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Dan, I agree with the statement that you need to practice to be presistant. I took my eight year old nephew hunting last year because he was begging me everyday that I saw him to take him. Him not having a father makes it very difficult to do the outdoors thing, its almost non- existant. I asked him, "have you ever shot a gun w/ a scope on it"? His answer, no uncle ace, all I have shot is a
b-b gun but it didnt have a scope. I told him that he could spend the night w/ me and we would go over some things before I took him hunting.. I got him home, pulled out one of my old b-b guns (w/ a scope) and told him to hit a black circle that I had colored inn on a box. I set the box 30 yards outside of my garage and told him to shoot at it three times. We both went out and looked at where he had shot and you would almost be certain there was only one hole, except that one hole was about the size of a dime!!! Now w/ all that said, I told him that he would do just fine in the morning. I took him out that next morning and he nailed a spike on the first shot. With a 243 and dang near w/ perfect shot placement at 150 yards. Now your telling me that all this hype is really needed?
My nephew would love to go out and hunt AND SHOOT more but its damn near impossible. So I guess you could call "That Kid" a four shot wonder!!
Me, Im no better, im usually a three shot wonder!!!
No sweat off my back, we have a good time!!

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Most of the people on here know pretty much as much as you do, I know thats hard for you to believe!

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this thread is highly entertaining.

The shot you mentioned on the 200 yard buck...biggest deer you have ever seen in your life... snap shot offhand...

First of all I would like to see you consistently make that shot...

Then watching you fail... I would question your responsibility in even attempting it when you could wait for a cleaner kill later...

I would have a pretty hard time shooting offhand at a trophy 200 yards away...

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Well, the best that I can offer are two, 150+ yard shots that I made successfully on a young buck and doe many years ago in Mississippi. I was hunting from a platform stand that my father-in-law and I had built between two trees at the edge of a clearcut. As I believe they are required to limit erosion, the foresters had left trees and understory along a small ditch that ran through the cutover in front of me. It left a natural funnel for deer to use when passing through the area. Don't ask me why the doe decided to hang around after the initial shot. Perhaps they might have been running together as siblings since birth.

I'm eager to hear the best shots, free-hand or not, that others have made, or have seen made, even if they consider them luck. Just note them as such when posting.

No question, there are some outstanding shooters out there.

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this thread is highly entertaining.

The shot you mentioned on the 200 yard buck...biggest deer you have ever seen in your life... snap shot offhand...

First of all I would like to see you consistently make that shot...

Then watching you fail... I would question your responsibility in even attempting it when you could wait for a cleaner kill later...

I would have a pretty hard time shooting offhand at a trophy 200 yards away...

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once in a life time Buck...like my dad says, "why not throw 50 cents at it"

I think not trying is a crock of

not that i want to defend dan's comments but the Idea of not taking a shot for fear of missing, or even wounding an animal is beyond me....guess I'm just cold hearted...plus if you shoot at the neck, its usually either hit vitals or miss vitals

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When I was 8 or so, I watched my Dad drop a doe at around 100 yards. That may not sound like a shot involving great skill. But when you consider she was running at a full sprint with dogs on her tail and he dropped her straight to the ground with a spine shot as she jumped the barbed wire into the wood line and he was hunting with a 30-30 with open sights kinda changes things a little.

I never ever remember my Dad target shooting. Matter of fact, his rifle never came out from under the bed until opening day.

BTW I grew up on a farm in Arkansas, and we sometimes used the dogs for hunting.

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I shoot 4 shots a year with my deer rifle. 1 the day before season to make sure its till on and 3 shots on 3 different deer. I have done this exact thing for about the last 10 yrs and have missed 0 in that time span. I guess you hate me too.

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my best shot??????? let me think their have been so many..............................................................I would have to say when i dropped a 240 class buck at 700 yards, almost forgot he was at a full sprint and I was shooting a .177 pellet gun....and it was the first time I ever shot a gun :hamer:

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When I was 8 or so, I watched my Dad drop a doe at around 100 yards. That may not sound like a shot involving great skill. But when you consider she was running at a full sprint with dogs on her tail and he dropped her straight to the ground with a spine shot as she jumped the barbed wire into the wood line and he was hunting with a 30-30 with open sights kinda changes things a little.

I never ever remember my Dad target shooting. Matter of fact, his rifle never came out from under the bed until opening day.

BTW I grew up on a farm in Arkansas, and we sometimes used the dogs for hunting.

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No amount of practice will ever make me good enough to hit one on the run with a rifle. Shotgun? Maybe. But not a rifle. I just don't believe the Good Lord gave me such skill.

Thanks for sharing.

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Believe me, I didn't inheret that gene. I wish I could shoot like he did when he was my age. I personally have never been a very good shot. I can get by, but I usually won't shoot at deer more than 200 yards or so away. Guess it's a good thing I do most of my hunting in the woods, and not much out in the open.