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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: boneaddict on October 15, 2010, 03:33:51 PM

Title: think quick
Post by: boneaddict on October 15, 2010, 03:33:51 PM: you are running out of time.
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Title: Re: think quick
Post by: 7mag. on October 15, 2010, 03:37:55 PM: General season; if an ethical shot presents itself, take it. He looks to be at least 24" wide, and as long as that left main beam isn't broken, and the right side has the potential it looks like, he's a shooter.
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: GoldTip on October 15, 2010, 03:39:03 PM: I'd wanna shoot him, and could kill him with that angle. But wouldn't be my cup of tea, unless.......he either picked up his head and gave me a head neck look at reasonable range, or turned just a touch more to his right and showed me that last rib. Cool pic.
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: BOOM!! on October 15, 2010, 03:45:01 PM: I would never take that shot, even if he turned broadside he is still skylined. Where do you think that bullet is going to land if you miss? That's right, you have no idea.
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: remington300mag on October 15, 2010, 03:57:58 PM: Boom, You must have forgot....this is the General Modern Firearm Opener!!! Ethics?!?! What ETHICS?!?!?! FIRE AWAY!!!!!!! :bfg:
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: mebco09 on October 15, 2010, 04:01:06 PM: Quote from: BOOM!! on October 15, 2010, 03:45:01 PM
I would never take that shot, even if he turned broadside he is still skylined.

Ditto.

Put the sneak on him. Get a better angle. Grunt or Whistle. He'll come around. There are more deer out there.....
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: JimmyHoffa on October 15, 2010, 04:10:37 PM: I would hold off because of the skyline.
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: Skillet on October 15, 2010, 04:20:45 PM: He's not aware of me. I have the wind in my favor. Light is fading, but I have time... just have to watch out for those does so they don't bust me.
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: methowman on October 15, 2010, 05:16:21 PM: Let him crest the hill & if the wind is in your favor follow immediatly as quiet as possible for a shot. If the wind is in his favor he already knows your near. Never shot into the skyline your bullet could find another hunter.:hunter: :hunter:
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: markts on October 15, 2010, 05:23:12 PM: Dont know what is over that hill-no shot from me ;)
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: remington300mag on October 15, 2010, 06:13:51 PM: Come on guys!! None of you are playing into it!!! :chuckle: In the true spirit of opening day of modern season your supposed to just throw caution to the wind and start blazing at the buck!!! I mean come on...what are the chances that another hunter....another human being....with a family waiting for him to come home at night is standing on the other side of that ridge?!?!?! And if there was.....the family would surely understand that it was opening day of modern season!!! So once again....COME ON...in the true spirit of opening day....OPEN FIRE!!!!!! :mgun:
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: 400out on October 15, 2010, 06:16:45 PM: Quote from: remington300mag on October 15, 2010, 06:13:51 PM
Come on guys!! None of you are playing into it!!! :chuckle: In the true spirit of opening day of modern season your supposed to just throw caution to the wind and start blazing at the buck!!! I mean come on...what are the chances that another hunter....another human being....with a family waiting for him to come home at night is standing on the other side of that ridge?!?!?! And if there was.....the family would surely understand that it was opening day of modern season!!! So once again....COME ON...in the true spirit of opening day....OPEN FIRE!!!!!! :mgun:
please tell me where it is that you hunt :yike:
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: banannaclip on October 15, 2010, 06:36:14 PM: wait him till dark dont push him, no risky shot he will be there in the morning or the evening
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: remington300mag on October 15, 2010, 06:37:59 PM: I am EVERYWHERE....and NOWHERE....All at the same time! :hello:
I am the guy that wears a BROWN jump suit with no hunters orange hiding in the brush :bdid: ..... I am the guy that shoots from the truck :sry: .....I am the guy that forgets my binos at home and only has my scope for optics :yike: ....I am the guy that follows right in on top of other hunters that beat me to "MY SPOT" :devil: ......I am THE OPENING DAY OF MODERN RIFLE SEASON WARRIOR!!!! :iamwithstupid:

Ohhh actually LOOK OUT!!! I am right behind you....but there is a LEGAL BUCK in my line of sight!!! :mgun2:

Truth is....I hunt everywhere....and there are 1,000's of people just like me out there!! Be afraid...BE VERY F-ING AFRAID!!!! But in closing...you must understand...I mean it is the opening day of modern season....Isn't it?!?! :hunt2:
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: ser300wsm on October 15, 2010, 06:39:47 PM: you must be jokeing, as a firearms instructor for the state, there is no shot at this time. Wait, be patient your time will come.. ;)
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: runamuk on October 15, 2010, 06:52:28 PM: Quote from: remington300mag on October 15, 2010, 06:37:59 PM
I am EVERYWHERE....and NOWHERE....All at the same time! :hello:
I am the guy that wears a BROWN jump suit with no hunters orange hiding in the brush :bdid: ..... I am the guy that shoots from the truck :sry: .....I am the guy that forgets my binos at home and only has my scope for optics :yike: ....I am the guy that follows right in on top of other hunters that beat me to "MY SPOT" :devil: ......I am THE OPENING DAY OF MODERN RIFLE SEASON WARRIOR!!!! :iamwithstupid:

Ohhh actually LOOK OUT!!! I am right behind you....but there is a LEGAL BUCK in my line of sight!!! :mgun2:

Truth is....I hunt everywhere....and there are 1,000's of people just like me out there!! Be afraid...BE VERY F-ING AFRAID!!!! But in closing...you must understand...I mean it is the opening day of modern season....Isn't it?!?! :hunt2:

Rem I have seriously missed you that right there is funny stuff :chuckle: :chuckle:

so glad I will not be out there for opening morning mayhem I will hear it from my warm toasty bed though one of the things with living in road hunters paradise ;) I bet money first shots I hear will be fired well before morning light they always are and the last one will be well after dark they always are....really I am happy to go work tomorrow and sunday then head out the end of the week for my season ;)
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: 400out on October 15, 2010, 06:53:14 PM: Quote from: remington300mag on October 15, 2010, 06:37:59 PM
I am EVERYWHERE....and NOWHERE....All at the same time! :hello:
I am the guy that wears a BROWN jump suit with no hunters orange hiding in the brush :bdid: ..... I am the guy that shoots from the truck :sry: .....I am the guy that forgets my binos at home and only has my scope for optics :yike: ....I am the guy that follows right in on top of other hunters that beat me to "MY SPOT" :devil: ......I am THE OPENING DAY OF MODERN RIFLE SEASON WARRIOR!!!! :iamwithstupid:

Ohhh actually LOOK OUT!!! I am right behind you....but there is a LEGAL BUCK in my line of sight!!! :mgun2:

Truth is....I hunt everywhere....and there are 1,000's of people just like me out there!! Be afraid...BE VERY F-ING AFRAID!!!! But in closing...you must understand...I mean it is the opening day of modern season....Isn't it?!?! :hunt2:

That brings back a bad memory I have of elk hunting in the bumping area! I was walking through the brush when I hear something in the brush so I stop get behind a tree ready my gun and wait then out pops a Asian guy with a brown furry coat and a brown duffus hat on with ear muffs flipped up so the furry inside is showing with no orange on :yike: :yike: I told himjust a couple thing before going on my I think one of the things was that I should shoot him just out of principal >:( >:( I will never forget that one :bdid:
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: banannaclip on October 15, 2010, 07:00:52 PM: the warriors always leave after opening weekend cause they never ever see ANY deer then the woods are left for the real outdoorsman/women
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: mulehunter on October 15, 2010, 07:10:31 PM: Pass...

Mulehunter :)
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: bowman on October 15, 2010, 07:54:03 PM: Since it's one of Bone's pictures I'd shoot the one thats even bigger and in a spot that I can safely fire. You can't see the one I'd shoot because he is just outside of that picture. :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: boneaddict on October 15, 2010, 08:16:10 PM: he might be a little better than 24.
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Title: Re: think quick
Post by: 400out on October 15, 2010, 08:19:59 PM: I will shoot! after you get done chasing him over the hill into my lap ;)
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: 7mm Bob on October 15, 2010, 08:29:23 PM: pass on the shot but he is'nt spooked so follow!!
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: remington300mag on October 15, 2010, 08:45:28 PM: Run....Finally someone caught on!!!! LMAO After seeing all those Mayhem commercials on TV...I thought this would be a funny way to make light of a serious situation! I bet you have all, especially you, have missed me around here!! LOL

400out, that is the reason for me posting what I have....I bet we all got some stories of the Opening Weekend Warriors!!! LOL

Anyway....be safe people.....and watch out for MAYHEM!!!!!
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: PacificNWhunter on October 15, 2010, 08:51:11 PM: I'd take him once a better shot was presented.
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: remington300mag on October 15, 2010, 09:12:02 PM: I would shoot him right between the eyes...That way it would split the skull plate, increasing his spread from 24" to about 32"....... :chuckle:
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: Deep Forks on October 15, 2010, 09:22:47 PM: Rem, easier to drag em by the horns when they move around and if I couldn't hit it in the head at that distance I'd quit hunting. ;) :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: remington300mag on October 15, 2010, 09:25:08 PM: :mgun: ............ :bash: ..........((RELOAD))....... :mgun: .............. :bash:
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: C-Money on October 15, 2010, 09:37:37 PM: He looks like a dandy to me, If he gives me a shot, I would try for him.
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: MikeWalking on October 15, 2010, 10:07:48 PM: Quote
I would never take that shot, even if he turned broadside he is still skylined. Where do you think that bullet is going to land if you miss? That's right, you have no idea.

Excellent point Sir..I once heard it said that with the right elevation a 30-06 round may fly 5 miles before landing...

Be sure of your target and what is behind it. Cross your fingers and work your best sneak up the hill.
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: 7mag. on October 15, 2010, 10:14:49 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on October 15, 2010, 08:16:10 PM
he might be a little better than 24.
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That's what I was hoping for. I try and be conservative when judging a deer from behind, they always look bigger.
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: boneaddict on October 16, 2010, 06:24:53 AM: I hear you 7 and thats a good thing to remember. I think this buck flares in the front, especially on one side so is decieving.
Title: Re: think quick
Post by: banannaclip on October 16, 2010, 09:04:25 AM: normally yes i would take 'em ,but this season i would clearly pass on this guy, i beleive in november there could be a chance at seeing a whopper