Shot at 2 does at 7:30am. Missed both because my scope is off. I'm pissed! Need to go sight it in again.. (2nd time)
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Hunting 11/27
- Thread starter 45ak1911
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Leuopold rings and nikon prostaff 3x9-50... Pretty expensive lol
Was not cutting your stuff but you have a problem somewhere unless you throwing it around,you could have a broke screw on base or rings,or a scope that doesn't hold zero the best has flaw occasionally.i would completely take everything off and redo,if problem continued I would contact Nikon.
I don't throw it around and it hasnt been dropped. I think it's just not holding a zero. I'm going to give my .35 remington a try and lay the .308 aside until next year..
Finally! I got a really nice 8 point back in Oct but that was at my friends farm in South GA. They have been really scarce up here at my place in Fannin. Had a few go past me my first time out the 2nd weekend of bow season but nothing since. Trail cams haven't even been catching many...
When I went out this morning I figured it would just be another day counting turkey and squirrels.
Had doe come out of the thick stuff I was setup near about 7:30 or so. I saw a nose for an instant and then it made a slight move where I could not even see. Probably spent 20-30 minutes where She just stomped her foot a few times a minute. I think the Tinks I had out had her spooked. I was too high and down wind for her to have been on to me. She finally changed her original path 90 deg and started walking along the thick stuff down the hill. Thought about shooting but wasn't very big so let walk. About 10 min later another one about same size came out of same spot and walked parallel to ridge the direction he first one was headed. Went directly under me not 15 feet from the base of the tree. When it got about 20 yards past me I heard another coming from down the hill where other had gone. Figured it was the same one but turned out to be a decent sized buck with scraggly rack. After I shot him another doe came from opposite direction on low side of hill and passed the dead buck. It was much bigger doe. Would have shot her if she had come out first since I was just looking to put some more in the freezer.
I'm just glad to finally have seen some again...
When I went out this morning I figured it would just be another day counting turkey and squirrels.
Had doe come out of the thick stuff I was setup near about 7:30 or so. I saw a nose for an instant and then it made a slight move where I could not even see. Probably spent 20-30 minutes where She just stomped her foot a few times a minute. I think the Tinks I had out had her spooked. I was too high and down wind for her to have been on to me. She finally changed her original path 90 deg and started walking along the thick stuff down the hill. Thought about shooting but wasn't very big so let walk. About 10 min later another one about same size came out of same spot and walked parallel to ridge the direction he first one was headed. Went directly under me not 15 feet from the base of the tree. When it got about 20 yards past me I heard another coming from down the hill where other had gone. Figured it was the same one but turned out to be a decent sized buck with scraggly rack. After I shot him another doe came from opposite direction on low side of hill and passed the dead buck. It was much bigger doe. Would have shot her if she had come out first since I was just looking to put some more in the freezer.
I'm just glad to finally have seen some again...
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Possible problem, the recticle gears are stripped or the cross hairs are no longer holding in place..
Have had this problem in the past.
Call them and get a RMA, for service and send it in for repair... should be no charge.
just a suggestion...
Congrats MAK!!
Congrats!! I went out this morning and couldn't manage to scrounge up anything. Ate some lunch and went to the spot I wanted to go this morning (downfall of having to hunt a WMA). Still no luck, but it was my first trip out this year so I had a good time. Planning to stay out the rest of the weekend, trying to get a couple in the freezer.
Congrats!! I went out this morning and couldn't manage to scrounge up anything. Ate some lunch and went to the spot I wanted to go this morning (downfall of having to hunt a WMA). Still no luck, but it was my first trip out this year so I had a good time. Planning to stay out the rest of the weekend, trying to get a couple in the freezer.
So I had an interesting hunt this afternoon...
There is a sanctuary spot right below my house that is about the size of a football field. I always skirt the left side edge and walk down to a clearing. The deer always bed down on the right side, and I always avoid it. Well about a week ago my son and I bumped a buck on the left side, and then a few days ago I bumped what sounded like a herd of deer in the same spot.
So today I decided to do a deer drive with my wife. She headed down my usual path, and I went over to the right side. The problem was my setup because the deer basically had three different routes to run; on the edge of the clearing, back up the path I walked down, or turn right down the middle and head across the clearing. Even though I figured they would go back up the way I came, I had to setup in the middle (the worst spot) so I could see them if they skirted the edge of the clearing.
Well the wife bumped them. I heard them coming, and of course they were coming in behind me. So I had to swing around and just a few seconds later here comes a big doe, and she decides to turn into me coming around a tree. She catches sight of me in the middle of the trail, slams on the brakes, and almost slides into me. She turns around and bolts back to the edge and then two other doe come in behind her. They stand there for a few seconds, and I don't move because I decided not to shoot, and I didn't want to scare them further. Well they slowly walk off, and I get up to walk back up. About that time here comes a smaller yearling, and it almost runs into me so it turns around and bolts back into the woods, which was probably a good thing. Because a minute or so later, I hear three slow shots spread out over about 5 minutes - kind of like someone popped the big doe and waited for the other two to come back to it.
I don't really know this neighbor so I'm checking with another neighbor to find out if they got shot. This was the matriarch doe in the area, and I've let her walk several times because she never really busts me. I get her on camera quite a bit too so I'll know either way, but I hope she made it.
There is a sanctuary spot right below my house that is about the size of a football field. I always skirt the left side edge and walk down to a clearing. The deer always bed down on the right side, and I always avoid it. Well about a week ago my son and I bumped a buck on the left side, and then a few days ago I bumped what sounded like a herd of deer in the same spot.
So today I decided to do a deer drive with my wife. She headed down my usual path, and I went over to the right side. The problem was my setup because the deer basically had three different routes to run; on the edge of the clearing, back up the path I walked down, or turn right down the middle and head across the clearing. Even though I figured they would go back up the way I came, I had to setup in the middle (the worst spot) so I could see them if they skirted the edge of the clearing.
Well the wife bumped them. I heard them coming, and of course they were coming in behind me. So I had to swing around and just a few seconds later here comes a big doe, and she decides to turn into me coming around a tree. She catches sight of me in the middle of the trail, slams on the brakes, and almost slides into me. She turns around and bolts back to the edge and then two other doe come in behind her. They stand there for a few seconds, and I don't move because I decided not to shoot, and I didn't want to scare them further. Well they slowly walk off, and I get up to walk back up. About that time here comes a smaller yearling, and it almost runs into me so it turns around and bolts back into the woods, which was probably a good thing. Because a minute or so later, I hear three slow shots spread out over about 5 minutes - kind of like someone popped the big doe and waited for the other two to come back to it.
I don't really know this neighbor so I'm checking with another neighbor to find out if they got shot. This was the matriarch doe in the area, and I've let her walk several times because she never really busts me. I get her on camera quite a bit too so I'll know either way, but I hope she made it.
Just got back in. Nothing this afternoon.
