11/29 hunt after thanksgiving grocery getting

[ClaytonBigsby]

Braved the idiotic traffic to drive down to the property for an afternoon hunt. Brought the wrong rifle apparently. Missed opportunity on a giant at 275-300 yds cause he wouldn't stop long enough for me to get an exact range and I needed that to figure out drop and holdover at that distance. Wouldn't have needed to worry about it with my .308.

Then I apparently completely missed another decent buck at around 150 yds and a doe at about 80, both right before dark. No idea how I didn't hit them, but no sign of a hit anywhere, no hair or blood, and no deer laying dead within 200 yds of the shot.

The only thing that hasn't been crappy about today was seeing about 15 deer before dark and actually seeing two bucks I wanted to shoot. Now I get to go deal with a crappy 2.5 hr drive back to Snellville. Yay.

What caliber you was shooting?

 

[drewga11]

What caliber you was shooting?

8.6 Blackout. Upon further examination after getting home, it appears my scope has slid forward about half an inch from recoil, which explains my otherwise inexplicable misses. Weird since it was torqued down to spec and the rifle doesn't feel like it recoils that much.

 

[wpalm00]

The woods were dead this evening on my side of Sparta.

 

[mfoster]

Braved the idiotic traffic to drive down to the property for an afternoon hunt. Brought the wrong rifle apparently. Missed opportunity on a giant at 275-300 yds cause he wouldn't stop long enough for me to get an exact range and I needed that to figure out drop and holdover at that distance. Wouldn't have needed to worry about it with my .308.

Then I apparently completely missed another decent buck at around 150 yds and a doe at about 80, both right before dark. No idea how I didn't hit them, but no sign of a hit anywhere, no hair or blood, and no deer laying dead within 200 yds of the shot.

The only thing that hasn't been crappy about today was seeing about 15 deer before dark and actually seeing two bucks I wanted to shoot. Now I get to go deal with a crappy 2.5 hr drive back to Snellville. Yay.

Never hunt with out enough gun distance wise unless you enjoy sightseeing.

 

[basstracker89]

Braved the idiotic traffic to drive down to the property for an afternoon hunt. Brought the wrong rifle apparently. Missed opportunity on a giant at 275-300 yds cause he wouldn't stop long enough for me to get an exact range and I needed that to figure out drop and holdover at that distance. Wouldn't have needed to worry about it with my .308.

Then I apparently completely missed another decent buck at around 150 yds and a doe at about 80, both right before dark. No idea how I didn't hit them, but no sign of a hit anywhere, no hair or blood, and no deer laying dead within 200 yds of the shot.

The only thing that hasn't been crappy about today was seeing about 15 deer before dark and actually seeing two bucks I wanted to shoot. Now I get to go deal with a crappy 2.5 hr drive back to Snellville. Yay.

That's just about zero at that range with my 257WBY. No knob twisting. Deer moving, just give some lead @18" from behind the shoulder

 

[drewga11]

Never hunt with out enough gun distance wise unless you enjoy sightseeing.

I had enough gun if I had known the holdover for that distance without needing to reference a ballistic calculator. Didn't expect one to come out where that one did and go the other way, but of course deer don't give a crap where you want them to be.