get a shot at an other buck.
Well f*** 'em! I don't do what I think is wrong even though others do it, it's their problem. I wouldn't have an issue telling one of my buddy he's an idiot for taking a stupid shot...
Lol, some people just can't handle taking their lumps.... I'm embarrased for you with that post.
You don't listen too well do you.
The OP unfortunately is trying to turn an art into a science. It's all calculable for sure, but not instantly with the size of brain even Hawkings has no matter what he thinks.
That and its likely he/she is a teenage turd looking for attention.
That and its likely he/she is a teenage turd looking for attention.
You, Sir, are a tinhorn liar.
You don't have a freaking clue ...you admitted you had to "google how many feet in a mile" for crying out loud, then your math (which you say you already knew) was wrong! And if you "know the answer", why the hell haven't you taught your buddies such a "clear objective" for opening day (which you fully admit they lack), and why haven't you taught each and every one of them your hard core methods. Reason? 'Cuz you don't know sh!t!
And as for understand the fundamentals of shooting...? I hold certificates and awards from military shooting teams, training, and contests for live shoots, static shoots, jungle lanes, qualified high marksman and sharpshooter every year, engaging moving targets at various distances as well as holding a military SAIC (Small Arms Instructor Course) qualifying me to instruct and live fire everything from 9mm Hi-Power to the Eryx wire-guided missile. I also hold a current qualification as a Small Arms Coach. I fired plenty of rounds at moving targets and while I can hit it, I am not shooting at animals. Shoot at enemy soldiers, during battle, sure since the object is suppression or injury, death not necessary. Part of war in my book, but not of hunting.
But, I am always willing to be schooled. Come and show me...yep, I am telling you to "PUT UP OR SHUT UP"!
Suuure, you might know a lot about shooting in general, but apparently you don't know jack s**t about hunting deer until you've been trained by 20 highly qualified f**king retards with not even enough combined common sense to stop shooting at deer year after year they can't hit. All of whom are also apparently continuously seeking a "higher standard of learning" how to lead animals because they haven't figured it out on the many live animal targets they've missed/gutshot/wasted in the past how many years.
Absolutely pathetic and cruel.
One thing I learned on cinema ranges is that it is hard to hit a moving target 5 yards away. At 5 yards there is no lead, the bullet gets there in under 1/100 of a second.
The problem is that you brain takes time to react.
Mean reaction time for college-age individuals is about 190 milliseconds to detect a visual stimulus. At 10 mph/15fps, that is 3 foot. So if a deer jumps out 10 yards in front of you, lead doesn't work.
Swing works, but mental arithmetic won't cut it. Mental arithmetic takes me more than 190 milliseconds on a good day.
Stand on Station Eight for a day shooting skeet... Your reflexed will improve dramatically!
Congrats... This is the WORST post I have ever read on CGN!
