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First Deer with the Red Dot.
« on: September 30, 2024, 08:25:12 AM »
Smoked this guy opening morning with the leuopld RDS. Loved the red dot versus open sites with my old eyes. Knight bighorn, 100 grains, barnes 250 grain T-EZ bullet.
« Last Edit: September 30, 2024, 08:42:47 AM by kirkl »

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Re: First Deer with the Red Dot.
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2024, 08:27:07 AM »
Nicely done!
What size dot is that?
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Re: First Deer with the Red Dot.
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2024, 08:31:46 AM »
Congrats!
That's a beautiful buck.
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Re: First Deer with the Red Dot.
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2024, 08:37:50 AM »
Looks like about a 50 caliber red dot on his neck :)

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Re: First Deer with the Red Dot.
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2024, 08:39:58 AM »
Nicely done!
What size dot is that?
It has multiple dot sizes. you push the button to get different sizes. I use the smaller one.

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Re: First Deer with the Red Dot.
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2024, 08:40:21 AM »
Looks like about a 50 caliber red dot on his neck :)
lol, thats just blood, it was a broadside shot.

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Re: First Deer with the Red Dot.
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2024, 08:44:33 AM »
Very nice buck. Congrats!
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Re: First Deer with the Red Dot.
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2024, 06:53:43 PM »
Nice solid buck !!!

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Re: First Deer with the Red Dot.
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2024, 07:45:05 PM »
Congrats!! Nice buck!

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Re: First Deer with the Red Dot.
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2024, 11:24:36 AM »
How far was the shot?

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Re: First Deer with the Red Dot.
« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2024, 12:00:45 PM »
How far was the shot?

Probably about 75 yards

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Re: First Deer with the Red Dot.
« Reply #11 on: October 02, 2024, 01:36:56 PM »
Nice buck!  Congrats!  Looking forward to using the RDS.
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Re: First Deer with the Red Dot.
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2024, 02:48:43 PM »
It has multiple dot sizes. you push the button to get different sizes. I use the smaller one.

Seriously? That's a great option, I thought it was just a 1 MOA dot but with multiple illumination settings.
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Re: First Deer with the Red Dot.
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2024, 07:18:01 PM »
Smoked this guy opening morning with the leuopld RDS. Loved the red dot versus open sites with my old eyes. Knight bighorn, 100 grains, barnes 250 grain T-EZ bullet.
Nice buck.  I assume you got a fair amount of shooting in getting prepped..any issue with holding zero?  I like the idea of red dot, but have some (probably unfounded) concern about it holding a zero.
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Re: First Deer with the Red Dot.
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2024, 08:52:11 PM »
Smoked this guy opening morning with the leuopld RDS. Loved the red dot versus open sites with my old eyes. Knight bighorn, 100 grains, barnes 250 grain T-EZ bullet.
Nice buck.  I assume you got a fair amount of shooting in getting prepped..any issue with holding zero?  I like the idea of red dot, but have some (probably unfounded) concern about it holding a zero.
Shot it quit a bit sighting in and then shot my buck. Zero seems fine to me.


 


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