Mine was more recent it was last year during the elections. I had some posters that a local politician had placed on my property without my permission but i thought hey free targets. Off my back porch is about 85yards to a lake and to the other side of the cove is about another 100 yards so between 175-200 yards give or take. i set that campaign sign up and went back to my back porch grabbed my old 91/30 and steadied myself against the rail. My wife had the binoculars and my sister was just watching i fired and saw the dirt kick up behind the sign on the far bank what i thought was high. I fired again no one saw the impact of the round (neither time did the poster move at all) I said of course oh well i didnt think id hit it anyway well my sister and i rode down to get the sign from the other side and as i get out of the truck i said holy ****! there was a g with the rounded part about an inch in diameter in the center of the sign both rounds were in it at almost 200 yards with iron sights. I was proud of myself.
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What's your best "accidental good shot"
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When I was a youngster in fl. I was walking in the woods with a friend and a crane flew out and over us, I shot from the hip with a BB Daisy Pump and hit the crane under his bill and killed him, one in a million!!
Have had my share in the past 55 yrs of shooting, most favorite took place on a fishing trip to Lake Oconne with my LT. from the fire dept. Riding down a back road near our hunting camp, a fox squirrel runs across the road in front of us and up a pine, straight to the top. My LT. grabs his Ruger single six and jumps out of the truck, I call out to him "nothing but a head shot". He is a great shot and I feel sure the squirrel is in trouble, six shots later the fox squirrel is alive and well (maybe a little anxious). LT. reloads and I say wait a minute it's my turn. He protests but gives in remembering how he has almost always outshot me in many previous contests . I took aim and yes made a perfect head shot with the first pull of the trigger! I have that old fox squirrel mounted and remind my buddy of the day every time we shoot.
Killed 3 deer with one shot, best one was on a deer hunt on Johns Mtn., was taking a nap, on the afternoon hunt when I got that feeling something was looking at me. Slowly looked around to see a doe looking at me ( was probably trying to figure out what was making all the noise, I snore some) the doe starts walking off feeding, me trying to be Daniel Boone start reaching for my muzzle loader when the doe spooks and takes off full speed, I cock the hammer lead her about six feet and boom, when the smoke clears I
see her on the ground kicking. Like I have always said "I'd rather be lucky than Good any day."
Killed 3 deer with one shot, best one was on a deer hunt on Johns Mtn., was taking a nap, on the afternoon hunt when I got that feeling something was looking at me. Slowly looked around to see a doe looking at me ( was probably trying to figure out what was making all the noise, I snore some) the doe starts walking off feeding, me trying to be Daniel Boone start reaching for my muzzle loader when the doe spooks and takes off full speed, I cock the hammer lead her about six feet and boom, when the smoke clears I
see her on the ground kicking. Like I have always said "I'd rather be lucky than Good any day."
A lap dance at a college fraternity party. Never thought it would happen!
That Crane could have been someone's mommy. Seriously tho, shame on you. Thank goodness I was a perfect youngster who never once did anything wrong. Don't listen to what the Juvenile Detectives said about me.
Werd.
Best I ever did was at Ft Benning school for girls. We did weapons qualification in ROTC. I think the reason I scored 37/40 was that the range had steel plates set up in front of the targets. If you shot low your bullet would ricochet into the target, scoring a hit. True enough in real life, but how many bad guys run around the battlefield with steel plates laying in front of 'em?
About 5 years ago, we were out at a friends property in Tallapoosa shooting targets that we had set up across their lake. Upon leaving about 10pm, a large doe crossed the long dirt driveway, about 50 yards ahead of my wifes car. I said, 'stop, stop stop, turn on the brights." My buddy in the back knew what was about to happen and handed me his .44 magnum. I got out of the car slowly and walked around back of the car. He was blinded by the lights so he couldn't see me. I lined up my shot and aimed at the spine to allow for the bullet to drop, right behind the shoulder blade and pulled the trigger. She dropped like a sack of bricks and my buddy jumped out of the car. My wife however was pissed that I just stoned Bambi's mother. Was some good eatin'.
I was out at a friend's property shooting with some family last year. I set up a target about 100 yards out and took a few shots at it with my 1911 and I managed to tag it dead center. That may not be a big deal for some guys on here but I'm not a competition shooter that puts thousands through his guns every month, so I was pretty stoked. I couldn't repeat it to save my life.
mine was a birdie on a par 3 from a pine thicket.
