@Bear44 is right about the trigger making it easier. Would probably find you shoot better under stress with something that kicks less as well, since all the factors get amplified.
The nervous feeling when you see a deer is adrenaline. The next time you see a deer and start to get nervous do...
Kinda hard to think of anything other than missing a nice buck (small/medium 8-point, but nice for that area) and not knowing what the hell happened (think the bullet hit a branch and deflected). Never found any blood or hair, only tracks, and no evidence of broken limb deflection. Came home...
So you're shooting 260 Rem? I've got one in model 7 cdl with 1 in 8 twist. I bought some 140-grain psp core-lokts at "The Outdoor Depot", it's in the parking lot next to Ga Gun Store in Gainesville. They were expensive, but I figured wth, probably won't get around to reloading yet so I bought...
lol, every deer hunter is guilty of some of these.
Go ahead and add "I've called in sick to work to go deer hunting" to the list because you know you have!
Few on ebay...
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.Xleupold+6x+scope.TRS0&_nkw=leupold+6x+scope&_sacat=0
I like the vx-3i Leupolds, although I've not compared them to every other scope. I liked the Nikon Monarch's glass but I'm not in love with their reticle (thought the crosshairs thin portion extended a little too far out from the center, which is the opposite of what I want for low light, also...
I'm gonna try and bust a doe with a crossbow behind my new house! If it's brown it's down! Won't be processing either!
I'll cook the neck in a crock pot for deer hash, wrap the backstraps in bacon and slow-grill/smoke them (probably charcoal/wood chips), and cut the hams up for deer jerky...
What kind of shot placement and ranges are you looking at (have a particular spot picked out)?
For the holster, depending on how you plan on getting the deer out, it might be a p.i.t.a. to have the holster on the side you're dragging the deer on, may have to reattach for a cross draw if you're...
You could start by buying this for your 45.. https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=402
This is an article sent in from a guide who shot and killed a bear with his 9mm using the hard cast bullets.... https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=388
Any of the...
I've looked into getting one a little bit. I thought about getting an Excalibur since they are supposed to be very durable and well made (they ran over it with a truck and still hit bullseye).
I've heard good things about Tenpoint as well. The one you ordered looks very nice.
Is there a...
Kinda answers the question someone posted recently about a "boot knife for self-defense". He was able to pull it off, but he took some damage and it could have been worse. I'll be packing heat on my wilderness walks.