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Not my favorite shot, but I have done it successfully. In my neck of the woods it is usually not necessary as we mostly stand hunt.
In most cases no. In my younger years i took a few shots at running deer. I've since decided that this is not a good practice.
I stop my deer before I shoot , I would shoot at a running deer if I had already made a bad shot on it.
Yes I will and Yes I have. Where I hunt now, I typically wont be presented with that type of shot, but on some old farms I hunted that were mostly fields with small clumps of woods. The deer would run from woods to woods through the fields. The woods were normally a coule hundred yards apart. Running shots where the norm.
Most of the deer I have shot have been running or at least moving. Alot of my hunting is done while pushing bush so they are almost always running out of a bush.
They are not super long shots.
Although, I would rather it be standing still-if I was confident I would hit it, I would take it.
I have and will, however I always try to to stop them first. I guess the key is knowing what you are a capable of as a shooter and what the weapon your firing is capable of. I have only made a handfull of running shots, but I definately try to avoid it if possible.
Learn how to shoot at a running deer, after a first shot a deer probably will be running and you better be shooting. Nothing worse than seeing a wounded deer run away with 1 bullet and not be found. Let the lead fly if the deer is running, flying or driving.
when the dogs are in the woods around here running shots is all we get if i didnt take running shots i would not get a shot off during the general firearm season so yeah i am comfortable shooting running deer
Always have and always will Confidence in yourself is the key!!!!
No definatley not. What for a broad side shot
When I first started huntin',we used to practice our bows shootin' at a tire,with a cardboard center,rolling down a hill.
We soon graduated to using our rifles and became quite proficient.
A buddy was standing next to me and took a 504-yard shot at a running deer(buck) and dropped it in it's tracks. That is the exception rather than the rule at that distance.
It's whatever you practice and are comfortable with.
As Kyle mentioned,"Confidence ... is the key!!!!"
Whitetail if not spooked a short whistle will do.
Mule Deer if not spooked, hold your shot and stay quiet, quickly get into position and pick out the spot you think they are going over the ridge. Just before they go over the hill they will stop and turn broadsided to you to look back. BE READY!
When I was growing up I cut my teeth on shooting 30-06 03-A3 while everyone else was plinking with 22’s. I busted a many Jack Rabbits and coyotes on a full run at 500+ yards including deer.
Favorite pet load for my 30-06, 130 grain Hornady with 54 grains of IMR4064. By the way, Dad was the supply go getter for the Base Rod and Gun Club and ammunition and reloading components was darn near as cheap as shooting 22 Long Rifle!
2Poppa
Shooting rolling tires with a bow reminds me of what I did. I was 15 years old and hunted across the street in Tucson Arizona with a Herter’s 40 pound bow. You would love some of the arrows I made up but I got into trouble when my Dad found out what I was doing. 30-06 case 2/3’s full with Unique with a 209 primer sitting on top and stuck on the end of an arrow. Yep, I even showed a Deputy Sheriff this and scared the crap out of him! All I did get was, stop doing that; you’re going to blow yourself up. Sometimes I wonder how I managed to live this long
Ha,ha,ha!
I never heard of such a thing.
The Deputy Sheriff,must have pondered just a wee bit,studying the possibilites and capabilities of your 30:06 kill 'em dead, Missile!
...Clay, I think a scholar somewhere called that Grace.
Yes, put your crosshair right on the front shoulder as your swing your gun with the deer and squeeze.
I agree with you Walt 120% I don't understand whats so differcult doing that. Glad I finally have some one else to see it from our point of view. +1 for you!!!!
I have before, but it was absolutely ideal conditions for it. By this I mean: the deer was already wounded, I had a very clear shot, and I was shooting into a hillside, so I knew where my bullet was going if I missed. I do not advise taking running shots under any other circumstances, just because of the safety risks involved.
no,big chance of just wounding the animal.
no
answer to this question is a yes and no answser from what ive seen when this subject has come up that everybody has there on opinion and thier own outlook on this situation for me i will but it depends on what kind of situation it is at the time i make that decision but this does not mean that just because i will that iam unsafe like i said it depends on the situation.
wtf yes and in the ass....
personally if it is a good buck and its your last day hunting for the season than yes i would, but if you sill have a while than no unless it is a nice buck.
Absolutely not a good idea no matter what time of year weather or not a buck or doe. this is not a good practice to start. If a deer is running then back out and try to setup on him another day or on another property.
Most of the big game I've shot has been moving to some degree-- only occassionaly has it benn standing still. Often it is unaware of me and just moseing along but on occassion it is running. One such ocassion, that I will never forget, three of us were doing a gentle push. Two of us had just met up. We knew the third member was likely close by. A deer was stuck on a peninsula beside us --- apparently we were making him very nervous. We could hear something moving and were trying to decide if it was a deer or our other driver. Just then the buck decided to run the guantlet at full speed right past us. I swung on it with my rifle and just as I was squeezing the triger, about to fire, my buddy saw the third member of our party who had seperated from us and told me. As I couldn't see him, for safety, I was lowering my rifle--- just then he fired from the hip at the buck a few feet away. It was about to run him down. NEVER COMPROMIISE ON SAFETY FOR A SHOT AT GAME. BETTER A MISSED OPPORTUNITY THEN A DEAD FRIEND!!!! It took quite some time for my heart to move back down into my chest. While I may not have shot my buddy if I had fired, I can never know for sure and it was much too close for my comfort level. We always wear blaze orange vests and hats even if not required by local regulations when hunting with firearms for any game except waterfowl and turkey. This is a good practice to follow in my humble opinion. It could save a life.
To hit a bounding deer you must swing your rifle like a shotgun following the pattern of movement of the deer(whitetail) as it bounds up and down. For the vast majority of us this is not long range shooting perhaps 80 -- 120 yards or so. You do not have to lead by much -- only inches -- if you've got your swing right.
I like a 30'06 bolt action with a wide angle low power scope-- I set mine a 3 x in general and will only crank it higher for longer shots. I like to use any decent ammo (suited to the game I am hunting) that I have practicesd with prior to the hunt. It's cheap insurance to fire a box or 2 to warm up and ensure your gun is on. My philosophy is-- if I'm not comfortable that I will kill the game with the first shot then I don't fire. I hope you find this helpfull.
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I stop my deer before I shoot , I would shoot at a running deer if I had already made a bad shot on it.
Not my favorite shot, but I have done it successfully. In my neck of the woods it is usually not necessary as we mostly stand hunt.
In most cases no. In my younger years i took a few shots at running deer. I've since decided that this is not a good practice.
Yes I will and Yes I have. Where I hunt now, I typically wont be presented with that type of shot, but on some old farms I hunted that were mostly fields with small clumps of woods. The deer would run from woods to woods through the fields. The woods were normally a coule hundred yards apart. Running shots where the norm.
Most of the deer I have shot have been running or at least moving. Alot of my hunting is done while pushing bush so they are almost always running out of a bush.
They are not super long shots.
Although, I would rather it be standing still-if I was confident I would hit it, I would take it.
I have and will, however I always try to to stop them first. I guess the key is knowing what you are a capable of as a shooter and what the weapon your firing is capable of. I have only made a handfull of running shots, but I definately try to avoid it if possible.
when the dogs are in the woods around here running shots is all we get if i didnt take running shots i would not get a shot off during the general firearm season so yeah i am comfortable shooting running deer
No definatley not. What for a broad side shot
Whitetail if not spooked a short whistle will do.
Mule Deer if not spooked, hold your shot and stay quiet, quickly get into position and pick out the spot you think they are going over the ridge. Just before they go over the hill they will stop and turn broadsided to you to look back. BE READY!
When I was growing up I cut my teeth on shooting 30-06 03-A3 while everyone else was plinking with 22’s. I busted a many Jack Rabbits and coyotes on a full run at 500+ yards including deer.
Favorite pet load for my 30-06, 130 grain Hornady with 54 grains of IMR4064. By the way, Dad was the supply go getter for the Base Rod and Gun Club and ammunition and reloading components was darn near as cheap as shooting 22 Long Rifle!
no,big chance of just wounding the animal.
Learn how to shoot at a running deer, after a first shot a deer probably will be running and you better be shooting. Nothing worse than seeing a wounded deer run away with 1 bullet and not be found. Let the lead fly if the deer is running, flying or driving.
Always have and always will Confidence in yourself is the key!!!!
When I first started huntin',we used to practice our bows shootin' at a tire,with a cardboard center,rolling down a hill.
We soon graduated to using our rifles and became quite proficient.
A buddy was standing next to me and took a 504-yard shot at a running deer(buck) and dropped it in it's tracks. That is the exception rather than the rule at that distance.
It's whatever you practice and are comfortable with.
As Kyle mentioned,"Confidence ... is the key!!!!"
2Poppa
Shooting rolling tires with a bow reminds me of what I did. I was 15 years old and hunted across the street in Tucson Arizona with a Herter’s 40 pound bow. You would love some of the arrows I made up but I got into trouble when my Dad found out what I was doing. 30-06 case 2/3’s full with Unique with a 209 primer sitting on top and stuck on the end of an arrow. Yep, I even showed a Deputy Sheriff this and scared the crap out of him! All I did get was, stop doing that; you’re going to blow yourself up. Sometimes I wonder how I managed to live this long
Ha,ha,ha!
I never heard of such a thing.
The Deputy Sheriff,must have pondered just a wee bit,studying the possibilites and capabilities of your 30:06 kill 'em dead, Missile!
...Clay, I think a scholar somewhere called that Grace.
Yes, put your crosshair right on the front shoulder as your swing your gun with the deer and squeeze.
I agree with you Walt 120% I don't understand whats so differcult doing that. Glad I finally have some one else to see it from our point of view. +1 for you!!!!
I have before, but it was absolutely ideal conditions for it. By this I mean: the deer was already wounded, I had a very clear shot, and I was shooting into a hillside, so I knew where my bullet was going if I missed. I do not advise taking running shots under any other circumstances, just because of the safety risks involved.
no
answer to this question is a yes and no answser from what ive seen when this subject has come up that everybody has there on opinion and thier own outlook on this situation for me i will but it depends on what kind of situation it is at the time i make that decision but this does not mean that just because i will that iam unsafe like i said it depends on the situation.
personally if it is a good buck and its your last day hunting for the season than yes i would, but if you sill have a while than no unless it is a nice buck.
Absolutely not a good idea no matter what time of year weather or not a buck or doe. this is not a good practice to start. If a deer is running then back out and try to setup on him another day or on another property.
Most of the big game I've shot has been moving to some degree-- only occassionaly has it benn standing still. Often it is unaware of me and just moseing along but on occassion it is running. One such ocassion, that I will never forget, three of us were doing a gentle push. Two of us had just met up. We knew the third member was likely close by. A deer was stuck on a peninsula beside us --- apparently we were making him very nervous. We could hear something moving and were trying to decide if it was a deer or our other driver. Just then the buck decided to run the guantlet at full speed right past us. I swung on it with my rifle and just as I was squeezing the triger, about to fire, my buddy saw the third member of our party who had seperated from us and told me. As I couldn't see him, for safety, I was lowering my rifle--- just then he fired from the hip at the buck a few feet away. It was about to run him down. NEVER COMPROMIISE ON SAFETY FOR A SHOT AT GAME. BETTER A MISSED OPPORTUNITY THEN A DEAD FRIEND!!!! It took quite some time for my heart to move back down into my chest. While I may not have shot my buddy if I had fired, I can never know for sure and it was much too close for my comfort level. We always wear blaze orange vests and hats even if not required by local regulations when hunting with firearms for any game except waterfowl and turkey. This is a good practice to follow in my humble opinion. It could save a life.
To hit a bounding deer you must swing your rifle like a shotgun following the pattern of movement of the deer(whitetail) as it bounds up and down. For the vast majority of us this is not long range shooting perhaps 80 -- 120 yards or so. You do not have to lead by much -- only inches -- if you've got your swing right.
I like a 30'06 bolt action with a wide angle low power scope-- I set mine a 3 x in general and will only crank it higher for longer shots. I like to use any decent ammo (suited to the game I am hunting) that I have practicesd with prior to the hunt. It's cheap insurance to fire a box or 2 to warm up and ensure your gun is on. My philosophy is-- if I'm not comfortable that I will kill the game with the first shot then I don't fire. I hope you find this helpfull.
wtf yes and in the ass....
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