I'm headed to the panhandle tomorrow morning. I went to the range this morning. I'm good to go!

What you cant do is buy a box of 270 130 grain corlocks sight your gun in hunt with them and then next season buy a new box and expect it to be on again. Sometimes it works out but when I shot factory ammo still the variation from one lot to the next could be several inches off.

I never have to sight my rifle in much, it has been pretty consistent the last few years. But then again I only use it for hunting and the rest of the year it is resting. I rarely shoot it out of season

My brother-in-law had a friend come out to his place to go hunting a few years ago. My B-I-L asked him if he had sighted in his rifle. He said he didn't need to - it had been in the safe all year. The next morning, the guy took three shots at a buck and missed. He came back to the house and shot at a target and found out that the scope was off by over a foot at 100 yards. One of the mounts was completely loose. He tightened it up, sighted in the gun, and hunted the rest of the weekend, and never saw another deer.

Yep, I go to the rang too...

Shot about 30 pigs this year with my rifles. Popped three coons with three shots just the other night as they ran like heck for their lives. My guns are sighted in and get shot January through September on flesh and fur. If I miss it's the operator, not the tool.

I will never understand people that don't shoot all year not checking the rifle/ scope/ ammo zero, and getting no practice behind the rifle. Put a cheap base on, crap rings, and a scope just a step up from irons. Then feed it whatever box of mass produced ammo was on sale, never verify anything, then aim the rifle at a living animal. No one is going to tell me their rifle is "just that good" or they are "just that good of a shot" that's complete

I use fine tuned, hand loaded ammo, quality base and rings, and very good scopes. But you can bet I will check torque on all the screws and shoot the rifle I am taking mule deer hunting before I leave.

I try hard to test fire before every hunt. I've had several "untouched" rifles from the safe do strange things in the past.

Lordy lordy, are you telling me that a fella was going into the woods with an unfired weapon that was only bore sighted? I commend your customer service skills, I might have gotten fired over that one.

My step son had a similar deal on a Rem 700 and scope he bought at Wal-Mart for $275, though I asked him not too. We each fired 10 rounds at 25 yards and couldn't get one within 4" of center. Looking back I should have removed the scope and beat him over the head with it, because you know he just had to take it hunting. I am at peace, though knowing at 100 yards he will miss clean.

I do the same thing with my kids.

Only an unethical fool wouldn't check his rifle before season. I check mine several times during season. Bouncing around in trucks, through brush, up and down stands, ect. I don't give a rats [censored] if a guy doesn't check his gun and missed clean but it's irresponsible and unethical to wound an animal because of lazyness.

Many a buck has made it to live another day after being shot at by a "one shot wonder" who never practices because they don't like recoil, are too cheap to spend money on ammo, or both.

Checking the accuracy of a rifle can be achieved by firing a single, three shot group. Checking the accuracy of the shooter is a different matter altogether.

Unfortunately, the old saying "practice until you can't miss" is often wasted on deer hunters.

A lot have also lived being shot at by folks who shoot a lot, but can't overcome the effects of buck fever.

The wife and I shoot our rifles at least once a month, just for practice and fun. I still took my deer rifle to the range 2 days before opening day, my OCD kicked in and I figure I owe it to the deer. I want to make the the most humane kill possible, the placement is up to me and I know the bullet will hit where I aim.

How many sight in with a 125gr bullet, then hunt with a 150gr bullet and wonder why they didn't hit where they were aiming. Or they come home from the range and clean the barrel and then lube the inside with a bunch of gun oil.

If you are hunting with me and miss or wound a deer because you didn't check zero your hunting has ended and it's never being offered again.

No exceptions.

At least I know this one is sighted in.

Was at the range the night before opening day.

I had a rifle bore sighted once and could not hit a 24" x36" poster board at 50 yds.
I've shot same bullet weight different manufacturer and they shot six inches different.
I always make sure rifle/pistol is on before hunting!

Ammo is cheap....Bang away