Deer Season Again

   / Deer Season Again #11  
Jag, that's the truth. Hunting season is when you add flavor/spices to the meat, I guess.

I check the DNR site all the time to find out about the latest idiot that was caught breaking the rules. It serves them right. It seems like most of the bozo's aren't even hunting for the meat.
 
   / Deer Season Again #12  
What I was told by our local game wardens is that "you" are invading someones hunting territory. Especially if they have been hunting that area for years. More than likely the previous owners did not mind people hunting or riding their ATVs on the property. So, the local's think nothing of using the land as their own.

One would think that the placing of signage or blue paint markings would warn them, but sadly, those types just don't care.

Our subdivision is marked quite plainly that it is a private community. That does not stop the poachers from coming in an killing the deer. These guys are very good at what they do. You hear a bang and by the time you look out the animal is in the back of a pickup and they're gone. My neighbor observed a couple of guys do just that. Heard the bang, jumped out of his workshop and saw them loading a yearling into the back of the pickup. By the time he realized what had happened, they were in the truck and gone. It was dusk and he couldn't make out the plate or color of the vehicle.

I don't mind the hunting of the animals. Just the approach some people take.

Terry
 
   / Deer Season Again #13  
Jag,

I gotcha now, thanks. I guess I was wondering just how many laws he broke. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Maybe instead of the fine he should have to eat the decoy.
Al
 
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#14  
TT, he did not have to eat the decoy because he did not hit it. The decoy was about 1/2 to 2/3 real size. Althought it has been hit several times it did not happen this time. From what i have seen the game wardens typically place the deer mostly head on so the SOB shooter is just looking at the rack. I ran a check on my ballistic program and for a 30-06 rifle shooting a 180 gran solf-point sighted in for a 200 yard zero, the bullet drop would be between 6.5 to 7.5 feet. Even if the guy said that is a "fur ways" and healded two feet over, the bullet still plowed ground before getting to the decoy.
 
   / Deer Season Again #15  
Jag,
Are you sure about those numbers? I have a .308 that I have hit deer and elk at 300-400 yards and not aimed that high over them.

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   / Deer Season Again #16  
Jag,
Quigley would have got that sucker with his Sharps Buffalo Rifle, 34" octagonal barrel and his 45/110 load. Wouldn't have happened like the movie though the sound would get there before the bullet. Did I mention I liked that movie/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Al
 
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#17  
Cowboy, the numbers do not lie... Let me know what bullet you are using and I will run a table and send it to you.. On the 30-06 I had used a 180 gr. soft point, which is what most of the old time hunters around here use. I ran a check on a .308 with a 150 gr. hunting bullet and came out with about the same. The drop of the bullet is 2.5 to 3 times more from 500 to 650 yards as it is from 200 to 400.

Let me know what bullet, type and brand, you use. How high above the the center of the chamber the center of scope is. Almost all printed charts use 1 1/2 inch. Also what muzzle velocity you have for your rifle if you know it... I know mine, do you know yours... (I have a chrono and have checked), also have four different computer programs to run for a ballistic table. They all come out about the same, some are just a little more precise than others. Just how accurate do you want it, give the elevation and barometic pressure and temp. Those will change the point of impact maybe 3-6 inches at 650 yards and we are really talking feet. One last thing I said the rifle was sighted in for 200 yards (two inches high at 100, how often have you heard that) it will have the most impact.
 
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#18  
Al, did you really like the movie. I mean did you REALLY like the movie.
 
   / Deer Season Again #19  
Jag,
No I didn't mean the post to put you down at all I just couldn't believe that it was that much of a drop. I don't know how I ever killed anything with that much of a drop.

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   / Deer Season Again #20  
<font color=blue>I don't know how I ever killed anything with that much of a drop.</font color=blue>

As the bullet dropped, it hit them on the head and gave them a fatal concussion? /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif


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